Curated Video
Planets of the Solar System
Planets of the Solar System describes each planet’s movement, distance, size, and composition in relation to the sun.
Ancient Lights Media
The Outer Planets of the Solar System - Volume One: Jupiter and Saturn: The “Gas Giants” - Solar System Series
This video examines details relating to the planets Jupiter, Saturn and their moons.
Curated Video
The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison Stephenson 2-18
Learn about the largest star in the universe with the Universe Size Comparison with Stephenson 2-18
Curated Video
The Planets
The Planets describes the characteristics of each planet within the solar system by explaining each planet’s characteristics.
Curated Video
Something Strange Is Happening on Saturn... | Saturn’s Hexagon Storm Song!
There's something strange going on at Saturn's North Pole...
Next Animation Studio
Hot exoplanet atmosphere can vaporize metals
A team of multinational scientists were able to look more closely into the environment of MASCARA-2 b, a large, scorching hot gaseous planet in our galaxy.
Curated Video
The Great Red Spot: A Storm on Jupiter
The Great Red Spot is a massive storm on Jupiter that is believed to have been going on for over 300 years! Learn what scientists know about the storm and what about it is still a mystery.
Next Animation Studio
Astronomers discovers blue planet where it rains glass
A research team in the UK have determined the true colour of a planet orbiting another star for the first time using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
NASA
Kepler Stares at Neptune
During its K2 campaign, NASA's Kepler spacecraft observed the eighth planet in our solar system, Neptune. Kepler detected small changes in Neptune's brightness caused by the planet's daily rotation, the movement of clouds, and even...
Next Animation Studio
B Centauri: Scientists find planet where no planet should be
Scientists found a giant planet 325 light years away, but its very existence proves there’s something wrong with science.
NASA
Exploring Jupiter's Magnetic Field
NASA is sending the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter, to peer beneath its cloudy surface and explore the giant planet's structure and magnetic field. Juno's twin magnetometers, built at Goddard Space Flight Center, will give scientists their...
Curated Video
Exploring Jupiter: The Giant Gas Giant
This video provides a description of the planet Jupiter. It describes Jupiter as a gas giant composed mainly of gases like ammonia, sulfur, and hydrogen. The interior of the planet is explained to consist of compressed hydrogen gas,...
NASA
Hubble Observes Atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have conducted the first spectroscopic survey of Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system's habitable zone. Hubble reveals that at least the inner five planets do not seem to contain...
NASA
NASA | Jupiter in 4k Ultra HD
New imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra HD format) are the first products to come from a program to study the...
Maddie Moate
8 Planets, 8 Experiments, 8 Minutes! | Maddie Moate
8 Planets, 8 Experiments, 8 Minutes! Thank you so much to Eureka! The National Children's Museum for having me come and film their awesome space. It's an absolute honour to join the Eureka team as an ambassador in celebration of their...
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NASA extends Juno’s mission through 2025 to explore Jupiter’s moons and rings
The extended mission will allow the spacecraft to make multiple passes of the moons Ganymede, Europa and Io, as well as Jupiter’s rings
Curated Video
Exploring Saturn: The Ringed Giant of the Solar System
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and is known for its 30 planetary rings. This is the farthest planet visible to the naked eye.
Ancient Lights Media
Overview of the Planets of Our Solar System
Planets Set: 2. This clip offers a brief introduction to the inner and outer planets of our solar system.
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Aurora around Saturn's north pole.
Collisions with charged particles in the solar wind cause gas atoms and molecules to emit light. Aurorae typically occur around the poles as charged particles are directed there by planets' magnetic fields. Imaged in ultraviolet light by...
SciShow
Why Does Saturn Have Rings?
Why do Saturn and the other gas giants have rings? Hank reveals the Roche limit as the cause, the distance within which gas planets would fail to hold together due to their own gravity. At this particular distance, orbiting materials...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Jupiter
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. The gas giant is not a failed star, but a really successful planet! It has a dynamic atmosphere with belts and zones, as well as an enormous red spot that's actually a persistent...