Curated Video
Understanding Planetary Movement: The Science of Orbit
This video discusses the concept of planetary movement or orbit. The video also touches on the different shapes of orbits, the forces of gravity that keep objects in orbit, and the balance between momentum and gravity that is necessary...
The Bazillions
Super Sonic Rocket Bike
Blast off with The Bazillions on a journey of the imagination aboard a SUPER SONIC ROCKET BIKE!
Curated Video
Satellites: Exploring Space and Enhancing Communication
This video provides a brief overview of satellites, their history, and their various purposes. It explains how satellites are used for military missions, astronomical observations, navigation, and communications. By floating in space and...
Curated Video
The Economist asks how many planets are there in the Milky Way galaxy?
There are 100 billion stars in the Milky Way—but how many planets? We asked members of the public for their best guesses.
TMW Media
The Powerhouse Sun: The characteristics of the sun
How dense is the sun? How does the suns energy affect the earth? What is the solar composition of the sun? The Powerhouse Sun, Part 1
Mazz Media
Revolution
This live-action video program is about the word revolution. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word revolution through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
NASA
NASA's Perseverance Rover Sees Solar Eclipse on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the...
Professor Dave Explains
The End of the Universe: Hot or Cold?
We've talked at great length about the beginning of the universe, everything we know, and what we don't yet know. But everything that has a beginning must have an end. How will the universe end? How can we tell? When will it happen?...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Are The Planets Named?
This video is answering the question of how are the planets named.
NASA
Debris Disk Simulations Generate Spirals, Rings and Arcs
When exoplanet scientists first spotted patterns in disks of dust and gas around young stars, they thought newly formed planets might be the cause. But a recent NASA study cautions that there may be another explanation: one that doesn't...
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Torque on a Mobile
You had a baby! Hooray! Now it's time to stop building ramps and pulleys and it's time to start building baby stuff. You love astronomy so you decide to make a mobile of the solar system. But in order to get everything to balance out, we...
Astrum
Do nebulae really look like this?
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we have seen nebula like never before. But are they really as colourful as Hubble makes out?
The Economist
The race to put humans on Mars
Sending astronauts to Mars is a daunting prospect. But this will not deter NASA and private companies from trying.
Curated Video
Exploring the Solar System: Origins and Beyond
Scientists believe that the solar system took billions of years to develop! This video gives an overview of solar system basics - its beginnings, gravity, planets orbits.
Astrum
India's First Crewed Mission | ISRO Gaganyaan Vyommitra
ISRO are stepping up their game with their upcoming space missions. What do they hope to achieve?
Cerebellum
Space Facts - Humans Go Deeper Into Space
A fact-filled look at 23 of the most important events from man's on-going adventure in space. Apollo 13 and the first orbiting laboratory. Soviet and American crews meet in space. The first unmanned trip to mars by NASA was made and data...
Astrum
What are the most extreme years in the universe?
Astrum investigates some examples of the longest and shortest years that we know of. The differences are mind-boggling!
NASA
Cold Neptunes: An Exoplanet Sweet Spot?
A new statistical study of planets found by a technique called gravitational microlensing suggests that Neptune-mass worlds are likely the most common type of planet to form in the icy outer realms of planetary systems. The study...
Professor Dave Explains
History of Astronomy Part 1: The Celestial Sphere and Early Observations
Now that we've learned about how the universe began, as well as the development of the Milky Way galaxy, the solar system, and the Earth, it's time to learn about the human beings that came to inhabit the Earth. Eventually, they began to...
NASA
The Outer Planets: Hubble’s Continuing Legacy
What is OPAL? OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) is a project to obtain long time baseline observations of the outer planets in order to understand their atmospheric dynamics and evolution as gas giants. The yearly observations from...
Cerebellum
Early Scientific Revolution - Nicolaus Copernicus
Europe experienced one of the most remarkable periods in history roughly between 1550 and 1700, when three of history's most important events were occurring simultaneously: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution....
NASA
Exploring the Solar System: Lucy Goes to Space
Discover the mysteries of the solar system through the eyes of the Lucy mission and its team members. This first episode features Deputy Principal Investigator Cathy Olkin, who discusses Lucy's journey out to explore the Trojan asteroids...
Mazz Media
Reviewing Centrapetal Force and Circular Motion
What are the force and acceleration vectors that are involved in centripetal acceleration? Using live action real world events and animated diagrams, this program explores this and other questions related to centripetal force and...
NASA
NASA | JWST Feature - Planetary Evolution
A fully produced video about planetary evolution and how the Webb Telelscope's ability to see inside dense clouds of gas and dust will help us better understand solar system formation and evolution.