Space Podcasts
Digital Diamonds?
Can man-made diamond pave the way for the electronics of the future? It depends who you talk to.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Julia Cort. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0229297.
First Test Drive for Next Mars Rover
This video shows the first test drive of the next Mars Rover, Curiosity, in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on July 23, 2010.
Mars Curiosity Rover Grows Taller
This video shows engineers and technicians carefully attaching the 'head' of the Mars Curiosity rover to its 'body' in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Mini Soccer Balls in Space
This animation illustrates that buckyballs -- discovered in space by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope -- closely resemble old fashioned, black-and-white soccer balls, only on much smaller scales.
Buckyballs Jiggle like Jello
This artist's animation illustrates vibrating buckyballs -- spherical molecules of carbon discovered in space for the first time by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Cosmic Soccer Balls
The World Cup may be over, but there are soccer balls still bouncing in space. Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered soccer-ball-shaped molecules, known as 'buckyballs.'
Hiding in Plain Sight
In this podcast, marine biologist Roger Hanlon explains why octopuses are masters of camouflage.
Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Susan Lewis. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Learn more about the remarkable camouflage of octopuses--and their cousins, cuttlefish--on pbs.org/nova/camo.
Dance of Particles in Saturn's F Ring
This movie features a simulation showing the changes to a portion of Saturn's F ring as the shepherding moon Prometheus swings by it.
WISE Eyes the Whole Sky
This animation shows the progress of the WISE all-sky survey over time.
The Usual Suspects
A scientist goes to California's Death Valley to unravel the mysteries of a Titan lake.
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