NASA
TESS Completes its Primary Mission
On July 4, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) completed its primary mission, a two-year-long survey that imaged about 75% of the starry sky. In capturing this giant mosaic, TESS has found 66 new exoplanets, or worlds...
NASA
Hubble's 31st Anniversary: Giant Star on the Edge of Destruction
In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant “celebrity star,” one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy,...
Curated Video
Exploring Mercury: The Smallest Planet in the Solar System
This video provides a description of the planet Mercury, the closest planet to the sun in our solar system. It highlights key facts about Mercury, such as its diameter, mass, lack of moons, and orbit period. The video also mentions the...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Pluto with Alan Stern
In this episode of Gravity Assist, Jim Green talks with New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute about what the July 2015 flyby of Pluto revealed about this mysterious and diverse world.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
How NASA's Voyager Program Got Its Start
Learn more about the Voyager space probes in this video with Dr. Michelle Thaller of NASA.
NASA
NASA | We Did All That in 50 Years!
Humans have always looked up at the sky. They used astronomy to track time, orient their cities, decide when to plant their crops, and even based their religious practices on their celestial world. But there was much more to learn.
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NASA | Fluxgate Magnetometry
NASA satellites use very sensitive devices called magnetometers to measure the magnetic fields of planets. Like very sensitive compasses, these devices can measure both direction and strength of planetary magnetic fields.
NASA
Did the Hubble Telescope Confirm the First Exomoon?
The Hubble and Kepler space telescopes found evidence for what could be a giant moon accompanying a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler-1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The moon may be as big as...
NASA
Exploring Our Solar System with Dr. Amy Simon
Dr. Amy Simon has always been fascinated with space. From a young age she dreamed of lifting off in the space shuttle, just like her hero, astronaut Sally Ride. Over the years her interest in space remained, and she eventually found...
The Viral Fever
Cosmic Journeys: Footage from the International Space Station
Discover never-before-seen footage of our planet, recorded with cameras from the International Space Station as it orbits Earth. From this unique and privileged vantage point, this short illustrates the beauty of the Nordic lights from...
NASA
WFIRST: The Best of Both Worlds
NASA officially is beginning work on an astrophysics mission designed to help unlock the secrets of the universe -- the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). With a view 100 times bigger than that of NASA’s Hubble Space...
NASA
Launching Rockets Through the Leak in Earth's Atmosphere
NASA scientists are seeking a strange breed of northern lights in the Arctic. When these auroras shine, Earth’s atmosphere leaks into space. In the tiny Arctic town of Ny-Ålesund, where polar bears outnumber people, winter means three...
NASA
Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1
Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in 1990, the observatory's primary mirror was discovered to have an aberration that affected the clarity of the telescope's early images. Fortunately, Hubble, orbiting 353 miles (569...
NASA
How Winking Stars Point Us To Distant Worlds
How do we spot something as tiny and faint as a planet trillions of miles away? The trick is to look at the star! So far, most of the exoplanets – worlds beyond our solar system – we’ve found were detected by looking for tiny dips in the...
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NASA’s InSight Lander Accomplishes Science Goals on Mars as Power Levels Diminish
NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. During its time on the Red Planet, InSight has achieved all its primary science goals and continues to hunt for quakes on Mars. The mission is...
Visual Learning Systems
The Movement of the Sun and Earth
In this video, we explore the question of whether the sun is moving or if it's the Earth that is moving. We also discover that the Earth's rotation on its axis is what causes day and night, while its orbit around the sun explains the...
Professor Dave Explains
Why You Should Never Say "It's Just A Theory"
A portion of our culture distrusts the scientific method, assuming that there are transcendent truths unknowable by science. But nothing is truly out of bounds for science. If it's real, it can be studied, and tested. Perhaps the...
NASA
NASA | Planetary CSI: Crater Science Investigations
If you want to learn more about the history of Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system, craters are a great place to look. Now, thanks to LRO's LROC instrument, we can take a much closer look at Linn? Crater on the moon--a...
NASA
NASA | Hubble & Exoplanets
Three astronomers in NASA Goddard's Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory discuss how Hubble's coronagraph and resulting images have helped scientists find planets orbiting distant stars.
NASA
James Webb Space Telescope: Worth the Wait
Building the James Webb Space Telescope is challenging. It is NASA's most ambitious and complex space science observatory. The mission required 10 new technologies to be invented, the dedication of hundreds of scientists, engineers and...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is An Exoplanet?
This video is answering the question of what is an exoplanet.
TMW Media
Uranus & Neptune, Gas Giants: Characteristics of Uranus and its moons
How long did it take Voyager 2 to reach Uranus? How far is Uranus to the sun? What are the layers of Uranus made of? Uranus & Neptune, Gas Giants, Part 1
Cerebellum
Late Scientific Revolution - Edmund Haley
Part II of The Scientific Revolution explores the latter half of this movement and the gradual acceptance of scientific truth. This fascinating period of history chronicles European society's emergence from church domination that...
The March of Time
1952: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: QUICK DIVORCE: VS Male attorney asking 'Helen Craig' basic questions in front of District Judge McNamee, judge signing paperwork, 'Helen' walking down steps w/ attorney, SOT has changed mind about never looking at another man.
MOT 1952: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: QUICK DIVORCE: VS Male attorney asking 'Helen Craig' basic questions in front of District Judge McNamee, judge signing paperwork, 'Helen' walking down steps w/ attorney, SOT has changed mind about never...