NASA's Curious Universe
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Come get curious with NASA. As an official NASA podcast, Curious Universe brings you mind-blowing science and space adventures you won't find anywhere else. Explore the cosmos alongside astronauts, scientists, engineers, and other top NASA experts who are achieving remarkable feats in science, space exploration, and aeronautics. Learn something new about the wild and wonderful universe we share. All you need to get started is a little curiosity. NASA's Curious Universe is an official NASA podcast hosted by Padi Boyd and Jacob Pinter. Discover more original NASA shows at nasa.gov/podcasts
Categories: Science & Medicine
Listen to the last episode:
For the first time, a NASA spacecraft is flying through the Sun's atmosphere. Nour Raouafi, project scientist for Parker Solar Probe, explains why the Sun's corona is the source of one of the biggest mysteries in all of space science. So, what does it take to build a probe that can touch the Sun—including surviving temperatures of 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit and barreling through sudden eruptions of solar plasma—and live to tell the tale? We'll also go inside the fleet of NASA spacecraft studying the Sun from many angles, including the rescue mission to save a wildly spinning observatory before it became lost in space forever.
Previous episodes
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118 - Sun Series: Soaring Toward the Sun Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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117 - Sun Series: What is Space Weather? Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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116 - Sun Series: Minisode! Countdown to Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Sat, 06 Apr 2024
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115 - Sun Series: You (Yes, You!) Can Help NASA Study the Sun Tue, 02 Apr 2024
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114 - Sun Series: How to Experience a Total Solar Eclipse Tue, 26 Mar 2024
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113 - Sun Series: The Sun, Our Star Tue, 19 Mar 2024
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112 - Here Comes the Sun Series Mon, 11 Mar 2024
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111 - Planet Hunting with Host Padi Boyd Wed, 21 Feb 2024
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110 - A Year in Mars Dune Alpha Tue, 19 Dec 2023
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109 - Exploring the Early Universe with Webb Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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108 - Special Delivery from Outer Space Tue, 05 Dec 2023
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107 - Tiny but Mighty Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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106 - How You (Yes, You!) Can Do Science With NASA Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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105 - Hum of the Sun Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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104 - Welcome to the Dark Side Tue, 07 Nov 2023
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103 - Introducing Season Six Tue, 31 Oct 2023
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102 - To the Stars with Jessica Watkins Tue, 11 Apr 2023
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101 - Suiting up for Space Tue, 04 Apr 2023
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100 - Field Notes: Nhulunbuy, Australia Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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99 - How to Build A Spacecraft Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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98 - Stargazers Welcome Tue, 14 Mar 2023
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97 - Wildfires from Space Tue, 07 Mar 2023
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96 - The Invisible World of Gravitational Waves Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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95 - Defending the Planet from Asteroids Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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94 - Introducing Season Five Mon, 13 Feb 2023
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93 - Bonus: Happy Holidays from NASA! Mon, 12 Dec 2022
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92 - Webb’s First Images Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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91 - Field Notes: Astronaut Shannon Walker Tue, 05 Jul 2022
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90 - Up & Away with Sounding Rockets Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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89 - The Search For Life: Are We Alone? Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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88 - How to Grow Plants in Space Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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87 - Going Supersonic! Tue, 07 Jun 2022
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86 - Earth’s Weather Watchers Tue, 31 May 2022
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85 - Mysteries of the Moon Tue, 24 May 2022
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84 - Introducing Season Four Tue, 17 May 2022
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83 - Bonus: Still Curious? Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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82 - Webb Space Telescope: Go for Launch with ESA Expert Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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81 - Webb Space Telescope: The Global Village Tue, 07 Dec 2021
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80 - Webb Space Telescope: Building the Next Discovery Machine Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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79 - Webb Space Telescope: Into the Unknown Tue, 23 Nov 2021
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78 - Curious Universe: Introducing the Webb Space Telescope Mini-Series Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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77 - A Day in Space Mon, 30 Aug 2021
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76 - Journey to Venus Mon, 23 Aug 2021
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75 - Rocket Assembly Required Mon, 16 Aug 2021
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74 - Plasma, Plasma, Everywhere! Mon, 09 Aug 2021
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73 - Curious Universe: Building Highways in the Sky Mon, 02 Aug 2021
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72 - Curious Universe: Earth’s Expanding Oceans Mon, 26 Jul 2021
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71 - Curious Universe: Interpreting Our Universe Mon, 19 Jul 2021
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70 - Curious Universe: Let’s Go Planet-Hunting! Mon, 12 Jul 2021
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69 - Introducing Season Three of Curious Universe Wed, 07 Jul 2021