Podcast for audio and video - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory show

Podcast for audio and video - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Summary: Video and audio podcasts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory feature the latest news on space and science findings from JPL and NASA. Topics include discoveries made by spacecraft studying planets in our solar system, including Mars, Saturn and our home planet, Earth. Missions also study stars and galaxies in our universe. Other topics cover tips for amateur astronomers and updates from the Mars Rover and Cassini missions.

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Podcasts:

 Black-Hole Hunter | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:09

A large number of galaxies are hiding black holes that we can't detect, and NASA's NuSTAR will use X-ray vision to find them.

 What's Up for May 2012? | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 3:04

View sunspots and a solar eclipse through solar-safe 'scopes this month.

 Vesta's Shape and Gravity | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 1:21

This video from NASA's Dawn mission shows that the gravity field of Vesta closely matches the surface topography of the giant asteroid Vesta.

 Saturn's Weirdest Ring | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 2:07

Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails behind them. These trails in the rings, which scientists are calling "mini-jets," fill in a missing link in our story of the curious behavior of the F ring.

 How Do You Land on Mars? | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 0:59

Getting a spacecraft to Mars is one thing; getting it safely to the ground is a whole other challenge! This 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains three ways to land on the surface of the Red Planet.

 Robotic Arm Target Practice | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: 1:29

Engineers use Curiosity’s body double to practice robotic arm placement.

 Mars' Whirling Dust Devil | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 0:45

Animation of a skinny 'dust devil' on the dust-covered Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.

 What's Up for April? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:02

View Saturn all night this month, and view icy moons through a telescope.

 Robot Rumble! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:16

High school teams go head to head in a robotics competition to create March madness robot-style!

 Storm Chaser on Mars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:13

We're not in Kansas anymore ! Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Catches a Twister in Action

 The Challenges of Getting to Mars: The Cruise to Mars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:23

The long journey to Mars through the harsh environment of space confronts the Curiosity navigation team with a long list of challenges to get the spacecraft safely to its destination.

 NuSTAR in Space | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:09

NASA's newest X-ray telescope will have a lengthy structure that unfolds in space, allowing it to see high-energy objects like feeding black holes.

 12-21-2012 Just Another Day | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:31

NASA scientist debunks 2012 end of the world doomsday scenarios.

 Landing Practice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:32

Mars Science Laboratory engineers have a dress rehearsal for Curiosity's landing day on the Red Planet.

 What's Up for March? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:55

Be sure to mark your calendar for an amazing planetary view this month. Many planets continue to put on a show in the west and Venus prepares to transit the Sun. Track Comet Garradd with your backyard telescope and prepare for Sun-Earth Day on March 20th.

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