NASA's Curious Universe

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 213 - Roman Series: Liftoff!

An official NASA podcast bringing you mind-blowing stories you won’t find anywhere else. What does it take to launch a rocket? What happens when we go looking for life beyond Earth? And what can the universe teach us next? With extraordinary access to the people and places behind NASA’s exploration of space, Curious Universe brings you closer to the discoveries shaping what we know about our universe. Don’t forget your curiosity.

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NASA's Curious Universe

Episodes

Roman Series: Liftoff!

Roman Series: Why NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Make Unexpected Discoveries

Roman Series: The Technology Inside NASA’s Newest Space Telescope

Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns

Roman Series: NASA’s New View of the Dark Universe

Launching Soon: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

There’s More Space in Your Life Than You Think

Meet the Artemis III Crew

Catching Up With Perseverance on Mars

Bonus: Behind the Scenes of Artemis II with NASA Experts

Update: Artemis II Crew Comes Home

Update: Artemis II Crew Flies Around the Moon

Artemis II: How NASA’s Moon Mission Returns to Earth

Artemis II: The Ground Teams Powering NASA's Moon Mission

Artemis II: How NASA Will Study the Moon—And the Astronauts Going There

Artemis II: Inside NASA’s New Ride to the Moon

Artemis II: What NASA Learned From Launching Artemis I

Artemis II: Meet the Moonbound Astronauts

Launching Soon: Artemis II

Encore: A Day In Space

How Webb Illuminates Stars’ Cloudy Origins

What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System

Webb's Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—But It's Real

Why Webb's Earliest Galaxies Are Blowing Scientists' Minds

How Lying In Bed For 60 Days Helps Astronauts

Cosmic Dawn with Nobel Laureate John Mather

Earth Series: What's Next for NASA Earth Science

Earth Series: Monitoring the Air We Breathe

Earth Series: From Space to Your Plate

Earth Series: The Ocean, Now in Full Color

Earth Series: How NASA Sees Our Blue Marble

Welcome to Earth

Curious Universe Live: Art and Science with Astronaut Matthew Dominick

Inside the Team That Keeps Hubble Flying

How NASA Found the Ingredients For Life on an Asteroid

Why the Moon’s Icy South Pole is a Hot Target for NASA

The Mind-Bending Math Inside Black Holes

How Open Science and AI Are Advancing Hurricane Research

Europa Clipper's Voyage to Jupiter's Ocean Moon

An Asteroid by Any Other Name With Special Guest Latif Nasser

Hum of the Sun

Welcome to the Dark Side

Introducing Season Six

To the Stars with Jessica Watkins

Suiting up for Space

Field Notes: Nhulunbuy, Australia

How to Build A Spacecraft

Stargazers Welcome

Wildfires from Space

The Invisible World of Gravitational Waves