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 142: Lettuce Orbit Earth - A New Form of Life Takes Root on the ISS
A new life form is taking root on the ISS, ...
A new life form is taking root on the ISS, and its name is "Outregeous." The space-faring lettuce was delivered to the space station by a SpaceX Dragon capsule on April 20th.
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ScienceCast 141: Unexpected Teleconnections in Noctilucent Clouds
NASA's AIM spacecraft is discovering unexpected "teleconnections" in Earth's atmosphere ...
NASA's AIM spacecraft is discovering unexpected "teleconnections" in Earth's atmosphere that link weather and climate across vast distances.
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ScienceCast 140: Separated at Launch
In 2015, NASA will send one twin astronaut to the ...
In 2015, NASA will send one twin astronaut to the International Space Station for a full year, while the other twin astronaut remains on the ground.
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ScienceCast 139: The Opposition of Mars
Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter in ...
Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter in April, an event astronomers call "the opposition of Mars."
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ScienceCast 138: A Tetrad of Lunar Eclipses
A total lunar eclipse on April 15th marks the beginning ...
A total lunar eclipse on April 15th marks the beginning of a remarkable series of eclipses all visible from North America.
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ScienceCast 137: A Telescope Bigger than a Galaxy
Astronomers have figured out how to use the gravity of ...
Astronomers have figured out how to use the gravity of distant galaxies to bend light and magnify images, allowing them to see deeper into the cosmos than ever before.
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ScienceCast 136: A Sudden Multiplication of Planets
Today, NASA announced a breakthrough addition to the catalog of ...
Today, NASA announced a breakthrough addition to the catalog of new planets. Researchers using Kepler have confirmed 715 new worlds, almost quadrupling the number of planets previously confirmed by the planet-hunting spacecraft.
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ScienceCast 135: Follow the Water
NASA and JAXA launched a new satellite that can see ...
NASA and JAXA launched a new satellite that can see through storms, tracking rain and snow around the globe better than any previous observatory. The Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory lifted off from Japan on Feb. 27th
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ScienceCast 134: 10 More Years
With the space station no longer "under construction," the world's ...
With the space station no longer "under construction," the world's most advanced orbital laboratory is open for business. The station has just received a 10-year extension from NASA.
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ScienceCast 133: California Drought
California is experiencing a historic drought--by some measures the deepest ...
California is experiencing a historic drought--by some measures the deepest in more than 100 years. NASA researchers are investigating a number of explanations for what the underlying cause may be.
