SciShow
New Ways to Study Interstellar Space... With Voyager!
Voyager 1 may be out of our solar system (and 40+ years old) but we're still getting plenty of new data from our interstellar space probe.
Crash Course
How Seawater Sabotages Ships: Crash Course Engineering #43
This week we’re headed out to sea for some marine engineering. How do we design ships to handle aquatic environments? How do we deal with marine life and corrosion and all of the other problems that come with engineering in the ocean?...
SciShow
How Radio Waves Could Help Clear the Way to Space
There is an invisible shell of radiation surrounding our planet that can wipe out satellites and could endanger future explorers. One possible solution to this problem? Good, old-fashioned radio waves.
SciShow
How to Make the World's Simplest Motor: SciShow Experiments
Hank builds a simple electric motor just powerful enough to make a small screw spin, but also strong enough to blow your mind.
Crash Course
Electric Charge: Crash Course Physics
Moving on to our unit on the Physics of Electricity, it's time to talk about charge. What is charge? Is there a positive and negative charge? What do those things mean? In this episode, Shini talks about electrostatic forces, electrical...
Crash Course
The Sun
Phil takes us for a closer (eye safe!) look at the two-octillion ton star that rules our solar system. We look at the sun's core, plasma, magnetic fields, sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and what all of that means for our...
Curated Video
How and Why the Four Fundamental Forces Operate
How does a force between particles work? What causes an attraction or repulsion? Why does electromagnetism and gravity have infinite range, but the strong and weak force have a small range? Quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and Quantum...
Curated Video
How Does Light Slow Down in a Medium?
SUMMARY Why does the speed of light change in different media? or Does it? How photons always travel at the same speed, but the speed of light changes. In 1905 Einstein proposed the theory of special relativity. One of the postulates was...
Curated Video
Lattice Energy Made Easy!
Discover the truth about lattice energy and why size really matters in ionic bonds. In this video, you'll learn what lattice energy is, why it's crucial in chemistry, and the factors that influence its strength. Understand how the size...
Astrum
Findings from NASA's Juno spacecraft
It's been three years since NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. But what has it seen and discovered? We will examine Jupiter's magnetic field, core, bands, aurora, atmosphere, storms and clouds.
Astrum
Shocking Discoveries on Mercury
The spectacular discoveries NASA's MESSENGER made about Mercury.
Astrum
Going Beyond the Edge of Our Solar System
The journey of Voyager I and II beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Curated Video
Magnetic field
A field of force produced by a magnetic object or a changing electrical field. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary...
Curated Video
Northern Lights and Solar Flares
A unique combination of sunspots, solar flares and magnetic fields combine to create a visual spectacle on Earth. But what are the forces at work? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Natural light displays known as Aurora...
Curated Video
What Are Comets?
How comets change as they journey around the Sun, what are they made of and where are they found? Physics - Universe - Learning Points. Comets formed from dust and ice particles when the Solar System was very young. There are at least a...
Curated Video
Ionic Bonding
How metals and non-metals combine to form compounds with unique and very different properties. Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. An electrically charged atom is called an ion. Ionic bonds are very strong. Ions are formed...
Curated Video
Northern Lights
Discover how the chemical reactions which produce the extraordinary colours of the Northern Lights have their origins in outer space. Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is a natural...
Curated Video
Solar Wind
This video explains how the solar wind, a stream of charged particles from the sun, can impact Earth's technologies and satellites. It highlights the role of Earth's magnetic field in protecting us from the solar bombardment, while also...
Curated Video
Coulomb's Law Explained!
Coulomb’s Law is one of the most important laws when it comes to atomic structure and being able to understand and explain atomic properties. It helps to relate the force between two charged particles and can be represented by the...
Curated Video
GCSE Chemistry - What is an Ionic Compound? Ionic Compounds Explained #15
This video covers everything you need to know about ionic compounds - their structure; their properties; and most how to determine their formula. We also cover the common ions that you need to know for the exams! This videos is suitable...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: Electric Charges and Force
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...
Next Animation Studio
Cosmic rays may be the source of biological ‘handedness’
Interaction between cosmic rays and early life-forms may be responsible for the fundamental property of chirality, or “handedness,” in biological molecules.
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: Moving Charges
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...