Curated Video
The Colors of Opaque Objects: Understanding Light Interaction with Different Surfaces
This video is a lecture on the colors of opaque objects and how light interacts with different surfaces to define the color of an object. It explains how white light is a combination of all visible colors and that surfaces with color...
Curated Video
Understanding Colors: Exploring the Mystery of Pink
In this video, we learn about how we perceive colors, including the beloved color pink. While pink is not part of the visible light spectrum, our eyes and brain work together to interpret the color pink from the light bouncing off...
Curated Video
Filters and the Absorption of Different Wavelengths of Light
The video is a lecture on filters and how they work. It discusses how white light is a combination of all visible wavelengths and how filters are materials that are transparent and only permit certain wavelengths of light to transmit...
NASA
Star Gives Birth to Possible Black Hole in Hubble and Spitzer Images
A team of astronomers at The Ohio State University watched a star disappear and possibly become a black hole. Instead of becoming a black hole through the expected process of a supernova, the black hole candidate formed through a "failed...
Maddie Moate
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?! | Maddie Moate
The world’s largest, most powerful telescope was launched into space on Christmas Day - it’s called the 'James Webb Space Telescope' but WHAT IS IT and WHAT WILL IT DISCOVER? I went to the UK's National Space Laboratory (RAL Space) where...
Curated Video
Gemstone Coloration: How Different Gemstones Get Their Colors
Explore how gemstones get their colors. We learn that gemstones absorb and reflect certain light waves based on their chemical structures, resulting in different colors. Some gemstones are self-colored, while others are colored by...
NASA
Landsat 9: part 1, Getting Off The Ground
Every legacy has a compelling origin. The soon-to-be-launched Landsat 9 is the intellectual and technical product of eight generations of Landsat missions, spanning nearly 50 years. Episode One answers the question “why?” Why did the...
NASA
Explore New Hubble Images of Celestial Objects From the Caldwell Catalog
Hubble turned 30 this year, and it has a birthday present to share with you! Newly released Hubble images of 30 celestial objects from the Caldwell Catalog show stunning cosmic sights, many of which you can see with a backyard telescope!...
Curated Video
The Effects of Wavelength and Speed on Electromagnetic Waves
This video is a lecture on the effects of wavelength and speed on electromagnetic waves. The speaker explains what can happen to a wave at the boundary between two media, including reflection and refraction. They also discuss how...
FuseSchool
Electromagnetic Waves | Electricity | Physics | FuseSchool
Electromagnetic Waves | Electricity | Physics | FuseSchool You may never have heard of the electromagnetic spectrum, but you would have heard of many parts of it and use them daily. They are all electromagnetic transverse waves that...
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Microscopy-I
It explains the basic principle of working of a compound microscope and lists various types of microscopes used to view biological material.
Astrum
Where did the Big Bang originate?
Time and space can be a bit baffling. The universe is expanding, but from which point? Where is the centre of the universe?
Curated Video
Introduction to Electromagnetic Waves and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
The video explains the basics of electromagnetic waves, including their definition as transverse waves that transfer energy from a source to an absorber. It discusses the seven general sections of the electromagnetic spectrum, going from...
Professor Dave Explains
Quantization of Energy Part 1: Blackbody Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe
So we know that physics got turned upside down at the turn of the 20th century, but how did that all begin? What was the first thing that set this whole chain of events into motion? Well it all started with Planck and the ultraviolet...
msvgo
Radioactivity
This nugget explains the concept of radioactivity, its types and mathematical expressions and examples.
Let's Tute
Understanding Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
The video discusses the concept of light as a type of electromagnetic radiation and explains the different types of radiations in the electromagnetic spectrum based on their wavelength, frequency, and energy. It also highlights the...
Professor Dave Explains
Color and Refraction
What is color? What is it that determines the color of an object? Good thing we just learned about electromagnetic radiation! Especially the visible spectrum. Let's take a look.
Curated Video
The Science of Iridescence
This video explores the concept of iridescence, where seemingly colorless or differently colored surfaces change their color when viewed from different angles. It explains how iridescence occurs through mechanisms like thin film and...
Professor Dave Explains
What is Light? Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Up until a couple centuries ago, we had no idea what light is. It seems like magic, no? But there is no magic in this world, really. Just stuff we don't understand. So let's understand light a little better right now!
Physics Girl
World’s Largest Camera Lens
The world's largest digital camera is currently being assembled at a warehouse in California. We caught the short window of time to see the camera's massive lens.
Curated Video
Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves
In this lecture video, the different types of electromagnetic waves are examined, and their uses and applications are explored. The video begins with an overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, starting with gamma rays and ending with...
Mazz Media
Light
Using real world demonstrations and colorful graphics, Real World Science: Light teaches students the different properties of light, pertinent definitions and how light travels. Students will learn how different mediums can affect light,...
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Our Cosmic Time Machine, The James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope will explore every phase of cosmic history: from the formation of the very first galaxies in the early universe, to our cosmic backyard of the Solar System. Webb is the largest space telescope NASA has ever...