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Season 10 Episode 5
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth of our universe and faraway galaxies. But some astronomers are pointing its powerful eyes much closer…
Published on 10 hours ago
Webb's Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—But It's Real
Season 10 Episode 4
Some exoplanets—like a gas giant with rain made of glass and 5,000-mile-per-hour winds—sound like worlds dreamed up by a science fiction writer. But they’re real. From light-years away, scientists ca…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Why Webb's Earliest Galaxies Are Blowing Scientists' Minds
Season 10 Episode 3
With the James Webb Space Telescope, we are seeing the early universe like never before. Webb produces beautiful images and detailed scientific data that leave astronomers in awe. In this episode, Mi…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Lying In Bed For 60 Days Helps Astronauts
Season 10 Episode 2
In space, microgravity changes the body. Body fluids shift from the legs toward the head, the back of our eyes flatten, we lose muscle strength, our bones lose some of their density, and even the amo…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Cosmic Dawn with Nobel Laureate John Mather
Season 10 Episode 1
The James Webb Space Telescope is doing something astronomers dreamed about for decades: peering into our universe’s early past, a period known as cosmic dawn. A new NASA documentary—also called Cosm…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Earth Series: What's Next for NASA Earth Science
Season 9 Episode 5
NASA has a record of Earth observations going back more than 50 years. What might be in store for the next 50 years? In this finale of our Earth series, we hear from two scientists helping to chart t…
Published on 4 months ago
Earth Series: Monitoring the Air We Breathe
Season 9 Episode 4
Take a deep breath, and you’re inhaling oxygen from Earth’s atmosphere. Take a walk outside, and the atmosphere is shielding you from harmful radiation. NASA research provides crucial data to underst…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Earth Series: From Space to Your Plate
Season 9 Episode 3
Earth has an incredibly varied and ever-changing landscape—jagged mountains, arid deserts, lush rainforests, rolling wheat fields. Before NASA came on the scene, no one was keeping a systematic eye o…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Earth Series: The Ocean, Now in Full Color
Season 9 Episode 2
Life all over the planet—even far from the coasts—depends on the oceans. A pair of NASA satellites, PACE and SWOT, is giving us a fresh look at Earth’s water. PACE tracks color changes driven by tiny…
Published on 5 months ago
How NASA Sees Our Blue Marble
Season 9 Episode 1
NASA is an exploration agency, and one of our missions is to know our home. In the 1960s, NASA astronauts orbiting the Moon captured a revelatory view of Earth. Today, NASA explores our home planet w…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago