Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. Visit the Amazon rainforest, explore faraway galaxies and dive into our astronaut training pool. First-time space explorers welcome.

NASA's Curious Universe Podcast: Wild and Wonderful Adventures with NASA

Our universe is a wild and wonderful place. Join NASA astronauts, scientists, and engineers on a new adventure each week — all you need is your curiosity. Fly over the Antarctic ice sheets, explore faraway styrofoam planets, and journey deep into the solar system. First-time space explorers welcome.

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NASA's Curious Universe: Introducing Season Three

What do we know about the planets outside our solar system? NASA planet hunters Jessie Christiansen and Knicole Colon take us beyond...into the exciting world of exoplanets.  

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NASA's Curious Universe: Let's Go Planet-Hunting!

You’ve probably seen beautiful images of space taken from telescopes around the world and out in orbit.  But how does a bunch of intergalactic information become a vibrant photograph?  And what else can we see, feel, and hear from that data? Scientists Kenneth Carpenter, Kimberly Arcand, and Denna Lambert help us translate the universe.    

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NASA's Curious Universe: Interpreting Our Universe

With Earth’s recent record-breaking temperatures, the pace of sea level rise has accelerated. NASA scientists take us on a trip into their research right here on our home planet. Join us as we fly over Antarctic ice sheets and consult with orbiting satellites on this exploration of our changing Earth.     

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NASA's Curious Universe: Earth's Expanding Oceans

The night sky is full of planets, satellites, and cosmic objects we can see with our eyes and telescopes.  In between all that material, there’s a huge amount of invisible matter and the vast majority of it is called plasma.  Follow along with scientists Doug Rowland and Don Gurnett, as we journey through this mysterious and electrifying substance.

NASA's Curious Universe: Plasma, Plasma, Everywhere!

Twenty-four American astronauts went to the moon between 1968 and 1972.  In the next few years, we are going back.  To get there, we’ll need a dedicated team and a powerful new rocket.  NASA’s Sharon Cobb and Abdiel Santos Galindo take us through the many, many steps involved in preparing for launch.  

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NASA's Curious Universe: Rocket Assembly Required

At NASA, we are driven by curiosity and we know you are too! Join us as we hear from our previous episode experts about what they’re interested in, and answer some questions from listeners like you.  What are you still curious about?

NASA's Curious Universe: Bonus: Still Curious?

In season four, explore the lifesaving systems of space suits, break through the sound barrier, and search for life among the stars. First-time space explorers welcome.

NASA's Curious Universe: Introducing Season Four

The Moon is our constant cosmic companion and the only planetary body outside of Earth where humans have set foot. As we prepare to head back to the Moon with the Artemis program, let's take a look at what we know about this wonderful and mysterious natural satellite. Join lunar scientists Noah Petro, Casey Honniball, and Jacob Bleacher on an exploration of the Moon.

NASA's Curious Universe: Mysteries of the Moon

Planets throughout the universe are full of fascinating weather, including Earth! Hear how NASA and NOAA work together to predict, monitor, and respond to Earth’s ever-changing weather. Explore Earth’s weather with Dalia Kirschbaum, Marangelly Fuentes, and Dan Lindsey.

NASA's Curious Universe: Earth's Weather Watchers

When a plane flies faster than the speed of sound, you get a sonic boom!  But what if we could change those physics?  Join NASA test pilot Nils Larson and aerospace engineer Lori Ozoroski to hear how we’re flying faster than the speed of sound, and making that supersonic flight quieter, too.

NASA's Curious Universe: Going Supersonic!

As humanity sets its sights on longer-term life in space, we’re going to need ways to sustain ourselves.  That’s where plants come into play! Take a tour of Kennedy Space Center’s lush Plant Processing Area with Ray Wheeler, Ralph Fritsche, and Gioia Massa - the scientists studying how to grow food in space!

NASA's Curious Universe: How To Grow Plants In Space

Are we alone in the universe? It's a question studied in science fiction, but also by teams here at NASA. Join us as we search for signs of life outside of Earth with scientists Aki Roberge, Ravi Kopparapu, and Shawn Domagal-Goldman.

NASA's Curious Universe: The Search For Life: Are We Alone?

Scientific experiments can often benefit from a little bit of space…outer space that is!  To get there, dozens of fast-launching, instrument-carrying rockets are launched across the globe every year. Explore sounding rockets, and the experiments they take to the skies, with space physicist Alexa Halford and sounding rocket program assistant chief Cathy Hesh.

NASA's Curious Universe: Up And Away With Sounding Rockets

From dusty deserts to icy mountain tops, NASA experts visit incredible places along their career path. But what about our explorers who take their work off the Earth?  Join astronaut Shannon Walker on a look back at her excursions into space.

NASA's Curious Universe: Field Notes: Astronaut Shannon Walker

When you think of NASA, you might think of all the incredible mysteries of outer space. But we’re also pretty invested in another very special place … our home. In this episode, join us as we celebrate all the ways NASA keeps an eye on our home planet.

NASA's Curious Universe: Only on Earth

Decades of planning. A heart-wrenching setback. Over a million mesmerizing images of space. This is the story of the Hubble Space Telescope, our window to the stars.

Our Window To The Stars

The James Webb Space Telescope will explore every phase of cosmic history: from the formation of the very first galaxies in the early universe, to our cosmic backyard of the Solar System. Webb is the largest space telescope NASA has ever built and it is almost ready to make its journey about one million miles from Earth.

Our Cosmic Time Machine, The James Webb Space Telescope

A pair of behemoth machines called crawler-trans­porters have carried the load of taking rockets and spacecraft to the launchpad for more than 50 years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Each larger than a baseball infield and powered by locomotive en­gines, the crawler-transporters stand ready to keep up the work for the next generation of launch vehicles to lift astronauts into space. Sam Dove, John Giles, and Breanna Rohloff explain.

The Crawlers: How NASA Transports Rockets

Don't let the name fool you: a black hole is anything but empty space. Black holes are some of the most extreme, bizarre and fascinating objects in the universe. Regina Caputo and Jeremy Schnittman describe what it might be like to go hunting for one.

NASA's Curious Universe: Inside a Black Hole

Hello, we’re NASA. You may have seen our astronauts, rocket launches, or Mars rovers — but have you heard our sounds? From interviews with astronauts and engineers to stories that take you on a tour of the galaxy, NASA’s audio offerings let you experience the thrill of space exploration without ever leaving Earth.