NASA's Curious Universe

This episode explores the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor impact and how NASA scientists like Joe Massaro use infrared telescopes to track near-Earth asteroids to prevent potential disasters.

This episode explores how astronomers like Evina van Disshoek use laboratory experiments on Earth to simulate and understand the process of star formation from interstellar clouds, complementing observations from telescopes like Webb.

This episode explores how NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is being used to study objects in our solar system, such as Jupiter and its moon Io, revealing insights like volcanic activity.

This episode explores how data sonification specialist Robert Alexander translates solar phenomena like coronal mass ejections into sound, revealing the sun's explosive activity through audio rather than traditional visual graphs.

This episode discusses the upcoming Artemis II mission, drawing inspiration from the Apollo program and explaining its role in preparing for future moon landings.

This NASA podcast explores Earth as a unique and mysterious planet, comparing it to other space missions and highlighting efforts to understand its atmosphere, oceans, and overall workings through satellite technology.

This bonus episode features host Padi Boyd discussing her work as an astrophysicist studying planets orbiting distant stars through photometry and answering listener questions.

This NASA podcast episode explores the fascinating science of black holes with theoretical astrophysicist Ronald Gamble, debunking myths and explaining their complex yet simple nature through mathematics and physics.

This episode features a live conversation with NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick and musician Reggie Watts exploring the intersection of art, science, and creativity in space exploration.

This episode explores how hurricane hunter pilots from NOAA fly into hurricanes to collect crucial data that satellites can't gather, and how NASA and NOAA collaborate to advance hurricane forecasting through open science and AI.

A NASA astrophysicist shares his experience watching the Euclid Space Telescope launch and explains how he calculated his distance from the rocket using the speed of sound.

This episode of NASA's Curious Universe podcast explores how listeners can participate in solar eclipse activities through Third Rock Radio's music initiative and introduces a story about a chemical engineer's experiences related to the sun.

This episode introduces a five-part NASA miniseries exploring the sun's dynamic nature, current solar maximum activity, and related missions like Parker Solar Probe and solar eclipse observations.

This episode explores the practical realities of wearing a spacesuit, emphasizing its life-saving design and the challenges astronauts face when moving in it.

This episode features an interview with astronaut Jessica Watkins about her experiences on NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station, including scientific experiments conducted during the 170-day stay.

NASA science writer Miles Hatfield describes his experience covering a sounding rocket launch from Nhulunbuy, Australia, highlighting the unique environment and NASA's heliophysics research.

This episode explores the critical ground support teams and infrastructure behind NASA's Artemis II mission to send humans around the moon.

This episode provides an inside look at NASA's Artemis II mission, featuring tours of the Orion spacecraft and interviews with astronauts and engineers preparing for the first crewed lunar orbit in over 50 years.

This episode explores the lessons learned from NASA's Artemis 1 mission launch and how they're preparing engineers for the upcoming Artemis 2 mission with astronauts.

This episode explores NASA's bed rest study where volunteers lie in tilted positions for 60 days to simulate microgravity effects on the human body and prepare astronauts for space missions.

This final episode of NASA's Earth series explores the history and future of NASA's Earth science missions, highlighting key milestones like the Earthrise photo and ongoing satellite observations that monitor environmental changes.

This NASA podcast episode explores how scientists study Earth's atmosphere, including threats like ozone depletion, international agreements, and innovative monitoring techniques.

This NASA podcast episode explores how satellite technology from space powers mapping apps and provides crucial data about Earth's changing landscapes.

This episode introduces a five-part series on NASA's extensive study of Earth from space, covering topics like environmental monitoring, ocean exploration, and ozone research.

This episode explores how NASA's Artemis II mission will use astronauts as scientific observers to study the moon from orbit, guided by Earth-based scientists.

This bonus episode of NASA's Curious Universe podcast features dispatches from the path of totality during the April 8th total solar eclipse, with audio recordings from Texas and Ohio capturing the experiences of space enthusiasts.

This NASA podcast episode explores space weather by visiting NASA's daily briefing on solar activity and its effects on Earth and space missions.

This NASA Curious Universe minisode provides essential information and tips for experiencing the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, including safety, timing, and citizen science opportunities.

This NASA podcast episode explores the sun's dynamic nature, highlights 2024 as a significant year for solar science including a total solar eclipse, and discusses phenomena like auroras.

