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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 152: Fruit Flies on the International Space Station
A new species is about to join astronauts on the ...
A new species is about to join astronauts on the International Space Station: Drosophila melanogaster, also known as the fruit fly.
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ScienceCast 151: NASA to Launch Carbon Observatory
NASA is about to launch a satellite dedicated to the ...
NASA is about to launch a satellite dedicated to the study of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) will quantify global CO2 sources and sinks, and help researchers predict the future of climate change.
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ScienceCast 150: A Laser Message from Space: Hello World
In early June, a laser beam lanced out of the ...
In early June, a laser beam lanced out of the night sky over California, heralding a breakthrough in space communications.
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ScienceCast 149: Solar Mini-Max
NASA and NOAA agree: Solar Max has arrived, but this ...
NASA and NOAA agree: Solar Max has arrived, but this "mini Max" is not like any other solar maximum of the Space Age.
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ScienceCast 148: Rosetta Comet Comes Alive
Later this year, Europe's Rosetta probe will orbit and land ...
Later this year, Europe's Rosetta probe will orbit and land on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. New images of the comet show that it will be a lively place when Rosetta arrives.
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ScienceCast 147: The Milky Way is Not Just a Refrigerator Magnet
A new map of the galaxy by ESA's Planck spacecraft ...
A new map of the galaxy by ESA's Planck spacecraft has revealed gigantic loops of magnetism and other structures that point to a magnetic dynamo at work in the Milky Way.
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ScienceCast 146: El Nino - Is 2014 the New 1997?
The Jason-2 satellite sees something brewing in the Pacific. Researchers ...
The Jason-2 satellite sees something brewing in the Pacific. Researchers say it could be a significant El Nino with implications for global weather and climate.
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ScienceCast 145: No Turning Back: West Antarctic Glaciers in Irreversible Decline
A new study led by NASA researchers shows that half-a-dozen ...
A new study led by NASA researchers shows that half-a-dozen key glaciers in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are in irreversible decline. The melting of these sprawling icy giants will affect global sea levels in the centuries ahead.
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ScienceCast 144: NASA on the Lookout for a New Meteor Shower
Sky watchers in North America could witness a new meteor ...
Sky watchers in North America could witness a new meteor shower on May 24th when, for the first time, Earth passes through a cloud of dust from periodic comet 209P/LINEAR.
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ScienceCast 143: Carrington-class CME Narrowly Misses Earth
Two years ago, an intense solar storm narrowly missed Earth. ...
Two years ago, an intense solar storm narrowly missed Earth. If it had hit, researchers say, we could still be picking up the pieces.
