Instructional Video4:35
Science360

Science Behind The News: Extrasolar Planets

12th - Higher Ed
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....
Instructional Video27:18
The Viral Fever

Cosmic Journeys: Birth of a Black Hole

12th - Higher Ed
The video explores the mysteries of high energy astronomy, focusing on gamma ray bursts and their origins. It discusses the evolution of our understanding of the universe, from debates about the scale of the galaxy to the discovery of...
Instructional Video3:28
TMW Media

Discovery with the ALMA Telescope: Emerging sciences in the field

K - 5th
What is Astrochemistry? How can ALMA help Astrochemistry and Astrobiology? What should you do if you want to work in these fields? Discovery with the ALMA Telescope, Part 3
Instructional Video1:45
Next Animation Studio

Hellish ‘super-Earth’ offers best opportunity to study atmosphere of a rocky exoplanet

12th - Higher Ed
A newly discovered “super-Earth” could offer scientists the best opportunity thus far to study the atmosphere of an exoplanet
Instructional Video1:49
Next Animation Studio

Oumuamua likely came from a Pluto-like exoplanet

12th - Higher Ed
In a pair of papers, Arizona State University astronomers determined that Oumuamua appears to be made of frozen nitrogen, like the surface of Pluto
Instructional Video7:21
Dom Burgess

What Is Dark Matter?

9th - 11th
Dark Matter is one of the biggest mysteries of our universe. It makes up more than a quarter of our universe, but what is it? And how do we know it's there? Find out about dark matter in this video.
Podcast5:31
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

High School Astronomer Uses Math to Find Planets

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:30
Science360

ALMA Seeing The Universe In A Whole New Light

12th - Higher Ed
At first glance, the bone-dry landscape of the Atacama Desert in Chile might seem inhospitable. But, it's prime real estate for astronomers. This desert is now home to the largest ground-based radio telescope in the world! The telescope...
Instructional Video4:52
Science360

Science Behind The News: Impacts On Jupiter

12th - Higher Ed
The impact of comets on the surface of Jupiter are a fairly common experience. At the University of Central Florida, astronomers Joseph Harrington and Csaba Palotai are leading a project that studies precisely how these impacts happen,...
Instructional Video5:14
Science360

The birth of the first stars

12th - Higher Ed
When did the first stars light up the universe? After 12 years of experimental effort, a team of scientists has detected the fingerprints of the earliest stars in the universe. Find out how they did it! __For more on the discovery, see...
Instructional Video4:51
Science360

Very Large Array observatory reveals the universe - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
Black holes, star births and deaths, colliding galaxies and more -- all in a day's work at the VLA The Very Large Array, or VLA, is a complex of 27 massive antennas on the Plains of San Agustin in central New Mexico, all pointing skyward...
Podcast34:13
NASA

‎On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 7: Planet Asteroid

Pre-K - Higher Ed
What’s in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
Instructional Video10:27
Astrum

The next step in Earth-like Exoplanet discovery - the blurry images of CHEOPS

Higher Ed
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!
Instructional Video7:08
Science360

Black holes and coffee - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings)

12th - Higher Ed
Over a cup of coffee, astrophysicist Dan Evans chats about black holes, his research and what’s on the horizon. According to Dan, black holes are probably the simplest objects in the universe. They only consist of three basic parameters:...
Instructional Video4:15
TMW Media

The Very Large Array Telescope: VLA's configurations for seeing in space

K - 5th
Explain the process of transporting an antenna. Why are the antenna moved into different configurations? What discoveries did the scientists find recently? What do you need to know in order to work in this field? The Very Large Array...
Instructional Video1:56
Science360

How is the Web changing Astronomy?

12th - Higher Ed
Have you ever wondered how the Web is changing Astronomy? Dr. Philip Plait answers your question in this special “Mysteries of the Cosmos” edition of Ask a Scientist.
Instructional Video1:09
Next Animation Studio

Scientists detect X-rays coming from Uranus

12th - Higher Ed
NASA reports that astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using its Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Instructional Video1:39
Next Animation Studio

Black hole seen sucking star like it’s spaghetti

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers observed a black hole sucking in a faraway star, shredding it into thin strands of stellar material.
Instructional Video6:13
Physics Girl

5 AMAZING stars we’ve discovered in space!

9th - 12th
5 of the most unusual, amazing and interesting stars we've discovered in our universe. Red giants, supernovas, hybrid stars, orbiting binaries, large stars, old stars, small stars, we've discovered thousands of stars within our milky way...
Instructional Video7:10
Physics Girl

What the NEW black hole discovery tells us!

9th - 12th
Astronomers have seen light from BEHIND a black hole for the first time. I explained the discovery and results to my editor, Levi. Congrats to D. Wilkins and the astronomy team!
Instructional Video2:40
NASA

NASA | Swift Finds 'Missing' Active Galaxies

3rd - 11th
Most large galaxies contain a giant central black hole. In an active galaxy, matter falling toward the supermassive black hole powers high-energy emissions so intense that two classes of active galaxies, quasars and blazars, rank as the...
Instructional Video3:06
NASA

NASA | Fermi Detects First Gamma-ray Pulsar in Another Galaxy

3rd - 11th
Researchers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have discovered the first gamma-ray pulsar in a galaxy other than our own. The object sets a new record for the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar known. The pulsar lies in the...
Instructional Video2:36
Learning Mole

Pluto Facts for Kids

Pre-K - 12th
This video explores five fun facts about Pluto.
Instructional Video13:50
ProTeachersVideo

Teaching Astronomy and Space: Our Universe and the Big Bang

Higher Ed
Two stimulating films aimed at introducing students to the wonders of the universe, its size and its origin. How Big is the Universe?: it is impossible for the human mind to grasp just how big the universe is, but astronomer Pete Edwards...