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Season Four of “NASA’s Curious Universe” Podcast Takes Listeners on Adventures with NASA Experts

A graphic that has the words "NASA's Curious Universe" in the center in white letters. On the left, there are trees and hills against an orange sky. There is also a depiction of a sounding rocket taking off. In the center, NASA's X59 aircraft is depicted, which is a narrow plane with a long nose. People from behind are depicted looking at the sky in the bottom center. One person is holding a phone as if they are taking a photo of the sky. A waxing crescent Moon is shown to the right of the Curious Universe logo. Three exoplanets of various sizes are shown in the sky on the right. The sky goes from orange on the left to purple on the right. There are hills in the bottom right with lightning depicted in the distance.
NASA’s Curious Universe Season 4
NASA/ K. Kim

NASA’s Curious Universe podcast returns on May 17 with a season four release highlighting wild and wonderful adventures on our home planet and beyond.

This summer, Host Padi Boyd, a NASA astrophysicist, introduces listeners to NASA’s missions, projects, and people. Listeners will join a NASA test pilot on a supersonic journey, learn about the history of spacesuits and new Artemis era technology, and search for signs of life outside of Earth with astrophysicists.

New episodes of the podcast will be released every Tuesday through July 12.

NASA’s Curious Universe first debuted in March 2020 and features a catalog of 32 previously published episodes focused on a range of topics, from black holes to rocket assembly.

In April 2022, the show was recognized with a People’s Voice Webby Award in the category of Best Podcast Limited Series: Health, Science & Education, for the production of the four-part Webb Space Telescope mini-series.

NASA’s Curious Universe is a podcast created with the “first-time space explorer” in mind and doesn’t require any prior knowledge of NASA or its missions. All you need is your curiosity!

Find the NASA’s Curious Universe season four trailer now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Soundcloud.

From long-form 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. Discover all of NASA’s podcasts at: nasa.gov/podcasts.

Katie Atkinson
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center