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NASA's Curious Universe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

110 episodes · in order

An official NASA podcast bringing you mind-blowing stories you won’t find anywhere else.

More about the show

What does it take to launch a rocket? What happens when we go looking for life beyond Earth? And what can the universe teach us next?

With extraordinary access to the people and places behind NASA’s exploration of space, Curious Universe brings you closer to the discoveries shaping what we know about our universe.

Don’t forget your curiosity.

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  1. Meet the Artemis III Crew

    · 52 min · S12 E2

    Meet the astronauts who will fly on Artemis III: Commander Randy Bresnik, Pilot Luca Parmitano, and Mission Specialists Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas. In this special presentation of Houston We Have a Podcast, the…

  2. There’s More Space in Your Life Than You Think

    · 33 min · S12 E3

    In its mission to explore the unknown in air and space, NASA ends up inventing a lot of new things. Then, the agency “spins off” those inventions to companies that produce products to make our lives easier and safer…

  3. Launching Soon: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

    · 4:44 · Trailer

    NASA is about to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will change the way we see the universe and settle essential questions about some of the biggest mysteries out there. In a new limited series,…

  4. Roman Series: NASA’s New View of the Dark Universe

    · 39 min · S13 E1

    Meet NASA’s newest space telescope: Roman. With similar resolution to Hubble but a field of view 100 times larger, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will settle essential questions in astronomy. NASA scientists…

  5. Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns

    · 32 min · S13 E2

    NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar system. NASA scientists Bertrand Mennesson and Vanessa Bailey explain how Roman’s wide view will spot as many as 100,000 new…

  6. Roman Series: The Technology Inside NASA’s Newest Space Telescope

    · 33 min · S13 E3

    What makes NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope a powerful tool with an unprecedented wide view of the cosmos? NASA engineers who designed, built, and tested Roman pop the hood to explain the unique technology…

  7. Roman Series: Why NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Make Unexpected Discoveries

    · 27 min · S13 E4

    Take a deep dive into the science of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with Julie McEnery, Roman's senior project scientist. Learn why Roman’s survey data will be so detailed that they could cover a 4K screen…

  8. Roman Series: Liftoff!

    · 22 min · S13 E5

    NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is in space, taking its first steps to explore the cosmos. Relive Roman’s launch—and the emotion that goes along with the roar of a rocket—with NASA experts who worked on the…

  9. Encore: Welcome to the Dark Side

    · 26 min · S13 E6

    Normal matter—the kind that makes up our home planet and everything we can see—adds up to just five percent of the known universe. The other 95 percent is dark matter and dark energy. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space…

  10. Encore: A Year In Mars Dune Alpha

    · 27 min · S14 E1

    To prepare for the day when humans travel to Mars, NASA is conducting a one-year experiment in a Mars simulation environment. So what’s it like to spend a year in CHAPEA, the Crew Health and Performance Exploration…

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