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
Update: Artemis II Crew Flies Around the Moon
"We love you from the Moon"
38 min
2
Artemis II: How NASA’s Moon Mission Returns to ...
Preparing for splashdown
23 min
3
Artemis II: The Ground Teams Powering NASA's Mo...
The shoulders lifting astronauts to space
31 min
4
Artemis II: How NASA Will Study the Moon—And th...
The science behind the mission
52 min
5
Artemis II: Inside NASA’s New Ride to the Moon
How astronauts will fly to the Moon and back
33 min
6
Artemis II: What NASA Learned From Launching Ar...
The countdown starts here
27 min
7
Artemis II: Meet the Moonbound Astronauts
Four astronauts. One mission around the Moon.
49 min
8
Launching Soon: Artemis II
This year, NASA returns to the Moon.
3 min
9
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
10
Encore: A Day In Space
One day in the life of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
22 min
11
How Webb Illuminates Stars’ Cloudy Origins
New insights into how stars form from the James Webb Space Telescope.
22 min
12
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
The scientists turning the James Webb Space Telescope's giant eye inward.
27 min
13
Webb's Exoplanet Research Sounds Like Sci-Fi—Bu...
Faraway worlds come into focus thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope.
23 min
14
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
15
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
16
Earth Series: What's Next for NASA Earth Science
What will we learn about this unique, life-giving planet next?
28 min
17
Earth Series: Monitoring the Air We Breathe
How NASA helped save the ozone layer—and tracks air pollution around the world.
38 min
18
Earth Series: From Space to Your Plate
NASA satellites track changes on our planet's surface and help farmers feed the world.
31 min
19
Earth Series: The Ocean, Now in Full Color
The two new NASA satellites keeping an eye on the ocean.
34 min
20
Earth Series: How NASA Sees Our Blue Marble
Earth, from space: a revelatory point of view.
28 min
21
Welcome to Earth
There's one planet NASA studies more than any other: our own.
3 min
22
Curious Universe Live: Art and Science with Ast...
Live from On Air Fest in Brooklyn, New York: NASA astronaut Matt Dominick.
29 min
23
Inside the Team That Keeps Hubble Flying
For the space telescope's 35th anniversary, a rare peek inside its control center.
38 min
24
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
25
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