Instructional Video5:31
SciShow

15 Futuristic Space Mission Concepts in 5 Minutes

12th - Higher Ed
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program has funded a slew of new space mission concepts! Which one is your favorite?
Instructional Video4:02
SciShow

Space Robots That Hop

12th - Higher Ed
Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to have an army of hopping robots? NASA might bring that dream to life as we explore our solar system.
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

There's Clean (Frozen) Water on Mars!

12th - Higher Ed
According to two new papers, Mars may have gigantic drinkable glaciers and we might have found the reason that galaxies glow.
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow

InSight Landed on Mars! What's Next? - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
InSight has safely landed on Mars, and astronomers have some improved theories about the TRAPPIST-1 system.
Instructional Video4:22
SciShow

Pareidolia: Why People Keep Seeing Crazy Stuff on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Why do people supposedly see a woman in pictures sent from Mars by the Curiosity Rover? For the same reason that people see Pepe the Frog in their toast, or Jesus in a tortilla: a phenomenon known as pareidolia.
Instructional Video5:27
SciShow

Perseverance Landed on Mars! Now What? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission has successfully landed on Mars! But it's not alone! This week we discuss not one but three amazing missions to Mars.
Instructional Video5:01
SciShow

MOXIE and SpaceX launch

12th - Higher Ed
NASA's MOXIE successfully creates Oxygen on Mars, and SpaceX's Crew-Dragon successfully returns to the ISS.
Instructional Video13:23
TED Talks

TED: SpaceX's supersized Starship rocket -- and the future of galactic exploration | Jennifer Heldmann

12th - Higher Ed
SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle has the potential to explore the solar system in a bold, new -- and supersized -- way. Planetary scientist Jennifer Heldmann talks about how reusable, large-scale spacecraft like Starship could help...
Instructional Video3:15
SciShow

The Ingredients for Life in Space

12th - Higher Ed
Hank explains the latest developments in space research and the search for life, including the discovery that amino acids may be more common than we thought throughout the solar system, and the latest findings from the Mars Curiosity rover.
Instructional Video3:06
SciShow

How Long Would You Survive on Mars?

12th - Higher Ed
Just how long could you survive on the surface of Mars without a spacesuit? Find out what it'd be like to stand on the surface of Mars, if you forgot to pack properly.
Instructional Video6:03
SciShow

Could Life Have Survived in Mars's Ancient Lake?

12th - Higher Ed
Samples from the Curiosity rover suggest that Mars had a potentially habitable lake in its past, and gravitational lensing has helped scientists weigh a star!
Instructional Video6:53
SciShow

The Secrets to Living on Mars Wine and Aerogel - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
One day we might be able to live on Mars thanks to red wine, and domes made out of a very strange material, but don't pack your suitcase just yet.
Instructional Video5:47
SciShow

Fighting the Loneliness of Space Travel

12th - Higher Ed
Long months or years spent in space can be isolating, making astronauts susceptible to boredom and depression. Here's a look at some long-term studies we've done here on Earth to figure out what isolation does to people, and how to make...
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow

What the Crater that Impacted the Dinosaurs Taught Us About Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We've been trying to understand Mars for years, but some scientists think that ancient craters on earth might hold some answers to our red neighbor's history.
Instructional Video4:46
SciShow

The First Time We Landed on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We've successfully landed 10 different craft on Mars, but they all owe a bit of their success to Mars 3.
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

3 Space Missions to Look for in 2021

12th - Higher Ed
2021 is expected to bring some very exciting missions: We're putting more cool tech on Mars, going back around the Moon, and testing some sweet planetary defense from asteroids!
Instructional Video3:43
SciShow

That Time NASA Recycled a Mars Lander

12th - Higher Ed
While most spacecraft are designed and built from scratch for one particular mission, the Phoenix Lander was pieced together from previous missions and rose from the ashes...all the way to Mars.
Instructional Video6:42
PBS

What Will Destroy Planet Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
Killing all the life on Earth is easy. But what about destroying the planet itself? That is DEFINITELY going to happen!! But HOW? Could it be Nukes? A Giant Asteroid? A Collision with another planet? And what's more, will anyone be...
Instructional Video4:09
SciShow

Our Next Mission to Mars, and How the Sun Will Kill the Internet

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space shares the latest news from around the universe, including new details about our next mission to Mars, and a study that predicts a catastrophic solar storm may be more likely than we thought.
Instructional Video6:34
TED Talks

Jeremy Kasdin: The flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers believe that every star in the galaxy has a planet, one fifth of which might harbor life. Only we haven't seen any of them -- yet. Jeremy Kasdin and his team are looking to change that with the design and engineering of an...
Instructional Video4:59
SciShow

How Long Will the Curiosity Rover Last?

12th - Higher Ed
Curiosity's 23-month-long mission is already approaching the 5-year-mark! How much longer can we hope it will last?
Instructional Video3:35
SciShow

Carl Sagan

12th - Higher Ed
Hank pays tribute to Carl Sagan, noting his accomplishment as an astronomer and his contributions to culture -- both pop and otherwise -- as one of the great popularizers of science. Happy Carl Sagan Day!
Instructional Video5:30
SciShow

What Studying Earth Can Tell Us About Life on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists conduct some pretty cool research experiments for Mars here on Earth. These terrestrial analogues have revealed some incredible discoveries!
Instructional Video12:45
TED Talks

TED: Adventures of an interplanetary architect | Xavier De Kestelier

12th - Higher Ed
How will we live elsewhere in the galaxy? On earth, natural resources for creating structures are abundant, but sending these materials up with us to the Moon or Mars is clunky and cost-prohibitive. enter architect Xavier De Kestelier,...