Astrum
Our Solar System's Planets: Mercury
Almost everything you could want to know about the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury. Real HD photos and videos taken by the MESSENGER probe. We discuss the orbit, climate, geographical features, and general physical characteristics or...
Astrum
Why NASA wants to build a space station around the Moon | NASA Gateway, SLS and Artemis
Gateway is NASA's most ambitious project yet, so how to they plan to get a space station around the Moon? And why have one there in the first place? SLS, Artemis and Gateway.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Exoplanet Hunting with Jon Jenkins
Listen to Chief Scientist Jim Green and a co-investigator on the Kepler and TESS missions, Jon Jenkins, discuss exoplanet-hunting and all the amazing discoveries Kepler has made.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
John Kay: Obliquity and the Indirect Way to Success
How "Obliquity" -- Pursuing Goals in a Roundabout Way -- is Better for Business and for an Innovative Economy Good economics is often seen as maximizing efforts in specific directions. John Kay, Visiting Professor at the London School of...
Next Animation Studio
Astronomers discover the seven Earth-size TRAPPIST-1 planets may be made of similar stuff
A new international study has measured the densities of the seven Earth-size planets around TRAPPIST-1 with extreme precision
Astrum
How would we build a colony on Mars?
Mars is a world similar in a lot of ways to our own. That doesn't mean there aren't a multitude of hurdles to overcome if we were ever to consider settling there.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Kimberly Ennico Smith Talks About Pluto and Studying Space With SOFIA
A rerun of a conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, project scientist for SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Life in the Clouds, with David J. Smith
While more research is needed, Smith and others are fascinated by the possibility that airborne microbes could also be found elsewhere in the solar system, and beyond.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Moon 2024: Countdown to Arrival
In this episode streamed on June 19, 2019, we talk about our plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 and how exploring the Moon will help us prepare to send humans to Mars.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Gardens at the Bottom of the Sea, with Laurie Barge
Laurie Barge, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, studies how plant-looking mineral structures called chimneys grow from chemicals found at the deepest depths of the ocean. In her lab she has glass vials and bulbs full...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The Space Launch System: Part 2
Paul Bookout and David Smith continue their conversation about the most powerful rocket since the Saturn V: The Space Launch System. The experts discuss the construction, testing, evolution and potential of the skyscraper-sized launch...
NASA
The Rocket Ranch: Episode 9: Developing Technology
NASA has a reputation for creating history changing technology, and much of that technology is available to you right now. One of our secrets to success is that we aren’t developing all of this by ourselves. We’re leveraging industry and...
Curated Video
Houston We Have a Podcast: Space Weather
Dr. Steve Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Space Radiation Analysis Group, discusses what's being done right now to document radiation exposure, not only to ensure our astronauts stay healthy, but to understand weather in space. HWHAP...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Meet NASA in Silicon Valley
In this episode streamed on Feb. 12, 2018, we talk about the exciting research happening at NASA's Ames Research Center with Center Director Eugene Tu and participants of the 2018 #StateOfNASA NASA Social event at Ames.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The Best of Year Three
The entire Houston We Have a Podcast team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (virtually) gets together for their third anniversary to reflect on another year, highlighting their favorite episodes and moments working together on the podcast....
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Plasma, Plasma, Everywhere!
The night sky is full of planets, satellites, and cosmic objects we can see with our eyes and telescopes. In between all that material there’s a huge amount of invisible matter and the vast majority of it is called plasma. Follow along...