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MinutePhysics

How to Find an Exoplanet

12th - Higher Ed
How to Find an Exoplanet
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SciShow

Why Comet 67P Is Shaped Like a Duck, and New Pluto Photos!

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow Space News, photos of Comet 67P and Pluto are helping us solve old mysteries and creating some new ones.
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SciShow

The Most Stable Neighborhoods in the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
No planet’s trip around a star is exactly like the one before it, because solar systems aren't as static as they first appear. Even small nudges can add up to disaster, but some objects find safe orbits with the help of a partner or two.
Instructional Video3:28
SciShow

The Lost Cargo Ship, and Pluto Has Ice Caps!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News explains how we lost track of a resupply mission, explores Pluto’s newfound ice caps, and helps you find Mercury.
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SciShow

3 Extreme New Mission Concepts

12th - Higher Ed
From asteroid spaceships, to exploring ice volcanoes, let's look at a few of the NIAC's recently approved Phase I projects!
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SciShow

Why Pluto Might Be a Billion Comets

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers are trying to answer the question of how Pluto formed, and we have more evidence for the existence of Planet Nine!
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SciShow

We Just Landed on the Far Side of the Moon for the First Time! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
The new year is off to a great start for space exploration! New Horizons has passed the farthest object ever visited by a spacecraft, and China put a lander on the dark side of the Moon!
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SciShow

Get Ready New Horizons Is Approaching Its Next Target - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
New Horizons is on its way to Ultima Thule, the most distant object a spacecraft has ever visited. And scientists have created the sugar component of DNA under extraterrestrial conditions.
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SciShow

The Biggest Moon Discoveries of the Last Decade

12th - Higher Ed
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been teaching us about the moon for a decade now, and it's still going! What we’re learning from it will make space exploration and future moon missions much easier for future astronauts.
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SciShow

One-on-One Conversation with New Horizons Scientist

12th - Higher Ed
Hank interviews Dr. Alex Harrison Parker about New Horizons' Pluto flyby, what's next for the probe, and what we can anticipate learning about the solar system's history!
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SciShow

15 Futuristic Space Mission Concepts in 5 Minutes

12th - Higher Ed
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program has funded a slew of new space mission concepts! Which one is your favorite?
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SciShow

New Clues to the Structure of the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
An incredibly bright burst of energy and a dent covered with ice give us insights into planetary and universal structure.
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SciShow

"Spaceflight Is Hard"

12th - Higher Ed
An ISS-bound rocket exploded on Sunday, and New Horizons has a tough job finding Pluto.
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SciShow

The Fiery, Pitch-Black Egg-Planet

12th - Higher Ed
Last week, the Cassini probe dove into Saturn, never to be heard from again, but thankfully, Cassini wasn't the only probe out there. And we've also found an exoplanet that might be even darker and stranger than we thought.
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SciShow

Virgin's New Spaceship

12th - Higher Ed
Virgin has an exciting new spaceship!
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SciShow

Maybe Mars's Ocean Never Left | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Many researchers believe that all the water on Mars dried up, but some evidence suggests that it might have dried in.
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SciShow

New Evidence for Planet 9! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers have found more evidence for Planet 9, but another study has added another problem to our list of space travel problems.
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TED Talks

TED: Why earth may someday look like Mars | Anjali Tripathi

12th - Higher Ed
every minute, 400 pounds of hydrogen and almost 7 pounds of helium escape from earth's atmosphere into outer space. Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi studies the phenomenon of atmospheric escape, and in this fascinating and accessible talk,...
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SciShow

Found Dozens of Ancient Cryovolcanoes on Ceres! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists may have discovered up to 31 more cryovolcano remnants on Ceres, and the Iridium flares are slowly being allowed to burn up in our atmosphere, so see them while you still can!
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SciShow

Venomous Mammals, Sensory Receptors & the Moon's True Origin Story

12th - Higher Ed
Hank describes to us some news stories that illustrate how science is continually changing the things we think we "know" - from the status of various animals species, to the way our senses work and even where the Moon came from -...
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SciShow

Why Do the Planets Orbit in the Same Plane?

12th - Higher Ed
While there is a little wiggle room, the planets in our solar system really are orbiting on mostly the same level. Why do they do that?
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SciShow

How Moon Rocks Revolutionized Astronomy

12th - Higher Ed
Getting our hands on a few moon rocks radically changed our understanding of the solar system!
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SciShow

What We've Learned from the Pluto Flyby!

12th - Higher Ed
New Horizons is teaching us all about Pluto! And it's definitely not what we were expecting.
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SciShow

Rosetta Didn't Find Aliens!

12th - Higher Ed
New Horizons went into safe mode and lost a few days of science observations. And there seems to be some confusion over whether there are aliens on Comet 67P.