Into the Field: The Search for Life – Greenland
This episode follows an expedition led by Dr. Abigail Allwood from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory into the wilderness of Greenland to investigate claims of biosignatures, or signs of life, […]
This episode follows an expedition led by Dr. Abigail Allwood from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory into the wilderness of Greenland to investigate claims of biosignatures, or signs of life, […]
This episode follows team FELDSPAR: the Field Exploration and Life Detection Sampling for Planetary and Astrobiology Research.
Visit Hubble’s control center to learn about the challenges and techniques of performing extraordinarily detailed observations with an orbiting space telescope. Tour the rarely seen, life-size simulator at NASA that […]
The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful space telescope ever made – and the most complex one yet designed. Did you know that the telescope’s history stretches back […]
Discover how an X-ray telescope has revolutionized astronomy and our understanding of the universe. A scientific and engineering marvel, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has spent two decades (so far) exploring […]
Join Thomas Zurbuchen in this talk about humanity’s innate nature to look up into the sky and seek answers to the mysteries of the universe. We are a species of […]
In this behind-the-scenes episode, watch deleted scenes and outtakes as Miles and Mara – writers and videographers for the High Above Down Under series – recount their experience following NASA […]
In this final episode, head into the outback to find the fallen rockets and learn what’s being discovered about the search for habitable environments.
Follow two NASA rocket teams as they launch from Australia to study our nearest stellar neighbors – Alpha Centauri A & B – on a quest to understand how stars […]
In this episode, we’ll answer that question and check in on the rockets as they make their final preparation to launch into space.
In this episode, Miles digs into the science behind the mission. What is UV light good for anyways?
There are likely billions of planets in our galaxy. With over 5,000 already confirmed, how do we know which ones might hold life? Two NASA sounding rockets are launching from […]