Curated Video
A Year in Space, and the Lunar Eclipse!
Two astronauts are about to embark on the One Year Mission which can help us understand more about the long-term effects of being in space, and there is an upcoming total lunar eclipse (the shortest one this century)!
Physics Girl
What's the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse?
Solar and lunar eclipse - which is which? And how can you finally remember the difference?
Curated Video
Formation of Eclipses
It explains solar and lunar eclipses and the causes and conditions for their formation.
Curated Video
Our Solar System
Dr. Forrester classifies the parts of our solar system by examining such components as planets, moon, Sun, Milky Way, comets, asteroids, and meteors. She explains lunar phases, lunar eclipses, and solar eclipses. Dr. Forrester...
World Science Festival
Hidden Dimensions: Exploring Hyperspace
Extra dimensions of space—the idea that we are immersed in hyperspace—may be key to explaining the fundamental nature of the universe. Relativity introduced time as the fourth dimension, and Einstein’s subsequent work envisioned more...
Mazz Media
Making Careful Observations (Recording and Analyzing)
In this live-action program viewers will learn that being able to make careful and accurate observations is the foundation of any lab based science class, such as chemistry, biology, or physics. Students will come to understand the...
Curated Video
Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth
Taking advantage of the total lunar eclipse of January 2019, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. The method used serves as a proxy for how they will observe...
Professor Dave Explains
History of Astronomy Part 2: Early Measurements of the Earth
After many centuries of pure observation, it finally became time for mankind to start doing some science to figure out the dimensions of the Earth and other nearby objects. What were these early experiments? What did they tell us? Let's...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Deep Space Transport
Paul Kessler, aerospace engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, discusses what to consider for designing a vehicle – with humans on board – that will enter deep space and make the long journey to Mars on this fourth...
PBS
Eclipses Explained
Are scholars in the dark about eclipses? Shed some light on the subject! Learners explore the sun-moon-Earth system with an interactive lesson from PBS's Space series. Teaching materials include a printable passage, discussion questions,...