Visual Learning Systems
Magnetism: Earth's Magnetosphere
This video explores the force of magnetism and how it affects our everyday lives. The atomic nature of magnetism is illustrated, and then applied in principle to common magnets. The video highlights how magnetic fields are created, and...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Dr. Spaceman
Dr. Mike Barratt, NASA astronaut, physician and a flight surgeon, shares his story of living in space. Barratt addresses five hazards of human spaceflight and why these challenges need to be addressed to make deep-space missions...
FuseSchool
Lightning
A flash of lightning, and a rumble of thunder. But what exactly are these spectacular occurrences? In 1752, Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning was caused by powerful electrical discharges in clouds. He wasn’t the first person to...
Next Animation Studio
Weird! Mercury's scorching temps may actually lead to ice.
Mercury’s close orbit around the sun and extreme heat may have helped the planet to generate ice. Writing in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, scientists say solar wind may contribute to a chemical process that forms ice in Mercury’s...
NASA
2020 Goddard Summer Film Festival
Presented virtually, the festival highlights Goddard’s achievements over the past year in astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics, and planetary science, including recent and upcoming missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope,...
Next Animation Studio
Scientists detect X-rays coming from Uranus
NASA reports that astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using its Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Physics Girl
The Surprising Ways Mars is Hostile to Life
Wanna know all the reasons Mars will kill you and how we know? I hit up my friend Raquel Nuno who's a planetary geologist to find out.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A news feature from NASA’s Kepler and K2 mission originally posted on August 12, 2016.
NASA
Martian Atmosphere Loss Explained by NASA
Scientists have long suspected the solar wind of stripping the Martian atmosphere into space, a process that may have turned Mars from a blue world early in its history into the red planet that we see today. In 2014, NASA's MAVEN orbiter...
NASA
Fermi Sees Gamma Rays from Far Side Solar Flares
An international science team says NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has observed high-energy light from solar eruptions located on the far side of the sun, which should block direct light from these events. This apparent paradox is...
NASA
IBEX: Exploring The Edge Of Our Solar System
This video explains the way IBEX will create a global map of the boundaries of our solar system. The two Voyager spacecraft launched in the 1970s gave data for two points on the map, but by using energetic neutral atoms, IBEX images the...
NASA
The Search for Life
Are we alone in the universe? This is a fundamental question that intrigues us all. On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for a presentation on the agency’s...
Flipping Physics
Magnetic Fields - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism review of magnetic fields including: the basics of magnetic dipoles, ferromagnetic and paramagnetic materials, the Earth’s B field, magnetic permeability, the magnetic force on a moving charge, the...
Curated Video
Exploring the Wonders of Aurora
In this video, we explore the fascinating natural phenomenon of auroras, where swirling lights appear in the sky. We learn about the science behind auroras, how they are formed near the Earth's polar regions, and the interaction between...
NASA
NASA | Fermi Sharpens its High-Energy View - 4K
Major improvements to methods used to process observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have yielded an expanded, higher-quality set of data that allows astronomers to produce the most detailed census of the sky yet made...
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Atomic Radii and Ionic Radii
We've learned all about the periodic trends, including atomic radius, so let's put our knowledge to the test! Here we will have to put some atoms in order of increasing atomic radius, and then do the same thing for some ions and their...
NASA
NASA's MAVEN Mars Mission Pre-Launch Hangout
NASA Goddard hosted a live MAVEN will examine the upper atmosphere of Mars in unprecedented detail. It's scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:28 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MAVEN stands...
Programming Electronics Academy
Voltage : Base Electronics: 3
A discussion of electrical voltage, and how to understand it.
NASA
Tour the Plane Giving NASA’s ICON a Ride to Space
Early in the morning of Nov. 7, 2018, NASA launches the Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, a spacecraft that will explore the dynamic region where Earth meets space. ICON launches on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket, which is...
NASA
NASA | The Van Allen Probes - Instrument Overview
Dr. David Sibeck explains the instruments on the twin Van Allen Probes (formerly the Radiation Belt Storm Probe, RBSP). The Van Allen Probes will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in the Earth's magnetosphere. The charged particles...
NASA
First Map of Mars Electric Currents
Five years after NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere. Unlike Earth, Mars lacks a protective global magnetic...
NASA
Welcome to the Ionosphere
Learn about the features of the ionosphere! This little-explored region exists between space and Earth. It is home to the aurora, the international space station, a variety of satellites, and radio communication waves. We know it is...
Curated Video
Development of the Model of the Atom
The video discusses the historical development of the model of the atom, from the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus' idea of tiny, indivisible particles to modern-day understanding of electrons, protons, and neutrons. It explains the...
Science360
Sunspots Revealed
Sunspots have fascinated sky gazers through the ages. Now state-of-the art telescopes combined with the muscle of a supercomputer called ""Bluefire"" are allowing scientists to accurately model these mysterious structures, and unlock...