NASA's Curious Universe

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


Science
1
Artemis II: Inside NASA’s New Ride to the Moon
How astronauts will fly to the Moon and back
33 min
2
Artemis II: What NASA Learned From Launching Ar...
The countdown starts here
27 min
3
Artemis II: Meet the Moonbound Astronauts
Four astronauts. One mission around the Moon.
49 min
4
Launching Soon: Artemis II
This year, NASA returns to the Moon.
3 min
5
Cosmic Dawn with Nobel Laureate John Mather
The story of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope—with the man who first proposed it.
18 min
6
Encore: A Day In Space
One day in the life of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
22 min
7
How Webb Illuminates Stars’ Cloudy Origins
New insights into how stars form from the James Webb Space Telescope.
22 min
8
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
The scientists turning the James Webb Space Telescope's giant eye inward.
27 min
9
Webb's Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—Bu...
Faraway worlds come into focus thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.
23 min
10
Why Webb's Earliest Galaxies Are Blowing Scient...
The James Webb Space Telescope is looking further back in time than we've ever seen before.
27 min
11
How Lying In Bed For 60 Days Helps Astronauts
NASA's studying humans here on Earth to help astronauts stay healthy in space.
27 min
12
Earth Series: What's Next for NASA Earth Science
What will we learn about this unique, life-giving planet next?
28 min
13
Earth Series: Monitoring the Air We Breathe
How NASA helped save the ozone layer—and tracks air pollution around the world.
38 min
14
Earth Series: From Space to Your Plate
NASA satellites track changes on our planet's surface and help farmers feed the world.
31 min
15
Earth Series: The Ocean, Now in Full Color
The two new NASA satellites keeping an eye on the ocean.
34 min
16
Earth Series: How NASA Sees Our Blue Marble
Earth, from space: a revelatory point of view.
28 min
17
Welcome to Earth
There's one planet NASA studies more than any other: our own.
3 min
18
Curious Universe Live: Art and Science with Ast...
Live from On Air Fest in Brooklyn, New York: NASA astronaut Matt Dominick.
29 min
19
Inside the Team That Keeps Hubble Flying
For the space telescope's 35th anniversary, a rare peek inside its control center.
38 min
20
How NASA Found the Ingredients For Life on an A...
Some of the first science results are in from a NASA mission to asteroid Bennu.
27 min
21
Why the Moon’s Icy South Pole is a Hot Target f...
NASA's Artemis campaign is targeting the South Pole for the first crewed lunar landing in decades.
36 min
22
The Mind-Bending Math Inside Black Holes
Dr. Ronald Gamble, a NASA theoretical astrophysicist, peers inside some of the universe's most extreme objects: black holes.
25 min
23
How Open Science and AI Are Advancing Hurricane...
A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft flies into the eye of a storm. What happens next?
31 min
24
Europa Clipper's Voyage to Jupiter's Ocean Moon
Could Jupiter's moon support life in its salty seas?
36 min
25
An Asteroid by Any Other Name With Special Gues...
At NASA, defending the planet from space rocks is serious business.
38 min