Today on BigBrain, kids and families explore an enhanced-color NASA portrait of Pluto, meet a newly identified walking shark near Papua New Guinea, and learn why Galápagos green turtles may be less wander-y than many sea turtles.

In this warm kids’ science news episode, we follow ESA and JAXA’s BepiColombo mission as it begins its Mercury arrival phase, explore NASA’s Hubble image of the N44 superbubble, and learn how a NASA high-altitude balloon carried student and researcher experiments above New Mexico.

In this BigBrain episode, kids and parents explore NASA’s September 2026 skywatching guide, learn how satellites tracked a large Arctic iceberg that bumped Joe Island and kept floating, and go behind the scenes as NASA technicians begin installing four RS-25 engines on the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis III.

Today on BigBrain: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope launches from Florida, ESA carefully tracks the planned reentries of two old Cluster satellites, and scientists identify seven tiny diamond frog species from Madagascar using DNA tools and museum specimens.

Today on BigBrain, kids explore three curious science stories: dogs may blink more when their humans blink, researchers used fossils to estimate sounds from cricket-like insects 165 million years ago, and NASA says a Cygnus XL cargo craft fired its engines for 20 minutes and 43 seconds to raise the International Space Station’s orbit.

Today on BigBrain, kids and parents explore three space science updates: NASA’s new 34-meter Deep Space Network antenna in California, the tiny Pandora satellite beginning observations of exoplanets and their stars, and research suggesting some tough Earth microbes might survive in icy shadowed spots near the Moon’s South Pole.

In this BigBrain episode, kids visit hands-on science events in Western Sydney and Newcastle, hear about Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day before the U.S. Open, and think about how curiosity, practice, teamwork, and careful listening help us learn.

In this BigBrain episode for kids and families, NOAA starts two deep-sea expeditions with live video, NASA explains why a total solar eclipse looked golden in parts of Spain, and Moon photos reveal a fresh crater from an old rocket stage impact. Warm, curious, and safety-minded science news for young listeners.

Today on BigBrain, families visit Williamsport for a Little League World Series kickoff parade, explore color and kaleidoscopes at The Rockwell Museum, try museum research at Winterthur, and think about how AI could help sustainability while using resources responsibly.

Today on BigBrain, we visit kid-friendly museum programs from August 16: Smithsonian Spark!Lab, where children practiced inventing; a New York State Museum STEAM Sunday about squishy circuits; and a Crocker Art Museum family gallery adventure in Sacramento. A warm, safe episode about curiosity, creativity, and learning by doing.