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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....
The Viral Fever
Cosmic Journeys: Birth of a Black Hole
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...
TMW Media
Discovery with the ALMA Telescope: Emerging sciences in the field
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
Next Animation Studio
Hellish ‘super-Earth’ offers best opportunity to study atmosphere of a rocky exoplanet
A newly discovered “super-Earth” could offer scientists the best opportunity thus far to study the atmosphere of an exoplanet
Next Animation Studio
Oumuamua likely came from a Pluto-like exoplanet
In a pair of papers, Arizona State University astronomers determined that Oumuamua appears to be made of frozen nitrogen, like the surface of Pluto
Dom Burgess
What Is Dark Matter?
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.
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
ALMA Seeing The Universe In A Whole New Light
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...
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Science Behind The News: Impacts On Jupiter
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,...
Science360
The birth of the first stars
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...
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Very Large Array observatory reveals the universe - Science Nation
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...
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 7: Planet Asteroid
What’s in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
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!
Science360
Black holes and coffee - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas (and other furnishings)
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:...
TMW Media
The Very Large Array Telescope: VLA's configurations for seeing in space
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...
Science360
How is the Web changing Astronomy?
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.
Next Animation Studio
Scientists detect X-rays coming from Uranus
NASA reports that astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using its Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Next Animation Studio
Black hole seen sucking star like it’s spaghetti
Astronomers observed a black hole sucking in a faraway star, shredding it into thin strands of stellar material.
Physics Girl
5 AMAZING stars we’ve discovered in space!
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...
Physics Girl
What the NEW black hole discovery tells us!
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!
NASA
NASA | Swift Finds 'Missing' Active Galaxies
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...
NASA
NASA | Fermi Detects First Gamma-ray Pulsar in Another Galaxy
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...
ProTeachersVideo
Teaching Astronomy and Space: Our Universe and the Big Bang
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...