NASA Spotlite: Northern Lights
Student producers confront the misconception that the northern lights are created by aliens.
Topic: Solar System
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NASA Spotlite: Northern Lights
Why Bennu?
The goal of the OSIRIS-REx mission is to collect a sample from an asteroid and bring it back to Earth. But just how did the OSIRIS-REx team choose Bennu from […]
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Why Bennu?
Why with Nye: Deadliest Radiation in the Solar System
Bill Nye takes on Jupiter’s deadly radiation. Jupiter produces the radiation equivalent of 100 million X-rays. Nye explains how NASA protects the instruments on the Juno spacecraft from this incredibly […]
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Why with Nye: Deadliest Radiation in the Solar System
Why with Nye: Bill Nye Explains How Jupiter is Like a Blender
Bill Nye explains how Jupiter helped spread the building blocks of life and the planet’s role in the formation of our solar system.
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Why with Nye: Bill Nye Explains How Jupiter is Like a Blender
Why with Nye: How Not to Get Lost in Space
Watch Bill Nye explain how NASA will successfully steer the Juno spacecraft into orbit around Jupiter. Nye reveals the science behind interplanetary navigation. In the vast reaches of space, being […]
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Why with Nye: How Not to Get Lost in Space
Moon 101: Surface Geology and Morphology of the Moon
In this episode, Julie Stopar helps us understand the makeup of the Moon and how it will drive exploration goals and needs. “Moon 101” is a series that features interviews […]
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Moon 101: Surface Geology and Morphology of the Moon
Mars in a Minute: What Happens When the Sun Blocks our Signal?
What is “solar conjunction,” and how does it affect communications with our spacecraft at Mars?
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Mars in a Minute: What Happens When the Sun Blocks our Signal?
Mars in a Minute: How Hard Is It to Land Curiosity on Mars?
Landing the Curiosity rover on Mars is the most difficult and nail-biting part of the whole mission. See just how hard it is to land on Mars.
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Mars in a Minute: How Hard Is It to Land Curiosity on Mars?
Moon 101: The Lunar Surface
In this episode, Jeff Plescia offers a review of the lunar surface and how we might explore it today. “Moon 101” is a series that features interviews with Apollo-era rocket […]
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Moon 101: The Lunar Surface
A Titan Discovery
NASA Goddard scientists have made an exciting discovery on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The team has definitively detected the molecule acrylonitrile in Titan’s atmosphere – a finding that has astrobiological […]
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