National Parks Service
Episode 19: Night Skies
Yosemite's vast acreage and remote location protect some of the darkest night skies in the country. Astronomers, photographers, and city dwellers flock to the park to take advantage of this unique opportunity to view planets, stars, and...
NASA
WFIRST's Coronagraph Instrument
When a new NASA space telescope opens its eyes in the mid 2020s, it will peer at the universe through some of the most sophisticated sunglasses ever designed. This multi-layered technology, the coronagraph instrument, might more rightly...
NASA
Supercomputer Simulations Test Star-destroying Black Holes
Watch as eight stars skirt a black hole 1 million times the mass of the Sun in these supercomputer simulations. As they approach, all are stretched and deformed by the black hole’s gravity. Some are completely pulled apart into a long...
NASA
Hubble Tracks Origins Of Energy Blasts
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are extraordinary events that generate as much energy in a thousandth of a second as the Sun does in an entire year! Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief,...
Global Health with Greg Martin
The MERS Outbreak
This Week in Global Health covers everything you wanted to know about MERS-CoV and the MERS outbreak. We do the digging and answer your questions; What is MERS? Where is the MERS outbreak happening? How is the MERS-CoV transmitted and...
NASA
NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 30 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within...
NASA
TESS Mission's First Earth-size World in Star's Habitable-zone
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface....
NASA
Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth
Taking advantage of the total lunar eclipse of January 2019, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. The method used serves as a proxy for how they will observe...
NASA
Hubble Trivia: 9) Hubble Has Helped Confirm That the Milky Way Will Merge With Which Nearby Galaxy?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: Hubble has helped confirm that the Milky Way will merge with which nearby...
NASA
Hubble Trivia: 3) What Advantage Does Hubble Space Telescope Have Over Ground-based Telescopes?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What advantage does the Hubble Space Telescope have over ground-based...
NASA
Hubble Trivia: 15) What are forming in the Eagle Nebula's 'Pillars of Creation'?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What are forming in the Eagle Nebula's 'Pillars of Creation'? You might be...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Jessie Dotson Talks About Discovering Exoplanets
A conversation with Jessie Dotson, project scientist for the Kepler spacecraft’s K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 1 - The Sky Is Falling
Earth is in a cosmic shooting gallery. With so many asteroids zipping around, how can we find them all before they find us?
Science360
What do we know about black holes?
What do we know about black holes? Joe Pesce, a National Science Foundation astrophysicist, answers the question on this edition of "Ask a Scientist."
Astrum
Can You Imagine What Space Looks Like Through Sound?
The beautiful sonification of space images. Recommended to use headphones!
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mark Tredinnick "The Godwit"
In 2020, Tredinnick was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to literature and education.Tredinnick’s other honours include two State Premiers’ Literature Prizes, The Blake and Newcastle Poetry Prizes, the ACU and Ron Pretty...
TLDR News
Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico's Statehood: Will Biden Add Two New States to the Union - TLDR News
Everyone knows the iconic US flag with its 50 stars representing the 50 states of the union, however, that could be set to change. That's because there's increasing pressure to enfranchise voters in Washington D.C. & Puerto Rico - with...
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Romeo and Juliet - Theme of Fate vs Free Will
Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the tension between the power fate and our own free will in Romeo and Juliet. Decide for yourself: does fate control everything? Or can individuals change things by their own...
NASA
Virtual Tour of the Hubble Control Center: Entryway in Lobby
Begin a tour of the Hubble control center in the lobby, where you will learn about the orbiting spacecraft. This is part 1 of 5 of a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope’s home for mission operations, the Space...
NASA
Unraveling the Mysteries of Dark Energy with NASA's WFIRST
Scientists have discovered that a mysterious pressure dubbed "dark energy" makes up about 68 percent of the total energy content of the cosmos, but so far we don't know much more about it. Exploring the nature of dark energy is one of...
NASA
Hubble Trivia: 2) How Far Has Hubble Seen Into the Universe?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: How far has Hubble seen into the universe? You might be surprised! See if...
Curated Video
The Wonders of Planet Earth: Our Home in the Universe
This video provides a brief overview of the planet Earth, highlighting its physical characteristics, as well as the composition of Earth's atmosphere, the presence of liquid water on its surface, and the geological activity caused by its...
CuriosaMente
What's the size of the universe? CuriosaMente EN #4
What size is the universe? How big is the cosmos? Our solar system is just a particle of our galaxy. Are there other galaxies? The universe is incredibly vast: Earth: 12,000 kilometers in diameter. Solar System: 4.5 billion kilometers...
Learning Mole
Stars and Galaxies
This animated video is all about stars and galaxies. Did you know our sun is a star> Students will love this engaging and interactive video.