NASA ScienceCasts
NASA Science news is too exciting for plain text. Educational "ScienceCast" videos are fun, lively, entertaining--anything but plain. Join us for a new episode weekly as we look into the science behind discoveries on Earth, the Solar System, and beyond...
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ScienceCast 72: Meteor Smoke Makes Strange Clouds
A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not come ...
A key ingredient of Earth's strangest clouds does not come from Earth. New data from NASA's AIM spacecraft proves that "meteor smoke" is essential to the formation of noctilucent clouds.
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ScienceCast 71: Mars Landing Sky Show
On the same night Curiosity lands on Mars, a "Martian ...
On the same night Curiosity lands on Mars, a "Martian Triangle" will appear in sunset skies of Earth.
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ScienceCast 70: A Taste of Solar Maximum
This month sky watchers got a taste of things to ...
This month sky watchers got a taste of things to come when a powerful flare sparked Northern Lights over the United States.
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ScienceCast 69: The First Extraterrestrial Marathon
Mars rover Opportunity is still running 8 years after landing. ...
Mars rover Opportunity is still running 8 years after landing. The tireless robot is about to complete a full marathon!
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ScienceCast 68: A Good Reason to Wake Up at Dawn
The brightest planets in the solar system are converging for ...
The brightest planets in the solar system are converging for a beautiful sunrise sky show in early July.
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ScienceCast 67: Hidden Magnetic Portals Around Earth
A NASA-sponsored researcher at the University of Iowa has developed ...
A NASA-sponsored researcher at the University of Iowa has developed a way for spacecraft to hunt down hidden magnetic portals in the vicinity of Earth.
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ScienceCast 66: Voyager 1 at the Final Frontier
At the edge of the solar system, Voyager 1 is ...
At the edge of the solar system, Voyager 1 is reporting a sharp increase in cosmic rays that could herald the spacecraft's long-awaited entry into interstellar space.
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ScienceCast 65: Why Won't the Supernova Explode?
A question has been troubling astronomers: Why won't the supernova ...
A question has been troubling astronomers: Why won't the supernova explode? NASA has launched a new observatory named "NuSTAR" to seek out the missing physics of exploding stars.
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ScienceCast 64: Andromeda vs. the Milky Way: Astronomers Predict a Titanic Collision
Astronomers no longer have any doubt: Our Milky Way Galaxy ...
Astronomers no longer have any doubt: Our Milky Way Galaxy will have a head-on collision with Andromeda. Fortunately, they say, Earth will survive when the two great star systems meet 4 billions years from now.
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ScienceCast 63: ISS Transit of Venus
On Monday, June 4th, the Moon will pass through the ...
On Monday, June 4th, the Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a partial lunar eclipse visible across the Pacific from China to the United States.
