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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 122: The Sounds of Interstellar Space
As Voyager 1 recedes from the solar system, researchers are ...
As Voyager 1 recedes from the solar system, researchers are listening for "interstellar music" (a.k.a. plasma waves) to learn more about conditions outside the heliosphere.
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ScienceCast 121: The Effects of Space Weather on Aviation
Ordinary air travelers can be exposed to significant doses of ...
Ordinary air travelers can be exposed to significant doses of radiation during solar storms. A new computer model developed by NASA aims to help protect the public by predicting space weather hazards to aviation.
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ScienceCast 120: Amateur Astonomers See Comet ISON Approaching the Sun
To learn how you can help, visit isoncampaign.org. Comet ISON ...
To learn how you can help, visit isoncampaign.org. Comet ISON is still more than two months away from its spectacular close encounter with the sun. Already, the brightening comet has become a good target for backyard telescopes in the pre-dawn sky.
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ScienceCast 119: The Harvest Moon
The full Moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox is ...
The full Moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox is coming this week. Don't miss the Harvest Moon.
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ScienceCast 118: ISS Firestation to Explore the Tops of Thunderstorms
A new lightning observatory on the International Space Station is ...
A new lightning observatory on the International Space Station is taking data to solve the mystery of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes.
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ScienceCast 117: NASA Mission Seeks Lunar Air
A NASA spacecraft slated for launch in September will fly ...
A NASA spacecraft slated for launch in September will fly to the Moon to investigate the tenuous lunar atmosphere. Researchers hope "LADEE" will solve a mystery that has been puzzling them since the days of Apollo.
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ScienceCast 116: Comet ISON to Fly By Mars
Comet ISON is heading for a Thanksgiving Day brush with ...
Comet ISON is heading for a Thanksgiving Day brush with the sun, but first it's going to pay a visit to Mars. In this week's ScienceCast, researchers discuss what might happen when Comet ISON meets the Red Planet.
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ScienceCast 115: The Strange Attraction of Hot Jupiters
An exotic class of exoplanets called "hot Jupiters" are even ...
An exotic class of exoplanets called "hot Jupiters" are even weirder than astronomers imagined. While these worlds may have Earth-like blue skies, new data show that they are anything but Earth-like.
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ScienceCast 114: The Sun's Magnetic Field is About to Flip
Something big is happening on the sun. The sun's global ...
Something big is happening on the sun. The sun's global magnetic field is about to flip, a sign that Solar Max has arrived.
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ScienceCast 113: Perseid Fireballs
New research from NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office identifies the Perseids ...
New research from NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office identifies the Perseids as the "fireball champion" of annual meteor showers. This year's Perseid display peaks on August 12th and 13th.
