Spitzer Telescope Vodcast

The latest vodcasts about the Spitzer Space Telescope and its discoveries.

Stampy, the Science-Loving Postage Stamp

16 Dec 2015 at 12:00am
Stampy helps a student learn about the engineering behind NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Featuring Richard Horvitz, Robert Picardo, and Danny Pudi. Read more...

NOTGLaDOS: Fusion vs. Fission

12 Feb 2014 at 12:00am
When a science-mad A.I. system is installed at NASA, two hapless computer technicians learn the process behind nuclear fusion in the Sun, and how it differs from fission. Read more...

Ask an Astronomy Brain Parasite: Why are astronauts weightless in space?

16 Jul 2013 at 12:00am
Deep inside an astronomer's head, a parasite (voiced by Alan Tudyk) taps into his brain to learn about...science! Specifically, about why astronauts appear weightless in space. Wil Wheaton co-stars. Read more...

Robot Astronomy Talk Show: The Mass of Asteroids (Cameron Diaz, Ed Wasser)

26 Feb 2013 at 12:00am
Cameron Diaz teaches Robot IR-2 (Ed Wasser) how astronomers can measure the mass of asteroids from tremendous distances. Read more...

Big Bang: The Musical

18 Mar 2011 at 12:00am
Did you know 13.7 billion year old radiation from the Big Bang can be seen on any analogue TV set? In this mini-musical, a fictional couple (Brigitte Dale, Marc Helou) discuss the science behind this. Original song written & performed by Danny Tieger. Read more...

Astronomy Anemone

16 Feb 2011 at 12:00am
Veronica Belmont co-hosts a space-themed talk show with Astronomy Anemone, a carnivorous man-eating sea polyp. WARNING: contains scenes of cartoon violence and scientific jargon. Read more...

Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Destroyer of Worlds (Ed Wasser, Wil Wheaton)

28 Nov 2010 at 12:00am
Robot IR-2 (Ed Wasser) meets The Physician (Wil Wheaton), an intergalactic buttinsky in a small blue box spaceship. Together, they work to escape "The Destroyer of Worlds," a binary star system that is destroying its inner planets. With Brigitte Dale. Read more...

Behind the Scenes: Dead Stars (Sean Astin, Sandeep Parikh)

10 Aug 2010 at 12:00am
Actor Sean Astin is hired by a bullying educational film Director and her Flunky sidekick to explain about the life and death of stars. But when things go wrong on the set, actor Sandeep Parikh is hired to replace Sean... only to have things take a bizarre twist. Read more...

Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both Worlds (Amy Okuda, Ed Wasser, Wil Wheaton)

25 May 2010 at 12:00am
Amy Okuda flies to Saturn to observe a new giant ring around the planet: the largest ring ever discovered in our Solar System, but one that was only recently revealed through infrared observations by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009. While there, she and Irwin (voiced by Wil Wheaton) encou... Read more...

Spitzer Space Telescope: The Musical

9 Mar 2010 at 12:00am
A singing NASA supervisor uses song to explain about NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and how infrared astronomy differs from visible-light telescopes like Hubble. Read more...