SciShow
How Celestial Bodies Affect Life in the Ocean
Life on Earth has always been shaped by other bodies in space, and life in our oceans is especially susceptible to interactions that have huge effects on life as we know it!
SciShow
A New Kind of Northern Light - SciShow News
A glowing, purple ribbon of light named STEVE is weirder than we thought and we now have evidence that there is water ice on the moon!
Curated Video
Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun?
Space weather can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. And a large solar flare could cause the most significant weather threat because so much of essential services are powered by a functioning electrical grid and a...
Wonderscape
Scaling New Heights: Mount Everest and the Aurora Borealis
In this final segment of our journey through the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, we explore two awe-inspiring sights: the towering Mount Everest and the dazzling Aurora Borealis. Learn about the challenges faced by climbers...
Nature League
How Does Space Impact Life on Earth? - Field Trip
This week on Nature League, Brit explores the rhythms of life on Earth by interviewing Dr. Mark Reiser about solar and lunar cycles.
Nature League
Exploring Rhythms | Compilation
Brit looks back on our eleventh month on Nature League, when we explored the theme of rhythms.
TMW Media
Discovery with the ALMA Telescope: The front end and back end of the ALMA telescope
Does the light take a long time to reach earth? Does ALMA help scientists view objects close to the Earth like the sun? Do they need big computers to run the telescope? Discovery with the ALMA Telescope, Part 2
Science360
STEM Stories - Dispatches from the Cutting Edge #36
In this episode: Fertilizer from poultry waste, ancient shark in 3D, an intelligent desk, WIFIRE, solar superstorms, Alaska Fire and Ice, what you never learned about mass, and more!
Science360
Sunny with a Chance of Solar Storms
In a flash, all of your electronics could be gone, and you'd be left thanking a solar storm. However, a collaboration of National Science Foundation-funded scientists has created groundbreaking visualizations to help scientists and...
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
NASA | MAVEN: NASA's Next Mission to Mars
Ancient riverbeds, crater lakes and flood channels all attest to Mars's warm, watery past. So how did the Red Planet evolve from a once hospitable world into the cold, dry desert that we see today? One possibility is that Mars lost its...
NASA
NASA | The Heliophysics Program
This short program overview for NASA's heliophysics division explains how NASA studies the sun--and more importantly--how it affects our daily lives. Learn more:Or get tweeted by NASA:
NASA
NASA | Space Weather Vocabulary
We are all familiar with weather on Earth, but how much do you know about weather in space? Suitable for all ages, this introduction to space weather covers vocabulary like coronal mass ejection (CME), solar wind, and solar flare. It...
NASA
NASA | Scientists Answer Top Space Weather Questions, Part II
NASA scientists answer some common questions about the sun, space weather, and how they affect the Earth. This is a two-part series. Part Two addresses: 1. Do all flares and CMEs affect the Earth? 2. What happens when a flare or CME hits...
NASA
NASA | Dr. Holly Gilbert MMS Pre-launch Live Shot
NASA Scientist Dr. Holly Gilbert discusses the upcoming launch and overview of the MMS Mission.
NASA
NASA | Biggest Solar Storm Since 2003
The sun erupted late on January 22, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare, an earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), and a burst of fast moving, highly energetic protons known as a "solar energetic particle" event. The latter has caused the...
Ancient Lights Media
The Earth's Aurora's
Atmosphere Set: 3. This clip explains the formation of the Earth's auroras.
Curated Video
Preview ahead of Sunday's total eclipse of the sun
1. GRAPHIC animation illustrating Moon passing between Sun and Earth, generating eclipse ++MUTE++
2. GRAPHIC animation illustrating shadow cast by Moon on surface of Earth ++MUTE++
Greenbelt, Maryland - 9 July 2010
3. SOUNDBITE...
Curated Video
Raw Video: Nasa Releeases Stereo Imaging of Sun
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Nasa Releases Stereo Imaging of Sun
CAPTION: NASA unveils 3D images of the sun from the Solar Terrestrial Observatory. NASA says the imaging will help to improve space weather forcasting. (April 23)
SciShow
There Are Planet-Sized 'Tornadoes' on the Sun?!
Scientists use a telescope larger than Earth to study distant galaxies. Learn how they build and operate such a large telescope as well as some of the cool discoveries with a short video from the SciShow Space series. It also explains...
PBS
Solar Space Telescopes
See the sun shine as you've never seen it before! Captivate your class with an activity from NOVA's Sun Lab unit. Viewers learn about the advanced satellite-mounted telescopes NASA uses to monitor the sun at every wavelength of light,...
PBS
The Threat to Earth
Is Earth prepared for a massive solar storm? Examine the possibilities with an interesting activity, part of NOVA's Sun Lab interactive unit. Viewers learn about historical solar storms, the tools we have for protecting ourselves and...
PBS
Earth's Magnetic Shield
Our atmosphere is pretty amazing! How does it minimize the effects of solar weather? Scholars discover Earth's first line of defense against the sun—the magnetosphere. The activity, one of several in a sun unit from NOVA, explains how...
PBS
The Anatomy of the Sun
Welcome to Sun 101! What better way to gain an understanding of our star than to learn about its anatomy? Physical science scholars peer inside to discover the inner workings of the sun through a video and discussion questions. The...