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Science@Nasa Podcast

The Science and Technology Directorate at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center sponsors the Science@NASA web sites. The mission of Science@NASA is to help the public understand how exciting NASA research is and to help NASA scientists fulfill their outreach responsibilities.

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Seth Anderson, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: Seth Anderson from Hollywood, California

Science@Nasa releases weekly news stories on everything related to Nasa, be it what is going on in cutting-edge research, latest news stories like the comet we're currently drilling, and other related topics anyone interested in the space agency would benefit from knowing. The podcasts are short, but packed with so much information, I've found it good to actually re-listen to them all so I can be sure I got everything. I rarely find the language used to be too confusing, nor does the scientific data come off as dry or pedantic. Thus far my favorite episode detailed how nasa has considered using force fields as a way of cutting down how astronauts are exposed to interstellar radiation. You heard me, FORCE FIELDS man. Ultimately, I love every show I listen to, but I guess it's length is somewhat of an issue. I like the show and sometimes I feel its too brief. Perhaps lengthening it to a half hour would be a good solution for space camp nerds like me, but in the end its a minor quibble. Honestly, Science@Nasa is an early innovator that shows how valuable podcasting really is. I've listened to NPR science Fridays religiously for many years and this does what science Friday does in an afternoon within the space of 15 minutes.

J.E., February 17, 2006
Reviewer: J.E. from Chicago, Illinois

The Science@NASA podcast brings listeners up to speed with the latest happenings at the agency and in space. It is a short podcast, but it gets to the point and gets the information across.

I like this podcast because of all the different topics it covers. For example, in one show, they explained a little bit about the Perseid Meteor Shower and told us which night would offer the best viewing in the northern hemisphere. In another episode, they told us what would be going on with the whole Comet Tempel thing.

Overall, this is an enjoyable podcast to listen to. I kind of like the fact that I can get this news in a quick hit rather than having to devote a lot of time to it. I give this podcast 4 stars.

girijad83, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: girijad83 from India

This podcast amazed me with the simple language and non-pedantic explanations of the various physical phenomena in space. This podcast is an excellent source for kids to get interested in the physics on Earth, and its comparison with the physical effects in outer space. It can be used as an added resource for science teachers to spread information to interested science students.

The latest podcast (on playing tennis on the moon), for example, tries to explain how playing tennis on the moon will need to have a completely different set of rules, based on how the physical phenomena of gravitation, air resistance, and laws of motion work on the moon which is devoid of an atmosphere, and has a gravitational pull a sixth of that on the Earth.

The narration is clear and the sound quality is excellent. Another major advantage of this information loaded podcast is its brief time duration, which keeps the listener interested.

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Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission


Fri, Feb 5, 2010

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), slated for liftoff on Feb. 9th, will make IMAX-quality movies of solar explosions, peer beneath the stellar surface to see the sun's inner dynamo, and--researchers hope--unravel the mysteries of solar variability.

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids.

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There's a mystery in the skies of Earth: Something is producing bright flashes of gamma radiation in the upper atmosphere of our own planet. A new NASA-NSF mission called Firefly is going to investigate.

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This week Earth and Mars are having a close encounter. On Jan. 27th, the Red Planet will be only 99 million kilometers away and look bigger through a telescope than at any time between 2008 and 2014.

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NASA announced today that Mars rover Spirit cannot be freed from its Martian sandtrap. Now the rover will begin a second career as a stationary science platform.

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Evidence is mounting that a strong magnetic field lurks just beyond the edge of the solar system. This could explain the recent discovery of a "giant ribbon" in space by NASA's IBEX spacecraft.

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NASA's next great observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is designed to study stars and galaxies. Astronomers are beginning to realize, however, that Webb will make a great planet hunter too.

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Most astronomers wouldn't dream of opening their observatory's doors in 100 mph winds. Yet NASA's new SOFIA telescope recently flew in an airplane at 250 mph with doors wide open.

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NASA is building a new space telescope named "NuSTAR" to answer a question that has been vexing astrophysicists for decades: Why won't the supernova explode?

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NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets.

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NASA's Mars rover Spirit is about to mark six years of Red Planet exploration. However, the upcoming Martian winter could end the roving career of the beloved, scrappy robot.

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Party planners take note. For the first time in almost twenty years, there's going to be a Blue Moon on New Year's Eve.

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The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery.

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NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins.

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A continent-wide network of all-sky cameras has photographed a never-before-seen phenomenon: colliding auroras that produce explosions of light. The must-see images have solved a long-standing mystery of Northern Lights.

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This week, researchers attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen unveiled a unique web site that gathers and organizes climate data for decision makers, professional scientists and lay people.

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The Geminid meteor shower has been intensifying in recent years, and researchers say 2009 could be the best year yet. This year's display peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th.

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While stuck in a sandtrap, Mars rover Spirit has made a discovery one researcher calls "supremely interesting."

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Data from NASA's STEREO spacecraft have confirmed the stunning reality of monster waves on the sun known as "solar tsunamis."

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Imagine cutting retractable doors in the side of a 747 airliner, installing a 17-ton telescope, and flying to the stratosphere to solve one of astronomy's greatest puzzles. That's what NASA and the German Aerospace Center plan to do with a cutting-edge airborne observatory named SOFIA.

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