NASA's Curious Universe
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.
1
Roman Series: Liftoff!
Behind the scenes of the final preparations and big emotions
21 min
2
Roman Series: Why NASA’s Roman Space Telescope ...
A deep dive into a groundbreaking new telescope
25 min
3
Roman Series: The Technology Inside NASA’s Newe...
Pop the hood of a space telescope with NASA engineers
31 min
4
Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns
Roman's quest to discover planets outside our solar system
30 min
5
Roman Series: NASA’s New View of the Dark Universe
Get ready for "sky panoramas"
37 min
6
Launching Soon: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
4 min
7
There’s More Space in Your Life Than You Think
33 min
8
Meet the Artemis III Crew
They'll fly one of the most complex human spaceflight missions in history
52 min
9
Catching Up With Perseverance on Mars
Unprecedented data from the surface of Mars
40 min
10
Bonus: Behind the Scenes of Artemis II with NAS...
Highlights from inside the mission
31 min
11
Update: Artemis II Crew Comes Home
"No one down here is ever going to know what the four of us just went through."
14 min
12
Update: Artemis II Crew Flies Around the Moon
"We love you from the Moon"
38 min
13
Artemis II: How NASA’s Moon Mission Returns to ...
Preparing for splashdown
23 min
14
Artemis II: The Ground Teams Powering NASA's Mo...
The shoulders lifting astronauts to space
31 min
15
Artemis II: How NASA Will Study the Moon—And th...
The science behind the mission
52 min
16
Artemis II: Inside NASA’s New Ride to the Moon
How astronauts will fly to the Moon and back
33 min
17
Artemis II: What NASA Learned From Launching Ar...
The countdown starts here
27 min
18
Artemis II: Meet the Moonbound Astronauts
Four astronauts. One mission around the Moon.
49 min
19
Launching Soon: Artemis II
This year, NASA returns to the Moon.
3 min
20
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
21
Encore: A Day In Space
One day in the life of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
22 min
22
How Webb Illuminates Stars’ Cloudy Origins
New insights into how stars form from the James Webb Space Telescope.
22 min
23
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
The scientists turning the James Webb Space Telescope's giant eye inward.
27 min
24
Webb's Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—Bu...
Faraway worlds come into focus thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.
23 min
25
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