SciShow
Where Did the Moon Come From?
SciShow Space takes you to the moon! Learn about the competing theories about how Earth's closest neighbor formed.
PBS
Where Did Water Come From?
Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all super low on water – so where did ours come from and why do we have so much of it? We think our water came from a few unlikely sources: meteorites, space dust, and even the sun.
SciShow
Our Galaxy Could Be Full of Exoplanets with Oceans | SciShow News
Earlier this spring NASA announced a new research model that predicts that ocean worlds are far from rare, and our galaxy might be full of them. And a new study examines evidence that Pluto may have had an underground ocean all along!
SciShow
3 Awesome Discoveries Made by Curiosity
Happy birthday, Curiosity! Michael Aranda and SciShow News celebrate the first anniversary of the Mars Science Laboratory landing on Mars with 3 awesome discoveries that the universe's coolest rover has made so far. Hints: they involve...
Great Big Story
Discovering Meteorites in Antarctica, A Scientific Expedition
Join Constantine Tsang and the ANSMET team on their NASA-funded quest to uncover meteorites in Antarctica.
NASA
Gravity Assist: The Moon's Holy GRAIL, with Maria Zuber
Recent maps of the Moon's gravity have taught us a lot about its overall shape, and have been invaluable for lunar exploration. Maria Zuber, principal investigator of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, reflects...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Why Do We Have a Moon? With Robin Canup
Learn about how the Moon formed in this conversation with Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The Value of the Moon
Samuel Lawrence, planetary scientist and lead lunar exploration scientist, discusses what we’ve learned about the Moon and some of the more interesting questions that we hope to answer when humans return in the Artemis program. HWHAP...
NASA
Gravity Assist: There’s Life Under Ice in Antarctica. How About Mars?
From diving in Antarctica’s ice-covered lakes to exploring Mexico’s Cave of the Crystals, NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay has been searching for life in a wide variety of extreme environments on Earth.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Moon Geology
David Kring and Julie Stopar detail interesting lunar research and how they're preparing for continued lunar surface exploration through the Artemis program. HWHAP Episode 236.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Onward to Venus, with Lori Glaze
NASA is sending two missions to Venus this decade and participating in a European Space Agency mission there, too. Lori Glaze, director of planetary science at NASA, discusses these missions and why she’s so excited about what we’re...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Mars
Dr. Doug Archer, Planetary Scientist, talks about Mars: what its made of, what it's like on the surface, and why it's such an intriguing place for humans to visit in the next giant leap. HWHAP Episode 18.
NASA
Gravity Assist: NASA’s New “Gravity Assist” Podcast Debuts Nov. 15, 2017
Hi, I'm Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science. I'm excited to tell you about a new podcast series. It's called NASA's Gravity Assist. Please join me as I talk with some of the greatest planetary scientists of our time.
NASA
Gravity Assist: The Kuiper Belt with Alan Stern
In this episode of Gravity Assist, Jim Green talks with New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern about what we’ve learned about Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Saturn with Linda Spilker
With me today is Dr. Linda Spilker from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She's the project scientist for our Cassini Mission, which as everyone knows, had a recent spectacular finale at Saturn.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Mary Beth Wilhelm: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
Mary Beth Wilhelm, NASA Research Scientist, Planetary Science Branch: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
NASA
Gravity Assist: This Asteroid Is Metal, With Lindy Elkins-Tanton
Scientists will soon have the opportunity to visit a unique object in the asteroid belt called Psyche, which may be the exposed metallic core of a planetary body that stopped growing before it became a big planet like Earth. Dr. Lindy...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast, Venus with David Grinspoon
The next stop on our virtual tour is Venus, the closest planet to Earth and the hottest planet in our solar system, with surface temperatures scorching enough to melt lead.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Fire Fountains on the Moon, with Dave Draper
Early in its history, the Moon was molten, with “fire fountains” erupting from its surface. How did the Moon cool down and become the quiet, cratered world we know today? NASA’s Chief Scientist Jim Green chats with NASA’s Deputy Chief...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Deep Oceans in Deep Space, with Morgan Cable
Some of the most fascinating targets in the search for life in our solar system are moons of giant planets. Morgan Cable, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses these wondrous worlds, the exotic locations where...
NASA
On a Mission: A Lifetime on Mars: The Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity - S4E4
Born together, the Spirit and Opportunity twin rovers followed divergent paths after they landed on opposite sides of Mars. Opportunity’s journey was marked by good fortune, while Spirit’s was troubled from the start.
NASA
On a Mission: Season 3, Episode 10: A Voyager’s View of Earth
The Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled farther away from Earth than any human-made object. Candy Hansen and David Grinspoon talk about the Voyager mission, and its humbling perspective of our planet as a tiny blue dot in the blackness of...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Meet NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
NASA’s got big plans to send people to the Moon, and then on to Mars. What are we going to do at the Moon?