Instructional Video5:08
SciShow

The Sun's Center Is 39,000 Years Younger Than Its Surface

12th - Higher Ed
In the early 1960s, Richard Feynman was quoted as saying that Earth's center should be a day or two younger than its surface. 50 years later, scientists re-did the math.
Instructional Video4:25
SciShow

Solar Flares and a Virtual Universe

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes you inside solar flares, and how we've managed to get the best look at one yet, along with news about a new, Web-based simulation of the earliest days of the universe that you can explore yourself!
Instructional Video3:12
MinutePhysics

Hitting the Sun is HARD

12th - Higher Ed
This video is about the orbital mechanics of why it's so hard to crash into the sun - the energy it takes to get there is astoundingly high, compared with leaving the solar system.
Instructional Video4:06
Be Smart

The Scale of the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
From the very large to the very small, the universe is an amazing place. Here's my favorite ways to explore its scale.
Instructional Video2:42
MinutePhysics

How Perspective Shapes Reality

12th - Higher Ed
This video is about how the way we describe the world can influence the way we perceive it. In particular, with regards to Bohmian mechanics, Schrodinger wave functions, Feynman path integrals, and Galilean moons attached to Jupiter by...
Instructional Video5:10
MinutePhysics

Einstein's Biggest Blunder, Explained

12th - Higher Ed
This video is about how Albert Einstein made a mistake when applying the Field Equations of General Relativity to cosmology (in particular, to a static, constant density universe), and solved the problem by introducing the cosmological...
Instructional Video3:34
SciShow

New Earth-Size Planet and a Solar Eclipse

12th - Higher Ed
Caitlin Hofmeister gives you the latest news from around the universe, including Kepler's latest exoplanet discovery, an upcoming solar eclipse, and a breathtaking image from Hubble.
Instructional Video3:59
SciShow

Tabby's Strange Star Just Got Stranger

12th - Higher Ed
It's been a year since astronomer Tabetha Boyaijan found strange signals coming from a star called KIC 8462852, aka Tabby's Star. Now, new research shows that it's even stranger than we thought. Plus, good news from spaceflight company...
Instructional Video3:32
SciShow

Hooray for Astromice!

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow Space News, we’re learning more about the side effects of space travel… from mice. Plus, we explore the most luminous galaxy!
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow Kids

The Farthest We’ve Ever Gone in Space

K - 5th
Humans have never visited another planet, but we can send special spacecraft called probes to visit them for us! One of those probes, called Voyager 1, has gone deeper into space than any other, and it's sent us some amazing pictures...
Instructional Video5:14
Be Smart

Attack of the Cosmic Space Junk!

12th - Higher Ed
No astronauts were harmed in the making of this video.
Instructional Video5:35
Be Smart

Is Santa Real? (A Scientific Analysis)

12th - Higher Ed
Happy Holidays! Ever wonder how Santa could possibly manage to deliver all those presents in a single night? Or what gives red-nosed reindeer the ability to fly? And why do your Christmas lights get tangled in knots no matter how...
Instructional Video16:37
TED Talks

Will Wright: Spore, birth of a game

12th - Higher Ed
In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces.
Instructional Video13:14
TED Talks

Teddy Cruz: How architectural innovations migrate across borders

12th - Higher Ed
As the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between them widening. In this eye-opening talk, architect Teddy Cruz asks us to rethink...
Instructional Video3:36
SciShow

The Theory of Everything...A Little Bit Closer

12th - Higher Ed
Hank explains how a recent astronomical discovery made in Antarctica could change what we know about the birth of the universe, and the rules of physics that govern it.
Instructional Video5:40
SciShow

These Icy Rocks Might Be from Another Solar System | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
New research suggests that Venus’ patterned crust might currently be more active than we thought! Astrophysicists have also modeled the orbits of mysterious objects between Jupiter and Neptune, and found that they could have come from...
Instructional Video5:53
SciShow

3 Medical Breakthroughs from the International Space Station

12th - Higher Ed
Since November of 2000, there have always been people on board the International Space Station. That’s nearly 20 straight years of humans living in space! But the ISS isn’t just the world’s coolest playground, it’s also a...
Instructional Video1:46
MinutePhysics

Ring AROUND the Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
This video is about what would happen if we built a giant ring around earth – what would happen to the ring, that is. Would if fall? Collapse? Start spinning? REFERENCES: Why Isn’t It Faster to Fly West? Video...
Instructional Video5:34
SciShow

The Ridiculous Reasons It's Hard to Measure Sea Level

12th - Higher Ed
From problems with the moon, to the lumpiness of earth, sea levels aren't quite as exact as we have them figured out to be.
Instructional Video22:16
SciShow

The Most Hardcore Creatures on Earth | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
From mice that battle scorpions to microscopic moss piglets that can survive a solar storm, here are 6 of Earth’s most hardcore beings!
Instructional Video7:35
SciShow

Space Tourism

12th - Higher Ed
Hank takes on the role of our personal space travel agent, giving us the dirt on the various ways in which the exceptionally wealthy will be able to travel to space in the next few decades.
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

New Evidence of Water on Jupiter! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve got some new evidence for water beneath Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, and a new model of Jupiter’s weird magnetic field.
Instructional Video5:55
SciShow

Why It's So Hard to Land on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve sent more spacecraft to Mars than any other planet, but around half of the probes that have ever attempted to explore Mars have either crashed or disappeared.
Instructional Video3:15
SciShow

What Are Seasons Like On Other Planets

12th - Higher Ed
Ever wonder what seasons are like on other planets? Astronomers are beginning to find out, and SciShow Space explains how they know, what causes the change in seasons, and what 'summer' might mean on distant worlds.