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The Mars Lander Crash: What Went Wrong?

12th - Higher Ed
Schiaparelli crashing into Mars wasn't exactly what the Exomars mission scientists were hoping for, but we're still going to get some useful information from the little probe's descent. And scientists have observed two of the brightest...
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Building a Base on the Moon

12th - Higher Ed
If you've ever dreamed of living on Earth's Moon, we've got an episode for you!
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Two Tragic Crashes

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News looks into two recent rocket failures over U.S. soil, exploring possible causes and sizing up the risks of spaceflight since humans first started reaching for the stars.
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NASA Just Launched a New, Planet-Hunting Telescope!

12th - Higher Ed
From launching a new satellite, to finding diamonds from a lost world, researchers have been hard at work transforming how we think about our planet, the solar system, and the rest of the universe.
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Buzzed By a Weird Blue Asteroid

12th - Higher Ed
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon got closer than it will be until 2093, and the reflecting light has astronomers puzzled, and the relationship between black holes and magnetic fields is now a little more clear.
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One-on-One Conversation with New Horizons Scientist

12th - Higher Ed
Hank interviews Dr. Alex Harrison Parker about New Horizons' Pluto flyby, what's next for the probe, and what we can anticipate learning about the solar system's history!
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Mars's Surface Is Messed Up | The Martian Dichotomy

12th - Higher Ed
Most rocky planets have pretty consistent surface features, with a fairly even mix of mountains and basins in each hemisphere. This is NOT the case on Mars! What do scientists know about this mystery?
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Intergalactic Gardeners | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Gardening doesn't need to be a hobby just here on Earth. In fact, it might help life outside of Earth quite a bit to take that pastime to the stars.
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Secret' Space Plane, and Curiosity's New Rock

12th - Higher Ed
Caitlin delivers the latest developments from around the universe, including Curiosity's latest drill, the low-down on that "secret" space plane, and the dimmest galaxy ever detected.
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Space Superlatives of 2015!

12th - Higher Ed
Let's talk about some of the awesome stuff that happened in 2015! Caitlin Hofmeister tells us all about some pretty nifty black holes and the biggest rocket created by NASA.
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TED Talks

Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there -- get ready

12th - Higher Ed
SETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he'll buy you a cup of coffee. He explains why new technologies and the laws of probability make the breakthrough so likely --...
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The Oldest, Most Distant Object in the Universe Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
Hank reports on the discovery by NASA scientists of the most distant, oldest galaxy ever observed.
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3 New Missions Just Left for Mars! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
A launch window that only happens every 26 months means it’s the perfect time to head to Mars! The United Arab Emirates, China, and the United States all took advantage of this excellent timing.
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15 Futuristic Space Mission Concepts in 5 Minutes

12th - Higher Ed
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program has funded a slew of new space mission concepts! Which one is your favorite?
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TED Talks

Carolyn Porco: This is Saturn

12th - Higher Ed
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.
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The Truth About Warp Drive

12th - Higher Ed
Join us for a trip into the SciShow Space News Debunker, where we explore the rumors that NASA has created a warp drive.
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The Surprising Secrets of Destroyed Exoplanets - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists are learning new things by looking at the remains of exoplanets, NASA has unveiled a new spacesuit design, and engineers fixed a problem from one hundred million kilometers away.
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InSight Landed on Mars! What's Next? - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
InSight has safely landed on Mars, and astronomers have some improved theories about the TRAPPIST-1 system.
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Get Ready for Orion

12th - Higher Ed
On Thursday, December 4th 2014, NASA will conduct the first test flight of its new deep space crew vehicle, going farther than any passenger vehicle has in over 40 years. Get ready to meet Orion!
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Perseverance Landed on Mars! Now What? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission has successfully landed on Mars! But it's not alone! This week we discuss not one but three amazing missions to Mars.
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MOXIE and SpaceX launch

12th - Higher Ed
NASA's MOXIE successfully creates Oxygen on Mars, and SpaceX's Crew-Dragon successfully returns to the ISS.
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Luna 16: The Mission That (Finally) Could

12th - Higher Ed
Before there was a rover named Perseverance, there was a series of missions that earned that name in their own right.
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TED Talks

TED: SpaceX's supersized Starship rocket -- and the future of galactic exploration | Jennifer Heldmann

12th - Higher Ed
SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle has the potential to explore the solar system in a bold, new -- and supersized -- way. Planetary scientist Jennifer Heldmann talks about how reusable, large-scale spacecraft like Starship could help...
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The Ingredients for Life in Space

12th - Higher Ed
Hank explains the latest developments in space research and the search for life, including the discovery that amino acids may be more common than we thought throughout the solar system, and the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity rover.