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SciShow

Can We Redirect Asteroids like in Armageddon? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
If you think punching an asteroid to knock it off the course to Earth’s destruction is purely for science fiction, you might only be right a for a little longer! Plus, scientists are being thrown for a loop with the orbits of planets...
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SciShow

A Dying Hot Jupiter and The Birth of Carbon Planets

12th - Higher Ed
We think we discovered a Hot Jupiter being consumed by its star! Hank Green explains this and the birth of carbon planets in this episode of SciShow News.
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SciShow

On Venus, You're Walking on Eggshells | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Earth's thick crust might one of the reasons our planet can support life. But scientists are looking for something a little more brittle.
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TED Talks

TED: How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean | Sebastien de Halleux

12th - Higher Ed
Our oceans are unexplored and undersampled -- today, we still know more about other planets than our own. How can we get to a better understanding of this vast, important ecosystem? Explorer Sebastien de Halleux shares how a new fleet of...
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SciShow

1,284 New Exoplanets, and Tsunamis on Mars!

12th - Higher Ed
Using a new technique, astronomers with the Kepler space telescope have confirmed a whole bunch of new exoplanets. And other astronomers have announced that mega-tsunamis were probably involved in shaping Mars' terrain.
Instructional Video4:44
SciShow

An Earth-Sized Telescope Just Snapped Two Pictures

12th - Higher Ed
We may soon have a direct image of a black hole, and we have the first detection of an atmosphere on an Earth-sized exoplanet!
Instructional Video5:44
SciShow

The First Exoplanets Were Found Around... a Pulsar

12th - Higher Ed
The first time scientists found exoplanets, they were orbiting something very different from our sun: a pulsar.
Instructional Video10:56
TED Talks

TED: We could kick-start life on another planet. Should we? | Betül Kaçar

12th - Higher Ed
Life makes our planet an incredibly exotic place compared to the rest of the known universe, says astrobiologist Betül Kaçar, whose research uses statistics and mathematical models to simulate ancient environments and gather insights...
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SciShow

3 Amazing Objects to Check Out with Your New Telescope

12th - Higher Ed
When astronomers study the universe, they’re often using telescopes that cost millions or even billions of dollars to build. Luckily for the rest of us, there are still plenty of incredible things to see in the sky with the more...
Instructional Video3:41
SciShow

Dry New Planets and The Search for Dirty Aliens

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space shares the latest news from space research, including the first definitive detection of water on an exoplanet, and a new theory for how we should search for alien civilizations.
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PBS

Is It Irrational to Believe in Aliens?

12th - Higher Ed
Aliens! Could humans really be alone in this expansive universe? And if we're not, how come we've never made contact with other intelligent life? Everyone's thought about it; especially members of the scientific community. Join Gabe as...
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SciShow

Rogue Planets, Loners of the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
Meet one of the newest celestial bodies to be discovered: rogue planets, worlds that hurtle around the galaxy without any parent star. Caitlin Hofmeister explains how we found them, and where we think they might have come from.
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SciShow

Future Space News of 2015: Destination Ceres and Pluto!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space brings you NEWS FROM THE FUTURE, with details about the space missions to look forward to in 2015.
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SciShow

Minerva and the New Hunt for Alien Worlds

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow explains the science of detecting exoplanets -- planets in orbit around distant stars -- and how a new observatory being built in California may open up whole new worlds to us, literally!
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SciShow

SpaceX's Awesome New Craft, and 'Mega-Earth' Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space gives you the latest news from around the universe, including the discovery of a new class of exoplanet dubbed a "mega-Earth," and a tour of SpaceX's new crewed vehicle, the Dragon V2.
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

More New Earth-like Planets Nearby!

12th - Higher Ed
Between the new, potentially Earth-like planets, organic molecules on Ceres, and SpaceX's successful launch, it's been quite a week in space!
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TED Talks

George Dyson: The story of Project Orion

12th - Higher Ed
Author George Dyson spins the story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. His insider’s perspective and a secret cache of documents bring an Atomic Age dream to life.
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SciShow

Asteroid Fly-By!

12th - Higher Ed
Today Emily Graslie of The Brain Scoop gives us the news about a couple of near- misses for our planet and an update on where astronomers think habitable life might be found in other star systems.
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SciShow

Will We Ever Find Intelligent Alien Life?

12th - Higher Ed
What can an equation tell us about whether or not we're alone in the universe?
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SciShow

New Views of a Comet, and 5 Ancient Planets Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News serves up the latest pictures from Comet 67-P, that media darling, and the discovery of what may be the oldest, rocky Earth-like worlds yet found.
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SciShow

Planets Could Form Around Black Holes! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
This week in space. Scientists have discovered a black hole that could possibly everything we know about black holes, and also, evidence that planets, yes planets, could form around super massive black holes.
Instructional Video5:35
SciShow

Do Exoplanets Have Rings?

12th - Higher Ed
Exorings are pretty elusive, but we’ve already found what might be the first set of exorings, and if we find more, we’ll have a treasure trove of new information.
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SciShow

Are There Planets More Habitable Than Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
Earth probably isn’t the best place in the universe. It turns out there might be even better places to live that are even more suitable for life: superhabitable planets.
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SciShow

What We Learned from the Kepler Space Telescope - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
October was bittersweet for space scientists as we said goodbye to both the Kepler Space Telescope and Dawn mission.