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ScienceCasts: Partial Eclipse of the Strawberry Moon

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. On Monday, June 4th, the Moon will pass through the shadow of Earth, producing a partial lunar eclipse visible across the Pacific from China to the United States.

ScienceCasts: The 2012 Transit of Venus

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. It won't happen again until December 2117. On June 5th, 2012, Venus will transit the face of the sun in an event of both historical and observational importance. The best places to watch are in the south Pacific, but travel is not required. The event will also be visible around sunset from the USA.

ScienceCasts: Don't Judge a Moon by its Cover

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Superficially, Saturn's moon Phoebe doesn't look much like a planet, but on the inside, the little gray moon has a lot in common with worlds like Earth.

ScienceCasts: A Star Turns Inside Out

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has mapped the debris of a supernova and discovered that the explosion may have turned the original star inside out. Peering into the heart of the inverted star, astronomers have found the atoms of life itself.

ScienceCasts: Amateur Scientists Discover Galactic Bubbles

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Amateur scientists have made a effervescent discovery: The Milky Way Galaxy is bubbling like a glass of champagne.

ScienceCasts: Here Comes Solar Maximum

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Solar storms and Northern Lights are in the offing as the sun approaches Solar Max, expected in mid-to-late 2013. Recently, Earth's defenses were tested by a volley of strong eruptions. Find out what happened in this week's explosive ScienceCast.

ScienceCasts: April is the Cruelest Month

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. One year after the historic tornado outbreak of April 27-28, 2011, researchers say they've learned a few things about deadly twisters. This week's ScienceCast presents some of the scientific findings that emerged from the swath of destruction.

ScienceCasts: A Wonderful Night in April

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. If you have to chose just one night in April to go out and look at the stars, NASA scientists say it should be April 21st. This week's ScienceCast explains what makes that one night so special.

ScienceCasts: Getting to Know the Goldilocks Planet

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. NASA's Kepler spacecraft is discovering a veritable avalanche of alien worlds. As the numbers mount, it seems to be just a matter of time before Kepler finds what astronomers are really looking for: an Earth-like planet orbiting its star in the "Goldilocks zone".

ScienceCasts: The Surprising Power of a Solar Storm

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. A flurry of solar activity in early March dumped enough heat in Earth's upper atmosphere to power every residence in New York City for two years. The heat has since dissipated, but there's more to come as the solar cycle intensifies.

ScienceCasts: Mysterious Objects at the Edge of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope is finding hundreds of new objects at the very edge of the electromagnetic spectrum. Many of them have one thing in common: Astronomers have no idea what they are.

ScienceCasts: The Super Moon of May 2012

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Another "super-Moon" is in the offing. The perigee full Moon in May will be as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012.

ScienceCasts: Auroras Underfoot

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Celebrating 50 ScienceCasts Episodes! Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Lately, the International Space Station has been flying through geomagnetic storms, giving astronauts an close-up view of the aurora borealis just outside their windows.

ScienceCasts: Curiosity, The Stunt Double

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. En route to the Red Planet, Mars rover Curiosity has experienced the strongest solar radiation storm since 2005. No need to be alarmed: Researchers say it's all part of Curiosity's job as a 'stunt double' for human astronauts.

ScienceCasts: An Alignment of Planets

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. The brightest planets in the night sky are aligning for a must-see show in late February and March 2012. Start looking tonight!

ScienceCasts: Alien Matter in the Solar System

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. "Alien matter" detected by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Earth shows that the chemical make-up of our solar system differs from that of the surrounding galaxy. Researchers discuss the possible meaning of this mismatch in this week's ScienceCast video.

ScienceCasts: Mission to Land on a Comet

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is en route to intercept a comet-- and to make history. In 2014, Rosetta will enter orbit around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and land a probe on it for a front row seat as the comet heads toward the sun.

ScienceCasts: Solar Eclipse in the USA

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Timetables and maps at eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov A "ring of fire" solar eclipse is coming to the USA this spring. It's the first annular eclipse visible from the contiguous United States in almost 18 years.

ScienceCasts: What Happened to all the Snow?

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Winter seems to have been on hold this year in some parts of the United States. Snowfall has been scarce in places that were overwhelmed with the white stuff at the same time last year. In this ScienceCast, JPL climatologist Bill Patzert explains what's going on.

ScienceCasts: Some Comets Like It Hot

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Astronomers are still scratching their heads over Comet Lovejoy, which plunged through the atmosphere of the sun in December and, against all odds, survived. The comet is now receding into the outer solar system leaving many mysteries behind.

ScienceCasts: Re-thinking an Alien World

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. A distant super-Earth named ""55 Cancri e"" is wetter and weirder than astronomers thought possible. The discovery has researchers re-thinking the nature of alien worlds.

ScienceCasts: Tracking Meteoroids

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. A new iPhone app just released by NASA harnesses the power of citizen scientists to track space debris around Earth.

ScienceCasts: Smallest Terrestrial Planet?

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Visit science.nasa.gov for more. NASA's Dawn probe, now orbiting Vesta in the asteroid belt, has found some surprising things on the giant asteroid--things that have prompted one researcher to declare Vesta "the smallest terrestrial planet."

ScienceCasts: A Super-Sized Lunar Eclipse

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Updated version! Visit science.nasa.gov for the full story. On Dec 10th, sky watchers in the western United States will witness a total lunar eclipse swollen to super-sized proportions by the Moon illusion. Interactive visibility map courtesy of Larry Koehn: www.shadowandsubstance.com

ScienceCasts: A Super-Sized Lunar Eclipse

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This video was updated, please visit www.youtube.com for the latest version! Visit science.nasa.gov for the full story. On Dec 10th, sky watchers in the western United States will witness a total lunar eclipse swollen to super-sized proportions by the Moon illusion.