NASA
NASA | We Did All That in 50 Years!
Humans have always looked up at the sky. They used astronomy to track time, orient their cities, decide when to plant their crops, and even based their religious practices on their celestial world. But there was much more to learn.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: SOFIA Shows Ceres' True Composition: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 19, 2017.
Next Animation Studio
Five smaller asteroids heading towards Earth pose significant threat
Between 100,000 and a million small-scale asteroids have a possibility of hitting Earth over the next century, and five in particular have a collision risk of one in 1,000.
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NASA | Solar Hurricane Tears Off Tail of Comet Encke
NASA's STEREO satellite captured the first images ever of a collision between a solar "hurricane", called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and a comet. The collision caused the complete detachment of the comet's plasma tail. Scientists...
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Four of Our Favorite SOHO-discovered Comets
On June 15, 2020, a citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO — the 4,000th comet discovery in the spacecraft’s 25-year history. The comet is nicknamed SOHO-4000,...
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NASA | 3,000 Comets for SOHO
In this video, Karl Battams of the Naval Research Lab talks us through a visualization of the comets that SOHO has witnessed. Since its launch nearly 20 years ago, NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory...
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NASA | Why are We Seeing So Many Sungrazing Comets?
Before 1979, there were less than a dozen known sungrazing comets. As of December 2012, we know of 2,500. Why did this number increase? With solar observatories like SOHO, STEREO, and SDO, we have not only better means of viewing the...
AllTime 10s
10 Archaeological Discoveries That Rewrote History
These 10 amazing archaeological discoveries changed the way we think about the modern world! From finding the first ever computer to finding ancient humans the size of Hobbits.
Curated Video
Exploring the Oort Cloud: What Lies Beyond Our Solar System
This video provides an overview of the Oort Cloud, a theoretical region located beyond our solar system and the Kuiper Belt. The video discusses the origins of the Oort Cloud, its spherical shape, and the potential disruption of its icy...
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PHYSICS - Astrophysics - The Solar System (Part 2)
This video looks at the characteristics of the outer planets, dwarf planets, moons and comets.
Curated Video
The Fascinating World of Comets
Learn the key characteristics of comets, including their icy composition, the formation of their tails as they approach the sun, and their historical significance. The video also highlights the role of comets in bringing water and...
Professor Dave Explains
‘Oumuamua: Interstellar Visitor
We know that there are lots of asteroids and comets in the solar system, and we've even landed a spacecraft on a comet, so we know a reasonable amount about these objects. However in 2017, something happened that had never happened...
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NASA | Death-Defying Comets Explore the Sun's Atmosphere
To observe how winds move high in Earth's atmosphere, scientists sometimes release clouds of barium as tracers to track how the material corkscrews and sweeps around � but scientists have no similar technique to study the turbulent...
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NASA | What is a Sungrazing Comet?
Sungrazing comets are a special class of comets that come very close to the sun at their nearest approach, a point called perihelion. To be considered a sungrazer, a comet needs to get within about 850,000 miles from the sun at...
Curated Video
Understanding Planetary Movement: The Science of Orbit
This video discusses the concept of planetary movement or orbit. The video also touches on the different shapes of orbits, the forces of gravity that keep objects in orbit, and the balance between momentum and gravity that is necessary...
The Bazillions
Super Sonic Rocket Bike
Blast off with The Bazillions on a journey of the imagination aboard a SUPER SONIC ROCKET BIKE!
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Comet
This live-action video program is about the word Comet. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Comet through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
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Hubble Sees First-Time Icy Visitor Comet K2
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the farthest-discovered active inbound comet, Comet K2. K2 came from the distant Oort Cloud and is visiting our inner solar system for the first (and only) time. Since we're seeing it so far away,...
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How LISA Pathfinder Detected Dozens of 'Comet Crumbs'
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions, successfully demonstrated technologies needed to build a future space-based gravitational wave observatory, a tool for detecting ripples...
Mazz Media
Universe
This live-action video program is about the word universe. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word universe through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
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Meteor
This live-action video program is about the word meteor. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word meteor through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
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Counting Comets
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint mission between ESA (the European Space Agency) and NASA, was not designed to find comets — its original goal was to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer layers of its atmosphere....
Curated Video
Exploring Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites: A Journey Through Space Debris
This video explains the difference between meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites. They discuss the history of meteors and how they were once believed to be fireballs or signs of impending doom. The video also covers the origin and...