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Podcastronaut | Producer and co-host of NASA's Curious Universe

I interviewed Wally several years ago. She had more energy as an 80-year-old than I do most days. We should all love something as much as Wally loved to fly

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w ago

Breaking News: Wally Funk, the trailblazing female pilot who, at 82, became the oldest person to fly in space, has died at 87.

Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · 2y ago

The Moon’s South Pole is a bizarre landscape. Mountain ridges glow in perpetual sunlight; deep craters freeze in billion-year-old shade. Yet hidden deep inside those shadowed craters, under temperatures three times colder than the frostiest day in Antarctica, lurks something familiar–water ice. 🧪

Why the Moon’s Icy South Pole is a Hot Target for NASA

NASA's Curious Universe · Episode

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@jacobpinter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wow, Mars has everything

Table of contents from a NASA article about Mars. The contents are: Frost avalanches, Gas geysers, Spiders, Powerful winds, and Wandering dunes

@jacobpinter.bsky.social · 2y ago

NASA's Parker Solar Probe--the first-ever spacecraft to "touch" the Sun's atmosphere--made its closest approach of the Sun on Christmas Eve. And it phoned home to say it survived!

Heidi B. Hammel@hbhammel.bsky.social · 2y ago

Good news! Here comes sunshine ☀️ 🕶️ blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarp...

@jacobpinter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy Thanksgiving - aka "the strangest thing" humans do. Even metabolism experts say that counting calories can wait until tomorrow www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

A quote from a Washington Post article: No other ape shares like we do. It’s anomalous in the natural world. But we do it every day. And whenever there’s a big moment to celebrate, we do it by sharing food. So Thanksgiving is, in my mind, the ultimate human-evolution holiday. You’ve got hunted meat. You’ve got gathered plant foods. You’ve got language happening. You’ve got tools. You share this bounty with your extended family and friends, your kin group. What other celebration puts human evolution on display like that? So, of course, we should be aware of the health aspects. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that, in humans, food is a social bond, and especially on Thanksgiving. Maybe give yourself one day to focus on that aspect and not worry too much about the calories. It’s okay, honestly, to just enjoy the pie

@jacobpinter.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎶 Deck the halls with rocket whooshing, fa la la la ... 🎶 youtu.be/_cgTVTwu4nw

NASA Rocket Engine Fireplace - 8 Hours in 4K

YouTube video by NASA

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@jacobpinter.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm becoming obsessed with these rats who learned how to drive www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024...

Guest column | I taught rats to drive, but they taught me to enjoy the ride

Unexpectedly, we found that the rats had an intense motivation for their driving training.

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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · 2y ago

Ever wonder how NOAA collects the critical data from inside hurricanes that makes accurate forecasting possible? I talked to their Hurricane Hunter pilots for this week's episode of NASA's Curious Universe. It's all your favorite government agencies in one podcast!

How Open Science and AI Are Advancing Hurricane Research

NASA's Curious Universe · Episode

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