TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to think about gravity - Jon Bergmann
Did you know that when you fall down, the earth falls up to meet you? Explore the counterintuitive equation that describes gravity.
SciShow
Cymatics: Turning Sound into Art
Sound waves vibrate more than just our eardrums, they can also make visual art!
SciShow
Lunar Impact
Hank tells us about the planned demise of two lunar satellites that have been collecting data for NASA, and have now reached the end of their mission.
Bozeman Science
Newton's Third Law
In this video Paul Andersen explains how Newton's Third Law applies to all objects. When an object applies a force to another object (Action) and equal and opposite force (Reaction) is applied to the original object. Several scenarios...
Crash Course
Star Clusters
Last week we covered multiple star systems, but what if we added thousands or even millions of stars to the mix? A star cluster. There are different kinds of clusters, though. Open clusters contain hundreds or thousands of stars held...
SciShow
Dark Matter Is Even Stranger Than We Thought | SciShow News
Scientists can see how dark matter is distributed based on how its gravity affects light, but when astronomers compared recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Telescope to current models, something didn’t add up....
SciShow
Sun VS. Atomic Bomb
Hank puts the immense power of the sun into perspective through comparison with the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated.
SciShow
Could You Get Pregnant in Space?
Researchers are already trying to figure out if people can make space babies. If we need to live in space long-term, will our species be able to reproduce?
SciShow
Our Galaxy Is a Cannibal
Sometimes galaxies eat each other! It's actually pretty common. And it turns out that our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is pretty hungry.
SciShow
Using Microbes to Mine Mars: The Future of Biomining
Humans have been using microbes to separate minerals from mud since the middle of the last century, so we know biomining works on earth. But how will these tiny miners work in microgravity?
SciShow
How Do Cats and Dogs Drink Water?
Cats and dogs have it tough: They can't use straws, or tip a cup up to their mouths to drink. Instead, they have to use their tongues and a few different physics tricks to quench their thirst.
Crash Course Kids
Here Comes the Sun
Every hear of 'Sol'? Sure you have! It's our Sun! It sits at the center of our 8 planet solar system, providing us with heat and light. But how does that energy get to us? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats about the...
SciShow
Diamagnetism: How to Levitate a Frog
You might associate levitation with magic, but science has its own version.
Crash Course
Low Mass Stars
Today we are talking about the life -- and death -- of stars. Low mass stars live a long time, fusing all their hydrogen into helium over a trillion years. More massive stars like the Sun live shorter lives. They fuse hydrogen into...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to build a fictional world - Kate Messner
Why is J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy so compelling? How about The Matrix or Harry Potter? What makes these disparate worlds come alive are clear, consistent rules for how people, societies -- and even the laws of physics --...
Crash Course
Fluids at Rest: Crash Course Physics
In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini is very excited to start talking about Fluids. You see, she's a Fluid Dynamicist and Mechanical Engineer, so fluids are really important to her. Actually they're really important to anyone...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The math behind Michael Jordan's legendary hang time - Andy Peterson and Zack Patterson
Michael Jordan's legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculated at 0.92 seconds of pure hang time. But how many seconds could Jordan have gotten were he doing the same jump on Mars? Or Jupiter? Andy Peterson and Zack...
SciShow
The Next ISS Experiments, and Pluto's Weird Methane Mountains
A new crew is headed to the ISS, and Pluto seems to have methane snow.
MinutePhysics
Our Ignorance About Gravity
Thanks to the Heising Simons Foundation (https://www.hsfoundation.org/) for their support of this video, and of short range gravity research. This video is about how little we know about the behavior of gravity at short length and...
PBS
What Physics Teachers Get Wrong About Tides!
We all know tides have something to do with gravity from the Moon and Sun, but if gravity affects the motion of all objects equally, then how come oceans have large tides while other bodies of water don't? It's because your mental...
MinutePhysics
Why the Solar System Can Exist
If gravity is so attractive, why doesn't the earth just crash into the sun? Or the moon into the earth? The answer: Stable Orbits
Be Smart
Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?
According to Newton's law of gravitation, the sun should "pull" way harder on the moon than the Earth does. So does the moon actually orbit the Earth? Why?
Be Smart
Asteroid Mining: Our Ticket To Living Off Earth?
Asteroid mining sounds like something out of a bad space movie, but harvesting materials from space rocks might be our ticket to building space colonies or living on Mars.