How viewing Jupiter in infrared and ultraviolet can uncover its secrets.

My battery is low and it's getting dark. NASA's Opportunity has come to the end of a 15 year mission on Mars. But what did it do? This episode focuses on Endeavour Crater, Esperance and Cape York!

On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history as the first humans to set foot on the Moon. Before their lunar journey, they trained at the Nevada Test Site, an area where the U.S. conducted 928 nuclear tests. This site,...

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Moon has some pretty unusual features!

When something is as incredibly difficult to get to as Mercury, it is extremely tricky to study. Which is one of the reasons why in all of human history, there have only ever been 2 missions to Mercury, with just one more on the way....

NASA's Dawn spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestial bodies, Vesta and Ceres. But what did it do and discover while it was there?

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An introduction to the Earth's moon. What makes a moon a moon? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. A moon is a natural satellite. Our Moon orbits the Earth roughly every 28 days. The Moon's glow is caused by the reflection of...

The cycle of lava as a destructive and constructive force, building the structure of volcanoes and powering their devastating impact. Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. Volcanoes are landforms that occur along plate boundaries....

In the Spring of 1980, the Mount St Helens Volcano in Washington State erupted in one of the most violent events in recorded history. But a human catastrophe was prevented due to the More Economically Developed Country's capacity to...

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Learn about the history of nuclear testing in the United States, from the atomic bomb explosions in New Mexico, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki to the continuation of testing in the Nevada desert during the Cold War. This video showcases the...

Discover how the age of dinosaurs, which lasted 165 million years, came to an abrupt end 65 million years ago. Learn about the massive asteroid impact on the Yucatan Peninsula and how the resulting shockwaves, tsunamis, and global...

Dr. Forrester teaches about the moon, its qualities, and the phases.

Dr. Forrester explains the three types of volcanoes.

Learn about the different parts and stages of a Volcano. And learn about how and watch it erupt with this fun educational music video and parents. Brought to you by KLT. And don't forget to sing along!

Dr. Forrester defines the terms comet, asteroid, meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites by classifying them as objects found within space. She also discusses the Chicxulub crater at the tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the theory...

This video explores five fun facts about the meteors.

How long is a typical day on Mercury? How does an elliptical orbit affect the sunrise on Mercury? What are other unique features of Mercury?<br/>
Mercury, The Solar System Historian, Part 3

Scientists say Ceres is an ocean world with brine under the surface after reviewing data from NASA’s Dawn orbiter, according to new studies published separately in Nature Astronomy and Geoscience.

NASA is funding an early-stage concept to build a giant telescope in a crater on the far side of the moon through its NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, the space agency announced on April 7.

Upon viewing the Our Distant Neighbors video series, students will be able to do the following: Create a simple diagram of the sun and the orbital paths of each planet around the sun. Label each of the eight planets. Explain that the sun...