NASA
NASA | CATS in Space Keep Eyes on Atmosphere
NASA Goddard is preparing to demonstrate for the fist time in space, a 3-wavelength, laser remote sensing instrument. The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System or CATS will measure clouds and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere. This...
Flipping Physics
Moments of Inertia of Rigid Objects with Shape
The moment of inertia of a system of particles equation is used to estimate six different moments of inertia of rigid objects with constant density.
Wonderscape
The Life and Contributions of Albert Einstein: Changing the Way We View the World
In this video, we learn about the life and contributions of Albert Einstein, the famous scientist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe. From his early curiosity about mathematics and electricity to his groundbreaking...
EarthEcho International
Testing Water Turbidity Using a Sensor
In this video, a teacher demonstrates how to test water turbidity using a Trinity sensor. Turbidity is a measure of particles suspended in water, and high levels can be a sign of pollution or algal blooms. Testing turbidity is important...
Next Animation Studio
China's plans to modify the weather
The Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is planning to send rain-inducing machines across the Tibetan Plateau to increase rainfall in the region.
Astrum
What has NASA's OSIRIS-REx discovered around the asteroid Bennu?
NASA's OSIRIS-REx has now been orbiting the asteroid Bennu for a year already, but what has it discovered so far?
NASA
NASA Team Explores Using LISA Pathfinder as a 'Comet Crumb' Detector
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from NASA, has successfully demonstrated critical technologies needed to build a space-based observatory for detecting ripples in space-time called...
NASA
NASA Explores Earth's Magnetic 'Dent'
Earth’s magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. But over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, an unusually weak spot in the field – called the South...
NASA
NASA | Fermi Provides New Insights on Dark Matter
There's more to the cosmos than meets the eye. About 80 percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to telescopes, yet its gravitational influence is manifest in the orbital speeds of stars around galaxies and in the motions of...
NASA
IBEX: Exploring The Edge Of Our Solar System
This video explains the way IBEX will create a global map of the boundaries of our solar system. The two Voyager spacecraft launched in the 1970s gave data for two points on the map, but by using energetic neutral atoms, IBEX images the...
Science360
Higgs Boson: Mysterious Particle Could Help Unlock Secrets Of The Universe
The search for a mysterious subatomic particle can certainly involve some enormous tools, not to mention a multitude of scientists. The effort to find the elusive ""Higgs boson"" includes over 5,800 scientists from 56 countries! The...
NASA
NASA's NICER Tests Matter's Limits
Matter in the hearts of neutron stars – dense remnants of exploded massive stars – takes the most extreme form we can measure. Now, thanks to data from NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), an X-ray telescope on the...
NASA
NASA's MMS Captures Magnetic Reconnection in Action
Like sending sensors up into a hurricane, NASA has flown four spacecraft through an invisible maelstrom in space, called magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection is one of the prime drivers of space radiation and so it is a key...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Set Sail for Europa, with Bob Pappalardo
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will give us the most detailed look yet at Jupiter’s extraordinary moon Europa.
Curated Video
Principles of Energy and Energy Transfers
This is a video presentation that discusses the principles of energy. It starts by defining different types of energy stores such as kinetic, gravitational potential, elastic potential, thermal, chemical, electrical, and internal energy....
Science360
A Universe from Nothing
Lawrence Krauss, recipient of a 2012 Public Service Award from the National Science Board, describes how quantum mechanics can explain how our universe began. More info at: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123633
NASA
Solar Wind at Martian Moon Could Impact Future Missions
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are small, airless bodies with irregular shapes. Because they lack protective atmospheres and magnetospheres, Phobos and Deimos are directly exposed to the solar wind for part of their orbits....
NASA
NASA | Glory: Hello Crud
This segment provides an introduction to aerosols- their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior. Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles. This unique instrument will unravel...
NASA
NASA | Flying Around the Radar
The HIWRAP is the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler, a "conically scanning" Doppler radar, meaning it scans in a cone-shaped manner. Wind measurements are crucial for understanding and forecasting tropical storms...
Curated Video
Uses and Risks of Nanoparticles in Everyday Life
This video discusses the unique properties and uses of nanoparticles, including their high reactivity and invisibility to the naked eye. The video explores practical applications, such as self-cleaning glass, sunscreen, and the...
The March of Time
Sweden artistry chisel paintings
MOT 1949: DIAGRAM: Diagram of nuclear reactor, blocks of graphite, Uranium tubes, control rod, ZI graphite holder
Rock 'N Learn
Physical Science : Motion And Gravity
Physical Science for Kids is the fun way to learn important facts about physical science and get ready for tests. Take a fascinating journey to the Super Science Station to learn about motion and gravity.
Science360
Large Hadron Collider - Chalk Talk
The LHC will help answer some of the fundamental open questions in physics such as the structure of space and time. This animated series of short videos acts as a video glossary to define specific scientific terms or concepts in a fun,...
NASA
Swift Links Neutrino to Star-destroying Black Hole
For only the second time, astronomers have linked an elusive particle called a high-energy neutrino to an object outside our galaxy. Using ground- and space-based facilities, including NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, they traced...