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 92: Pink Planet at Sunset
The planet Mercury is about to make its best apparition ...
The planet Mercury is about to make its best apparition of the year for backyard sky watchers. Look west at sunset for a piercing pink planet surrounded by twilight blue.
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ScienceCast 91: A Naked-Eye Comet in March 2013
A comet falling in from the distant reaches of the ...
A comet falling in from the distant reaches of the solar system could become a naked-eye object in early March.
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ScienceCast 90: Record-Setting Asteroid Flyby
On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of ...
On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth closer than many man-made satellites. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet.
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ScienceCast 89: Comet of the Century
Astronomers are keeping a close eye on a newly-discovered Comet ...
Astronomers are keeping a close eye on a newly-discovered Comet ISON, which could become visible in broad daylight later this year when it skims through the atmosphere of the sun.
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ScienceCast 88: Dark Lightning
Researchers studying thunderstorms have made a surprising discovery: The lightning ...
Researchers studying thunderstorms have made a surprising discovery: The lightning we see with our eyes has a dark competitor that discharges storm clouds and flings antimatter into space. Scientists are scrambling to understand "dark lightning."
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ScienceCast 87: Christmas Sky Show
The Moon and Jupiter are converging for a heavenly sky ...
The Moon and Jupiter are converging for a heavenly sky show on Christmas 2012. Got a telescope? Something extra-special is happening on Jupiter that makes it an appealing target for backyard optics.
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ScienceCast 86: Why the World Didn't End Yesterday
NASA is so sure the world won't come to an ...
NASA is so sure the world won't come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012, that they already released a video for the day after.
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ScienceCast 85: Rock Comet Meteor Shower
The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th ...
The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th when Earth runs through a stream of debris from a strange object that some astronomers are calling a "rock comet."
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ScienceCast 84: The Diner at the Center of the Galaxy
The Milky Way's supermassive black hole is generally a picky ...
The Milky Way's supermassive black hole is generally a picky eater, but NASA's NuSTAR spacecraft recently caught it in the act of having a snack!
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ScienceCast 83: NASA's Cure for a Common Phobia
NASA has an unusual candidate for the astronaut corps--a rubber ...
NASA has an unusual candidate for the astronaut corps--a rubber chicken. Seriously. Camilla the rubber chicken has been training in fighter jets, flying to the edge of space, and visiting classrooms around the country.
