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 192: Total Eclipse of the Harvest Moon
This Sunday, Sept. 27th, the super Harvest Moon will pass ...
This Sunday, Sept. 27th, the super Harvest Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a lovely amber total lunar eclipse.
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ScienceCast 191: NASA Spacecraft takes Space GPS to New Heights
NASA's MMS spacecraft are flying around Earth in a precise ...
NASA's MMS spacecraft are flying around Earth in a precise formation made possible by an out-of-this-world system of GPS navigators.
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ScienceCast 190: The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland
NASA-supported researchers have found that ice covering Greenland is melting ...
NASA-supported researchers have found that ice covering Greenland is melting faster than previously thought. The action is happening out of sight, below the surface.
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ScienceCast 189: A Good Year for Perseid Meteors
Forecasters say the Perseid meteor shower could be especially good ...
Forecasters say the Perseid meteor shower could be especially good this year because the Moon is nearly new when the shower peaks on Aug. 12-13.
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ScienceCast 188: Summer Blue Moon
The second full Moon of July is just around the ...
The second full Moon of July is just around the corner. According to modern folklore, it is a "Blue Moon."
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ScienceCast 187: Predicting Floods
Predicting floods is notoriously tricky. Sponsored by NASA, a new ...
Predicting floods is notoriously tricky. Sponsored by NASA, a new computer tool known as the "Global Flood Monitoring System" is improving forecasts.
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ScienceCast 186: Space Coffee
Advances in the understanding of how fluids behave in low ...
Advances in the understanding of how fluids behave in low gravity is key to spacecraft operations. A long-awaited spin-off is excellent space coffee.
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ScienceCast 185: The Good, the Bad, and the Algae
With support from NASA, the EPA has developed an app ...
With support from NASA, the EPA has developed an app to track algae that can threaten fresh water supplies.
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ScienceCast 184: Amazing Sunset Sky Show
Venus and Jupiter are converging for a must-see close encounter ...
Venus and Jupiter are converging for a must-see close encounter at the end of June. It could be the best backyard sky show of 2015.
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ScienceCast 183: Handprints on Hubble
As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 25th anniversary, scientists ...
As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 25th anniversary, scientists are reflecting on the key role astronauts played in allowing the telescope to continue making great discoveries.
