Instructional Video11:38
SciShow

Cosmic Tails (That Aren’t From Comets)

12th - Higher Ed
Comets are famous for having space tails. But they're not the only ones! Asteroids, planets, and even stars can rock tails of their own.
Instructional Video8:40
SciShow

The Rarest Objects in The Solar System Are from...Elsewhere...

12th - Higher Ed
In 2017, astronomers discovered 'Oumuamua — the first definitive interstellar visitor to our solar system. But definitive evidence of space rocks that don't just visit but join our solar system is a little more elusive.
Instructional Video6:18
SciShow

Are Space Sounds Lies?

12th - Higher Ed
If a tree falls in space, and it's frequency is modulated by multiple octaves and digitized, does it make a sound?
Instructional Video14:20
SciShow

Holes In Space That Aren't Black | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve talked a lot about black holes, but there are other kinds of space holes out there that deserve some time in the spotlight!
Instructional Video5:03
SciShow

Why’d the Ocean Stop Getting Saltier?

12th - Higher Ed
If salty water is constantly spilling into the world’s oceans, does that mean they are getting saltier by the day?
Instructional Video3:32
SciShow

Cosmic Cocktails Oxygen and Alcohol in Space!

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists studying Comets 67P and Lovejoy have discovered oxygen, alcohol, and the building block of sugar. Sounds like a regular Friday night on earth, but it’s the first time we’ve found any of these things on a comet.
Instructional Video5:35
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The most colorful gemstones on Earth | Jeff Dekofsky

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In November 1986, Australian miners climbed Lunatic Hill and bored 20 meters into the Earth. They were rewarded with a fist-sized, record breaking gemstone, which they named the Hailey's Comet opal. Thanks to a characteristic called...
Instructional Video3:37
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Could comets be the source of life on Earth? - Justin Dowd

Pre-K - Higher Ed
While comets were historically thought to be ill omens of war and famine, recent science has revealed that these celestial wonders actually contain amino acids, the building blocks of life on Earth. Justin Dowd explores the implications...
Instructional Video5:08
SciShow

How Celestial Bodies Affect Life in the Ocean

12th - Higher Ed
Life on Earth has always been shaped by other bodies in space, and life in our oceans is especially susceptible to interactions that have huge effects on life as we know it!
Instructional Video3:58
SciShow

We Land on a Comet!

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News gives you the update of the historic mission that has, for the first time ever, landed a spacecraft on the surface of a comet!
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow

Our New Galactic Neighborhood, and a Tar Comet?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space shares the latest news from around the universe, including new insights into the giant supercluster of galaxies that we call home, and the first "data baby" from Rosetta's rendezvous with a comet.
Instructional Video3:48
SciShow

Water Weirdness Sweaty Comets, and Titan's Hidden Oceans

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News gives you some wet and weird developments from around the solar system, including new insights about what liquid lurks under the surface of Titan, and a sweaty comet that's been spotted on its way toward the sun.
Instructional Video6:33
SciShow

Three MORE Things You Missed Because of COVID

12th - Higher Ed
This year, science news has understandably focused a lot on COVID-19. But other science has carried on, and there have been plenty of amazing discoveries this year that we think deserve a spotlight, too!
Instructional Video5:25
SciShow

A Violent Origin Story for Tiny Space Diamonds | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists may have discovered some clues to two vastly different anomalies. Microscopic diamonds inside of meteors, and why ancient black holes are so massive.
Instructional Video3:51
SciShow

A Smelly Comet and a Record-Breaking Skydive

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News gives you a whiff of comet 67P, and takes you through a record-breaking skydive from an altitude five times the height of Mount Everest.
Instructional Video3:33
SciShow

Future Space News of 2014

12th - Higher Ed
Hank delivers news of the future, with his rundown of the top space missions scheduled for 2014. Learn about upcoming launches to a nearby asteroid, a comet as it approaches the sun, and the first test flight of NASA's new Orion crew...
Instructional Video3:49
SciShow Kids

What's a Meteor Shower?

K - 5th
Have you ever looked up at night and seen a streak of light flash across the sky? Some people call that a "shooting star," but it's not actually a star at all! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn what shooting stars really are and how they...
Instructional Video3:59
SciShow

Tabby's Strange Star Just Got Stranger

12th - Higher Ed
It's been a year since astronomer Tabetha Boyaijan found strange signals coming from a star called KIC 8462852, aka Tabby's Star. Now, new research shows that it's even stranger than we thought. Plus, good news from spaceflight company...
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow

Why Don't Comets Ever Have a Green Tail?

12th - Higher Ed
There’s no question that comets have been regarded as some of the most beautiful things in the night sky for thousands of years. But why are their heads often green but never their tails?
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow

How Does Titan Still Have an Atmosphere?

12th - Higher Ed
From what we know about Titan, it seems like its atmosphere should have disappeared millions of years ago. So, why hasn’t it?
Instructional Video6:05
SciShow

A New Binary Asteroid (That's Also a Comet!)

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers discovered something cool about an object in the asteroid belt (2006 VW139/288P), and the European Space Agency is conducting a bed rest study that could help us get on our way to Mars.
Instructional Video4:07
SciShow

Multicolored Meteor Shower!

12th - Higher Ed
Those bright spots on Ceres? We've got some new insight into what they might be! Also, the Geminids meteor shower is coming up and will peak on December 13-14.
Instructional Video3:22
SciShow

4 Awesome Future Space Missions

12th - Higher Ed
Hank fills us in on the four exploratory missions to space that he is most excited about - New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Juno is on it's way to Jupiter; Dawn is exploring two large asteroids; Rosetta will land on a...
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

The Mysterious Green Glass on the Moon (Plus: How to See Comet NEOWISE!) | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier this month, a Chinese moon rover discovered a mysterious glittery substance at the bottom of a lunar crater. How did it get there? Also, Comet NEOWISE takes thousands of years to circle the Sun, and right now we can see it in our...