SciShow
Can We Get to Alpha Centauri?
You like space exploration, and we like space exploration. So why aren't we investigating our closest to galactic neighbor, the triple star system Alpha Centauri? Is it time to give interstellar travel a shot? How would we do it? Hank...
Crash Course
Exoplanets
Today Phil explains that YES, there are other planets out there and astonomers have a lot of methods for detecting them. Nearly 2000 have been found so far. The most successful method is using transits, where a planet physically passes...
SciShow
A New Way to Find Planets!
For the first time, astronomers have detected the light coming from an exoplanet. SciShow Space News explains how they did it, and why it was so difficult in the first place.
SciShow
Why Our Solar System Is Weirder Than You'd Think
Research suggests that nearly every star has at least one planet, but we haven't found any other solar systems that look quite like ours.
Curated Video
Planet Hunters
Scientists suppose there could be other life-bearing planets like Earth. To find them, they are looking for 'wobbling' stars. Physics - Universe - Learning Points. When a planet orbits a star, it has just enough gravitational force to...
Curated Video
Exoplanets: Beyond Our Solar System
This video explores the exciting field of exoplanet discovery, focusing on the techniques used to detect planets outside our solar system. It highlights the challenges astronomers face in finding these planets and introduces the concept...
Curated Video
Kepler 1649c - Earth Sized Exoplanet | Goldilocks Zone Planet Songs
Learn about Kepler 1649c -- an earth sized exoplanet in the Goldilocks Zone of its star -- with this planet learning song by KLT!
Curated Video
51 Pegasi b - Dimidium | Exoplanet Song
Learn about the exoplanet 51 Pegasi b aka Dimidium with this planet song by KLT!
Curated Video
TOI 700 d - Earth-Sized Planet | Exoplanet Song
Learn about TOI700d - an Earth sized exoplanet in the habitable range around its star -- with this space science song from KLT!
One Minute History
178 - The James Webb Telescope - One Minute History
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space-based observatory and the most powerful and advanced telescope ever launched into space. Named after the NASA administrator who pioneered the Apollo program, the Webb Space Telescope is...
Curated Video
55 Cancri E - Super Earth Planet
Let learn about 55 Cancri E -- a Super Earth Planet -- with this space science video by KLT!
Curated Video
An Explosion of Exo-planets
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, highlights the link between recent discoveries of numerous exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Zach Star
AI Observes Exoplanet, Space Probe That Will Almost Touch the Sun, and more - Today In Engineering 4
This episode of today in engineering covers 1. New Exoplanet Found Through AI 2. New Robotic Hand 3. Method to See Through Walls 4. Parker Solar Probe
Curated Video
I WONDER - Do Stars Orbit Planets?
This video is answering the question of do stars orbit planets.
Science360
Science Behind The News: Extrasolar Planets
Extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, are planets that orbit stars other than our sun. Astronomers like Dr. William Welsh at San Diego State University primarily use two methods to detect these distant planets: Doppler and Transit methods....
Next Animation Studio
Oumuamua is not made of nitrogen, according to Harvard astrophysicists
Harvard scientists says origin of first ever interstellar object detected in our solar system remains unknown.
Next Animation Studio
NASA renames its next-gen telescope after woman chief astronomer credited with launching the Hubble telescope
NASA has renamed its next-generation Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope after Nancy Roman, the agency’s first chief astronomer known as the Mother of Hubble.
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
High School Astronomer Uses Math to Find Planets
There is no minimum age for scientific discovery. Young scientists ask questions about topics that have puzzled humans for hundreds of years. This audio story introduces a high school senior who uses math to help astronomers search for...
Science360
NSF SCIENCE NOW: EPISODE 50
In this week's episode, we learn how AI uncovers insights into cancer, how loops give toughness to spider silk, a newly released database of stars and finally, we investigate a novel water testing technique. Check it out! Provided by the...
Astrum
The next step in Earth-like Exoplanet discovery - the blurry images of CHEOPS
It seems counterintuitive, but ESA's newest space telescope, CHEOPS, is designed to take blurry images of stars. But this helps astronomers to understand more about orbiting exoplanets than a clear image would. Here's why!
NASA
NASA’s Exoplanet Superheroes
A superhero team of space telescopes has been working tirelessly to discover exoplanets and unveil their secrets. Now, a new superhero joins the team—the James Webb Space Telescope. What will it find? Over the past few decades, a team of...
Next Animation Studio
NASA launch exoplanet seeking satellite
NASA's new planet-hunting satellite will seek out new Earth-like worlds over the next two years. Called the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, the satellite searches for planets which transit in front of a star, causing a dip in its...
Physics Girl
Everything you should know about TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets
The TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system has seven earth-like planets and is only 39 lightyears away! I am joined by Professor Adam Burgasser and Dr. Katherine Deck, both astrophysicists on the Nature paper to discuss the discovery of this...