
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth of our universe and faraway galaxies. But...

An official NASA podcast bringing you mind-blowing stories you won’t find anywhere else. What does it take to launch a rocket? What happens when we go looking for life beyond Earth? And what can the…
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An official NASA podcast bringing you mind-blowing stories you won’t find anywhere else. What does it take to launch a rocket? What happens when we go looking for life beyond Earth? And what can the universe teach us next? With extraordinary access to the people and places behind NASA’s exploration of space Curious Universe brings you closer to the discoveries shaping what we know about our universe. Don’t forget...
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth of our universe and faraway galaxies. But...

Some exoplanets—like a gas giant with rain made of glass and 5,000-mile-per-hour winds—sound like worlds dreamed up by a science fiction...

With the James Webb Space Telescope, we are seeing the early universe like never before. Webb produces beautiful images and detailed...

In space, microgravity changes the body. Body fluids shift from the legs toward the head, the back of our eyes flatten, we lose muscle...

NASA has a record of Earth observations going back more than 50 years. What might be in store for the next 50 years? In this finale of our...

Take a deep breath, and you’re inhaling oxygen from Earth’s atmosphere. Take a walk outside, and the atmosphere is shielding you from...

Earth has an incredibly varied and ever-changing landscape—jagged mountains, arid deserts, lush rainforests, rolling wheat fields. Before...

Life all over the planet—even far from the coasts—depends on the oceans. A pair of NASA satellites, PACE and SWOT, is giving us a fresh...

NASA is an exploration agency, and one of our missions is to know our home. In the 1960s, NASA astronauts orbiting the Moon captured a...

There’s one planet NASA studies more than any other: Earth. With our unique vantage point from space, NASA collects information about our...

NASA has a long history of bringing together science, engineering and art. Space exploration is a human endeavor—one that requires...

When it launched in 1990, NASA expected the Hubble Space Telescope to last for about 15 years. Thirty-five years later, Hubble is still...

How did life begin? It’s one of science’s biggest questions, but it’s impossible to answer on Earth, where ancient clues have been buried...

The Moon’s South Pole is a bizarre landscape. Mountain ridges glow in perpetual sunlight while deep craters freeze in billion-year-old...

Black holes are mysterious, far away, and can bend the fabric of reality itself—but we're learning more about them all the time. Ronald...

As climate change drives more frequent and intense tropical cyclones and hurricanes, coastal communities desperately need better tools to...

As NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft leaves Earth, it carries a message: we, too, are made of water. Europa—one of Jupiter’s moons—is a top...

The idea of an asteroid from outer space crashing into Earth has captured the imaginations of science fiction directors for decades. But...

On April 8, 2024, North America experienced its last total solar eclipse until the 2040s. As the Moon’s shadow fell across the U.S., NASA...

For the first time, a NASA spacecraft is flying through the Sun's atmosphere. Nour Raouafi, project scientist for Parker Solar Probe,...
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