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 132: The Coolest Spot in the Universe
NASA researchers plan to create the coldest spot in the ...
NASA researchers plan to create the coldest spot in the known Universe--inside the International Space Station. The device, known as the Cold Atom Lab, could discover new forms of matter and novel quantum phenomena.
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ScienceCast 131: New Year's Asteroid Strike
The New Year started off with a bang when a ...
The New Year started off with a bang when a small asteroid hit Earth. Infrasound records indicate that the space rock exploded in the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean like 500 tons of TNT.
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ScienceCast 130: Countdown to Pluto
Eight years after it left Earth, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...
Eight years after it left Earth, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is approaching Pluto. The encounter begins less than a year from now.
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ScienceCast 129: Starting Fire in Water
Astronauts on the ISS are experimenting with a form of ...
Astronauts on the ISS are experimenting with a form of water that has a strange property: it can help start fire.
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ScienceCast 128: Electric-Blue Clouds Over Antarctica
A vast bank of electric-blue clouds has appeared over Antarctica, ...
A vast bank of electric-blue clouds has appeared over Antarctica, signaling the start of the season for southern hemisphere noctilucent clouds.
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ScienceCast 127: Geminid Meteors at Dawn
The Geminid meteor shower is underway. Forecasters say the best ...
The Geminid meteor shower is underway. Forecasters say the best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise on Saturday morning, Dec. 14th. Dark-sky observers could see dozens of bright shooting stars.
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ScienceCast 126: Rock Comet Sprouts a Tail
"Rock Comet" 3200 Phaethon has sprouted a tail, proving that ...
"Rock Comet" 3200 Phaethon has sprouted a tail, proving that the mysterious object is the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower.
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ScienceCast 125: Genius Materials on the ISS
Researchers working with magnetic fluids on the International Space Station ...
Researchers working with magnetic fluids on the International Space Station are taking "smart materials" to the next level. With proper coaxing, molecules can assemble themselves into "genius materials" with surprising properties.
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ScienceCast 124: Two Comets to Fly By Mercury on Nov 18 and 19
Consider it a cosmic coincidence: On Nov. 18-19, two comets ...
Consider it a cosmic coincidence: On Nov. 18-19, two comets (ISON and Encke) are going to fly by the planet Mercury in quick succession. NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will have a front-row seat for the rare double flyby.
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ScienceCast 123: What Happened to Mars? A Planetary Mystery
Mars was once on track to become a thriving Earth-like ...
Mars was once on track to become a thriving Earth-like planet, yet today it is an apparently lifeless wasteland. A NASA spacecraft named MAVEN will soon journey to Mars to find out what went wrong on the Red Planet.
