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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...
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SciShow

New Surprises from the Asteroid Bennu - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
There’s nothing boring about Bennu! From its chemistry, size, shape, and spin to its extremely old age, it proves that even the smallest objects in the solar system have a bizarre and fascinating history.
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SciShow

Why Can’t Scientists Predict the Kilauea Eruption?

12th - Higher Ed
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano suddenly erupted last week. It's happened before, so why are eruptions so hard for scientists to predict?
Instructional Video5:13
SciShow

The Curiosity Rover's Most Amazing Discoveries

12th - Higher Ed
It might feel like it was only yesterday that the Curiosity rover touched down on Mars, but in August, the rover celebrated its fifth birthday! For a kindergartener, it's made some really impressive discoveries.
Instructional Video4:38
SciShow

Mimas: The Real-Life Death Star

12th - Higher Ed
One of Saturn's moons looks a lot like an infamous planet-destroying battle station from science fiction, but astronomers have some very real theories about the complex crater that gives Mimas its unique feature.
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SciShow

Don't Worry About That Asteroid That Might Hit This Year | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
That asteroid the headlines have been warning people about isn't likely to actually hit us, and scientists might have solved a mystery that could save lives: the relationship between tides and earthquakes.
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SciShow

Will there be a ring in Mars's future?

12th - Higher Ed
Will Mars have a ring around it? Hank Green explains in this episode of Scishow Space News!
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SciShow

The First Time We Met a Comet, We Blew a Hole in It

12th - Higher Ed
In the first mission of its kind, Deep Impact’s goal was to teach us about the interior of comets...by blowing a hole in the side of one!
Instructional Video2:52
SciShow

The Door to Hell

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of SciShow, Hank talks about a crater in Turkmenistan that has been on fire for decades and has earned itself the title of: The Door to Hell!
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SciShow

What We've Learned from the Dawn Mission So Far

12th - Higher Ed
The Dawn spacecraft has been exploring the two largest objects in the asteroid belt since 2007, and here's what we've learned so far!
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SciShow

Mars Lander Crash Update: Mystery Solved!

12th - Higher Ed
In October, the first mission of the ExoMars program arrived at the Red Planet, and things didn't go exactly as planned. As NASA investigates the crash, the mystery unfolds.
Instructional Video5:04
SciShow

Mars's Surface Is Messed Up | The Martian Dichotomy

12th - Higher Ed
Most rocky planets have pretty consistent surface features, with a fairly even mix of mountains and basins in each hemisphere. This is NOT the case on Mars! What do scientists know about this mystery?
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SciShow

What the Crater that Impacted the Dinosaurs Taught Us About Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We've been trying to understand Mars for years, but some scientists think that ancient craters on earth might hold some answers to our red neighbor's history.
Instructional Video5:18
SciShow

The 3 Biggest Space Impacts Ever

12th - Higher Ed
Celebrate Asteroid Day by learning about the 3 biggest collisions that Earth has experienced with celestial objects.
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SciShow

Top 5 Coolest Things about Curiosity

12th - Higher Ed
In which Hank celebrates the landing of the Mars Curiosity Rover which you know was pretty freaking cool. So here are the Top Five Coolest Things about the Mars Curiosity Rover!
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TED Talks

Phil Plait: How to defend Earth from asteroids

12th - Higher Ed
What's six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant? An asteroid -- and there are lots of them out there. With humor and great visuals, Phil Plait shows us all the ways asteroids can kill us (yipes), and what we must do to avoid...
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TED-Ed

TED-ED: Why extremophiles bode well for life beyond Earth - Louisa Preston

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Life on Earth requires three things: liquid water, a source of energy within a habitable range from the sun and organic carbon-based material. But life is surprisingly resilient, and organisms called extremophiles can be found in hostile...
Instructional Video4:17
SciShow

Could We Have Saved the Opportunity Rover? - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
For more than a decade, Opportunity has been one of our best tools for understanding Mars, but after eight months of listening and hoping, it was officially time to put the rover to bed.
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The Oldest Crater from a Meteorite…Isn’t a Crater after All?

12th - Higher Ed
There's one crater that may be older than any that we know of. Except there's a snag, it might not actually be a crater at all.
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SciShow

Yellowstone Super Volcano

12th - Higher Ed
Hank reveals the details about the giant volcano in Yellowstone National Park.
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Crash Course

What Are Volcanoes? Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’re going to take a closer look at these beautiful but dangerous landforms as we explore the different types of volcanoes and trace the patterns of volcanic activity around the world. From the explosive power of a stratovolcano...
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SciShow

The Massive Chunk of Metal Hiding in the Moon

12th - Higher Ed
The moon's South Pole-Aitken basin is the largest known crater in existence, and there's something big hidden underneath.
Instructional Video5:19
SciShow

The Hunt for Water on the Moon

12th - Higher Ed
Crashing satellites into the moon can be fun AND educational!
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Curated Video

Why Earth’s Newest Glacier is Inside an Active Volcano

9th - Higher Ed
It was the scene of the most cataclysmic natural disaster in American history, a place of unimaginable devastation. Today, the crater of Mt. St. Helens Volcano is experiencing a rebirth — it’s the site of the world’s newest glacier. Not...