This episode provides an inside look at the CHAPEA analog mission at NASA's Johnson Space Center, where a crew simulates living in a Mars habitat called Mars Dune Alpha to prepare for future human missions to Mars.

NASA scientist Dante Loretta prepares for the tense return of the OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying pristine asteroid samples after its nearly four-billion-mile journey.

This episode features an interview with Nobel laureate John Mather about the James Webb Space Telescope's exploration of the Cosmic Dawn and a new NASA documentary covering the telescope's development.

This episode celebrates the 25th anniversary of continuous human occupation on the International Space Station by revisiting a 2021 recording that lets listeners experience a day in space through the sounds and perspectives of astronauts living there.

This episode features NASA scientist Kelly Couric and eclipse expert Fred Espenak describing the magical and unsettling firsthand experience of witnessing a total solar eclipse, including visual phenomena like Bailey's beads and crescent suns.

This episode explores the behind-the-scenes team effort required to operate and maintain the Hubble Space Telescope over its 35-year mission.

This episode explores NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission findings that asteroid Bennu contains organic molecules, discussing their implications for the origins of life with astrochemist Jose Aponte.

This episode explains why NASA is targeting the Moon's South Pole, focusing on its unique lighting conditions with permanently sunlit peaks and shadowed craters that may harbor ice.

This episode explores real exoplanets discovered by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, describing bizarre worlds with extreme conditions that sound like science fiction but are scientifically documented.

This episode features NASA's Jane Rigby discussing the James Webb Space Telescope's observations of the galaxy cluster Abel 27 and its significance for understanding the early universe.

This episode explores the groundbreaking discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope's first images, focusing on early galaxies and their implications for understanding the universe.

This episode explores NASA's Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, describing its surface features and the scientific questions about its potential subsurface ocean.

This NASA podcast episode explores what smoke is made of, introducing aerosols as tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere and comparing campfire smoke to wildfire pollution.

This episode explains how anyone can participate in NASA's citizen science projects to help make discoveries about space alongside professional scientists.

This episode discusses the Artemis II mission, its crew, and the program's significance in continuing lunar exploration inspired by the Apollo era.

This episode features astrophysicist Noor Rawafi discussing NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission and exploring fundamental questions about the sun's nature and enduring mysteries.

This episode explores NASA's collaborative missions studying Earth's oceans, focusing on their physical and biological functions, including climate impacts and phytoplankton's role in oxygen production.

This episode explores amateur astronomy through star parties, personal stories from enthusiasts like retired NASA astronomer Kevin Hartnett, and resources like the Hubble Space Telescope and Messier Catalogue.

This episode of NASA's Curious Universe explores how wildfires are monitored from space using satellites.

This episode of NASA's Curious Universe explores the emotional and technical challenges of designing and building spacecraft, focusing on high-stakes missions like the DAVINCI probe to Venus, with insights from NASA experts on contingency planning and material selection.

A recap of the Artemis II mission, including the astronauts' return to Earth and their journey around the moon.

NASA's Curious Universe tracks Artemis II as four astronauts flew around the Moon on April 6, 2026 and reached a distance farther from Earth than any crew in history.

NASA's Curious Universe follows Artemis II's return from a moon flyby to a Pacific Ocean splashdown, where Orion re-enters at about 25,000 miles an hour and reaches nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA scientists and astronauts share their curiosity and discuss upcoming missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope and asteroid sample return.

NASA's Curious Universe frames gravitational waves as ripples in spacetime that travel at the speed of light and carry information from black-hole mergers, neutron stars, and binary stars.

NASA's Curious Universe opens Season 5 with Patti Boyd, Tom Statler, and the 2022 DART collision with Dimorphos, more than 7 million miles from Earth.

NASA's Curious Universe host Patti Boyd introduces sounding rockets as small research vehicles that carry instruments into space for flights lasting about five to 15 minutes.

NASA scientists discuss growing plants in space to provide life support and improve astronaut well-being.

This episode covers the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, featuring an interview with the Ariane 5 program manager about the preparation and excitement of the mission.

This episode explores how NASA's Landsat satellite program provides data from space to help farmers monitor crops and manage resources.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission aims to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu to study the origins of the solar system and life on Earth.