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The Spiders That Turn Stars into Planets
Neutron stars, are some of the most extreme phenomenon in the universe. It's doubly so for a subset known as pulsars. Some are spinning so fast, and are so massive, that astronomers aren't entirely sure how they got to be that way. One...
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Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past
On July 4th 2016, the Juno spacecraft entered orbit around the planet Jupiter after leaving earth five years ago. The Juno probe will tell us what lies inside the mysterious gas giant and with this information we’ll better understand the...
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What Saturn’s Rings Tell Us About Its Soupy Core
The insides of the our gas giant friend, Saturn, might be less of a mystery now that we’ve figured out how to use its rings to indicate its internal makeup. And the light emitted from some very old, very hungry black holes could be...
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This Planet Used to Be the Core of a Gas Giant? | SciShow News
Scientists may have found the light from two merging black holes, and a gas giant, without the gas.
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The Strangest Planets in the Universe | Compilation
Sci-Fi worlds may have giant worms or twin suns, but those are pretty cozy compared to these wild worlds.
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Fun in the Summer Sun… on Saturn
For 13 years, the Cassini probe circled Saturn and sent back fascinating data about the seasons of Saturn as it moved through a 29 Earth year Saturnian year.
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Mind the (Solar System's) Gap
Giant disks around baby stars filled with gas and dust provide the material to make all sorts of planets, and new evidence proves that our solar system’s had a massive gap in it! And the water vapor in Jupiter’s moon, Europa, might not...
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3 Ways Exoplanets Rocked Planetary Science
Exoplanets have taught us a lot more about planets than our solar system could ever teach us, from what happens when they’re born, to what happens when their stars die.
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Let's Explore Space!
It's a big day for Jessi and Squeaks because they've finally finished their brand new observatory! Join them as they try out their new telescope and take a look back at a compilation of everything we've learned about space so far!
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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...
Crash Course
Saturn
Saturn is the crown jewel of the solar system, beautiful and fascinating. It is a gas giant, and has a broad set of rings made of ice particles. Moons create gaps in the rings via their gravity. Saturn has dozens of moons, including...
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Explore the Solar System: The Gas Giants
Explore the four gas giant planets, as Jessi and Squeaks take you on a tour of our solar system!
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Let's Make the Solar System
Tag along with Jessi and Squeaks to learn how to make your very own model of the Solar System!
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Convection
The transfer of heat in a fluid by movement of the fluid itself. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
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Terrestrial planets
Also called rocky planets, the planets in our solar system composed mostly of silicate rocks, and the innermost of the eight planets in our Solar System. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using...
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Jupiter
Where does Jupiter fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. Seventy-nine moons orbit Jupiter. Jupiter's core is hotter than the...
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The Solar System – Big reveal
What is it? ... It's Jupiter! Physical processes - The Earth and beyond - The Solar System A Twig Tidbit Film - Big Reveal. The image zooms out from an extreme close-up to full frame. The children have to guess what the image is.
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Gas Giants - Outer Giants
Take a closer look at the four gas giants. They're called gas giants because they're made of gas – and they're giant! Our universe - Space adventure - Gas giants Learning Points Four of the planets in our solar system are known as the...
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Why Is Uranus Colder Than Neptune?
While Neptune, the most distant planet in our Solar System, is 4.5 billion kilometers away from the Sun, Uranus, the second-farthest planet, is just 2.88 billion kilometers away. Uranus is more than a billion kilometers away from...
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I WONDER - Why Is Uranus Special?
This video is answering the question of why is Uranus special.
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I WONDER - Why Is Saturn Special?
This video is answering the question of why is Saturn special.
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I WONDER - What Makes Neptune Special?
This video is answering the question of what makes Neptune special.
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I WONDER - What Are Zonal Jets?
This video is answering the question of what are zonal jets.
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I WONDER - What Are Gas Giants?
This video is answering the question of what are gas giants.