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SciShow

Why Mars Rovers Don't Study Water

12th - Higher Ed
Rovers like Curiosity search for life on Mars using rock and soil samples, but why don't they examine liquid or frozen water?
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

Wernher von Braun: From Nazis to NASA

12th - Higher Ed
The American space program wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for the contributions of a scientist who was also a former Nazi. Learn about the life and work of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.
Instructional Video3:54
SciShow

Turning Astronaut Pee Into Plastic

12th - Higher Ed
NASA recently sponsored new research into turning human waste into useful things, like food and plastic. And it might be used on long-term spaceflight someday.
Instructional Video4:16
SciShow

The Solar Eclipse of 2015!

12th - Higher Ed
This week, an update on Dawn's rendezvous with Ceres, a changing of the guard on the ISS, and a viewer's guide to this year's solar eclipse!
Instructional Video10:49
SciShow

5 More Strange Flying Machines

12th - Higher Ed
In our last list of strange aircraft, we stuck to covering the weirdest jets to take to the sky, but there are plenty of other types of bizarre flying machines out there! In this episode, Hank will tell you about five other unlikely...
Instructional Video3:04
SciShow

The Curiosity Rover Landing

12th - Higher Ed
Landing will take place the night of August 5th, 1:30 AM eastern, 10:30 pm pacific, and 6:30 AM GMT (August 6th.) The Mars Science Laboratory or Curiosity Rover is the largest payload ever delivered to the surface of a planet and it has...
Instructional Video3:42
SciShow

We Are Sending a Probe into the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
Why are we sending a rocket into the sun? SciShow Space explains the why, what and how of Solar Probe Plus, a mission that'll give us our closest look yet at our nearest star.
Instructional Video3:05
SciShow

A Tribute to John Glenn

12th - Higher Ed
The first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn passed away yesterday in Ohio. But he leaves an admirable legacy.
Instructional Video5:30
SciShow

Will the Opportunity Rover Survive This Dust Storm?

12th - Higher Ed
The global dust storm on Mars is threatening the Opportunity rover and the wind on Venus might be changing the length of its days.
Instructional Video10:48
SciShow

5 Bizarre Aircraft That Pushed the Boundaries of Engineering

12th - Higher Ed
You might think most planes look the same, but here are five of the most bizarre aircraft that, no matter their appearance, still managed to fly. Chapters SR-71 BLACKBIRD 1:20 GRUMMAN X-29 3:01 AERO SPACELINES 377PG 5:14 BOEING...
Instructional Video2:46
SciShow

GRACE Mission Data Informs Climate Science: Getting Beyond the Spin About Sea-Level Rise

12th - Higher Ed
Hank sets the record straight on some of the findings of NASA's GRACE mission and how they relate to predictions about sea level rise and climate change.
Instructional Video3:22
SciShow

4 Awesome Future Space Missions

12th - Higher Ed
Hank fills us in on the four exploratory missions to space that he is most excited about - New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Juno is on it's way to Jupiter; Dawn is exploring two large asteroids; Rosetta will land on a...
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

We Detected Water Plumes on Europa... 20 Years Ago

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers found surprising new evidence hiding in data captured back in 1997, and we've discovered stars forming in a distant galaxy as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.
Instructional Video7:25
PBS

Should the First Mars Mission Be All Women?

12th - Higher Ed
Okay, going to Mars is going to be expensive. Not only that, but who we choose to pick on that trip also needs to have the statistically lowest chance of perishing. So it might be the case that our best scenario is all female crew!
Instructional Video4:31
SciShow

The Giant Wave on Venus

12th - Higher Ed
What was that giant swoop on Venus? And SpaceX continues to move forward.
Instructional Video3:28
SciShow

Future Space News of 2015: Destination Ceres and Pluto!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space brings you NEWS FROM THE FUTURE, with details about the space missions to look forward to in 2015.
Instructional Video4:12
SciShow

Asteroids, Exomoons, and a Crash on the Moon

12th - Higher Ed
Caitlin serves up the latest in space-science news, this week featuring developments in missions dedicated to sampling asteroids, detecting exomoons, and solving the mysteries of the moon.
Instructional Video4:03
SciShow

The Year-Long Twin Astronauts Experiment

12th - Higher Ed
Astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will soon undertake a historic, record-breaking mission: to live in space for an entire year. And scientists will have some extra help studying the effects of this extended stay on the...
Instructional Video6:48
SciShow

Space News From The Future!

12th - Higher Ed
Today Hank uses his patented prognosticating abilities to tell you about some space news events to watch out for in 2013. What one thing is the Curiosity rover going to spend most of the year doing? Why are we going back to the moon? And...
Instructional Video7:26
SciShow

Apocalypse Averted, Colossal Squid, & Rocket to the Sun?

12th - Higher Ed
Hank tells us about near-earth objects & primordial black holes; new developments in evolutionary genetics; a giant squid & a giant radio telescope; & answers viewer questions about disposing of nuclear waste in space.
Instructional Video4:14
SciShow

3 Awesome Discoveries Made by Curiosity

12th - Higher Ed
Happy birthday, Curiosity! Michael Aranda and SciShow News celebrate the first anniversary of the Mars Science Laboratory landing on Mars with 3 awesome discoveries that the universe's coolest rover has made so far. Hints: they involve...
Instructional Video4:38
SciShow

We Know More About That Underground Lake on Mars | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have taken a look at the underground lake found on Mars in 2018, and it might not be the only one! Plus, new clues might help us understand why the Sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than the surface!
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

A Runaway Supermassive Black Hole

12th - Higher Ed
Black holes are a wondrous force of the universe! Hank explains how we found a supermassive rogue black hole & how DNA behaves in space!
Instructional Video4:21
SciShow

We're Sending a Drone to Saturn's Moon Titan! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
NASA is sending a robot to Saturn’s giant moon Titan and instead of landing, orbiting, or driving when it gets there, this mission will fly.