Curated Video
National Astronomy Week: Exploring Mars and Inspiring Curiosity
This video highlights Britain's National Astronomy Week, which coincided with the Earth's closest encounter with Mars in 60,000 years. The Royal Observatory in Greenwich organized special events including astronomy sessions, solar...
Curated Video
Exploring Mars: Beagle 2 and the Search for Life
The video describes engineers and technicians at EADS Estrum in the UK working on the Mars lander, Beagle 2, which is set to launch in June. Beagle 2 is the first commercial sponsor for the company and will be carried by the Mars Express...
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Exploring Mars: Searching for Water and the Possibility of Life
This video discusses the exploration of Mars and the search for evidence of water on the planet. It highlights the challenges faced by previous space probes and the recent discovery of strong evidence of hydrogen just below the surface,...
Curated Video
Exploring Mars: Updates on Mars Express and Rover Missions
This video transcript provides an overview of the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission and the challenges faced by the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. It highlights the discovery of water on Mars and the ongoing search for...
Curated Video
Update on the Beagle 2 Mars Mission: Hope and Uncertainty
In this video, the Beagle 2 Lander, a part of the Mars Express mission, has separated from its mothership and there are concerns about its status. Despite efforts to establish contact, no signals have been received from the lander. The...
Curated Video
Let's Go Dreaming, Into the Stars by Shanita Allen
Join Little Ari and her talking dog, Pepper, as they explore the world of dreams and journey into outer space in this activity book version of Let's Go Dreaming: Into the Stars. Meet Galaxy Joe, take a magical ride on a Meteoroid, and...
Curated Video
The Planet Song Ganymede
Learn The Planet Song about Ganymede the largest known moon in our solar system.
Rock 'N Learn
Learn the Planets Song
It’s easy to learn the names and order of the planets around our sun when you sing this silly song. Join Kevin, Marko the Pencil, and Terra for some fun practice. Use this mnemonic device: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos....
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Dwarf Planet Song/Dwarf Planet Ceres
Learn about our solar systems Dwarf Planet Ceres with this dwarf planet song. Brought to you by KLT. Don't forget to sing along.
Curated Video
Space Exploration: Risk Versus Reward
Dr. Forrester examines the history of the Challenger mission to space by diagramming a timeline of the historical events. She compares and contrasts the positive and negative travels to space by making sense of the reasons for traveling...
Curated Video
Racking Up the Miles
Dr. Forrester reviews the parts that make up the solar system by identifying the planets and discusses the role of satellites and space probes. She also designs a planetary brochure by analyzing one planet’s properties and features.
Curated Video
Planets song
An exciting song to learn all about the different planets in our solar system.
Ancient Lights Media
The Moon - The Solar System Series
This video looks at moons: celestial objects that orbit planets. This video focuses on Earth’s moon: its formation, rotation, orbit, atmosphere, temperature, exploration, size, topography and how it effects life on Earth through the tides.
The Guardian
Can we all move to Mars? Prof Martin Rees on space exploration
The first of a series of films called 'Five minute masterminds' starts with Prof Martin Rees, the astronomer royal. He asks how the future of space exploration will transform how we think of humanity and if we can rely on mass emigration...