Next Animation Studio
How Earth’s shadow will turn the moon blood red this week
The longest near-total lunar eclipse in 580 years will happen between November 18 and 19 while the moon is full.
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...
Curated Video
NASA | SDO Lunar Transit, Prominence Eruption, and M-Class Flare
On Jan 30, 2014, beginning at 8:31 a.m EST, the moon moved between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, and the sun, giving the observatory a view of a partial solar eclipse from space. Such a lunar transit happens two to three...
CuriosaMente
Why aren't there solar eclipses every month? - Curiosamente #1
As you know a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is placed between the earth and the sun. But, if the moon takes about 28 days to travel around Earth... Why don’t we see eclipses every month? "Eclipse" comes from the Greek word...
CuriosaMente
Why aren't there solar eclipses every month? - Curiosamente #1
An animated explanation of how eclipses work. As you know a solar eclipse occurs when the moon is placed between the earth and the sun. But, if the moon takes about 28 days to travel around Earth, why don’t we see eclipses every month?
Physics Girl
Craziest eclipses in the solar system
A total solar eclipse passed across North America on August 21, 2017. Are there other total solar eclipses in the solar system?
SciShow Kids
2015's Solar Eclipse
In this episode of SciShow Kids, Jessi talks about solar eclipses, and in particular, the solar eclipse of 2015! Jessi will show you how eclipses occur and where the best places to view the eclipse are.
Bozeman Science
ESS1B - Earth and the Solar System
In this video Paul Andersen explains the parts of the Solar System; including the planets, dwarf planets, moons and asteroids. He explains how everything orbits around the Sun and how a proper understanding of this heliocentric model...
Curated Video
Why people get so excited about a total solar eclipse
How solar and lunar eclipses work. Note: This is an update of a video we published in 2015. Sources: Getty Images...
Life Noggin
Why Does The Moon Turn Blood Red? - Dear Blocko #12
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Curated Video
Here’s what a harvest moon actually is
A minor penumbral lunar eclipse happened across certain parts of the globe on September 16, 2016. It was the last chance to watch a lunar eclipse during the harvest moon until 2024. But what is a harvest moon? NASA is here to explain....
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon: Planet Earth
Upon viewing the Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon video series, students will be able to do the following: Cite some of the characteristics of Earth which make it unique in our solar system, including: Earth's moderate temperature, the...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon: the Sun
Upon viewing the Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon video series, students will be able to do the following: Cite some of the characteristics of Earth which make it unique in our solar system, including: Earth's moderate temperature, the...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon: Earth in Space
Upon viewing the Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon video series, students will be able to do the following: Cite some of the characteristics of Earth which make it unique in our solar system, including: Earth's moderate temperature, the...
NPR
Total Eclipse of the Moon (Song)
Tonight, North America will have the chance to see a total lunar eclipse - a "blood moon." This morning, Skunk Bear's Adam Cole woke up with a song stuck in his head. For more info:...
Natural History Museum
What is a blue Moon? | Natural History Museum
You may be familiar with the Moon turning red during lunar eclipses, but did you know that it can sometimes appear to have a blue hue? Martin Mangler, a volcano researcher at the Museum, explains what causes a blue moon. Discover more...
Curated Video
Tracing the 2017 Solar Eclipse
When depicting an eclipse path, data visualizers have usually chosen to represent the moon's shadow as an oval. By bringing in a variety of NASA data sets, visualizer Ernie Wright has created a new and more accurate representation of the...
Curated Video
What Spacecraft Saw During the 2017 Solar Eclipse
On Aug. 21, 2017, a solar eclipse passed over North America. People throughout the continent experienced a partial solar eclipse, and a total solar eclipse passed over a narrow swath of land stretching from Oregon to South Carolina,...
Curated Video
NASA | Shadow of the Moon
On March 20th, 2015, the Moon’s shadow will create a total solar eclipse. This video presents several visualizations of what this shadow would look like from space, and highlights the areas of the world in the path of the umbra and...
Curated Video
Baseball Hits an Eclipse
One of the best places to view the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse was at a ballpark in Keizer, Oregon. Here, NASA Goddard and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission partnered with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Minor League Baseball team for an...
Curated Video
NASA | Earth and Moon Photobomb SDO
On Sept. 13, 2015, as NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, kept up its constant watch on the sun, its view was photobombed not once, but twice. Just as the moon came into SDO’s field of view on a path to cross the sun, Earth...
Curated Video
NASA | Moon Phase and Libration
The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2011, at hourly intervals. The Current Moon image is the frame from this...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Earth, Sun, and Moon
This video introduces the Earth, Sun, and Moon series. This series takes a scientific look at some of the important characteristics of the earth, moon, and sun. Differences and likenesses between earth, moon, and sun are discussed as...
Visual Learning Systems
Earth, Sun, and Moon: Earth, Moon, and Sun
This video takes a scientific look at some of the important characteristics of the earth, moon, and sun. Differences and likenesses between earth, moon, and sun are discussed as well as how scientists explore these bodies. The main...