Curated Video
Testing For Dark Matter
University of Chicago cosmologist Rocky Kolb describes the history of dark matter: how it was overlooked by most physicists for decades together with current hypotheses of what it might be and experiments to determine which one is valid.
Curated Video
Universe Size Comparison Video | Space Explained by KidsLearningTube
Learn about Universe Size Comparison with this facts about the universe video. Brought to you by KLT!
Vlogbrothers
How Many Stars are in the Sky?
The Spitzer mission ended this week after more than a decade of operation. When it first launched, in order to eliminate all sources of infrared radiation, the telescope had a store of liquid helium on board that kept it just two degrees...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Many Stars Are In Galaxy?
This video is answering the question of how many stars are in galaxy.
Professor Dave Explains
The Future Colonization of Space: Terraforming and Dyson Spheres
Humans have been to the moon, and we will almost certainly set foot on Mars very soon. But then what? Can we colonize other places in the solar system? What about beyond our solar system? How will we get there? What kinds of energy will...
Curated Video
Understanding the Speed of Galaxies Through Wavelength Shifts
The video explains the concept of redshift and blueshift in the context of galaxy movement and how it relates to the shift in wavelength of light emitted by a galaxy. The video then shows how to use an equation to calculate the shift in...
TMW Media
The Very Large Array Telescope: Making pictures with radio waves
What are the different wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum? When seen, what can invisible light reveal? What discovers has the VLA found so far? How do astronomers spend their time? The Very Large Array Telescope, Part 2
ATHS Engineering
Introduction to Projectile Motion and One-Dimensional Motion
This video explains the basics of one-dimensional motion, including distance, displacement, speed, and velocity. It also introduces the concept of acceleration and provides equations to calculate these values. These concepts are...
Professor Dave Explains
The Future of Space Travel: Fusion Engines, Warp Drives, and Wormholes
Okay, we've all dreamed about exploring the universe and finding our own little cosmic vacation bungalow. But these places are really far, so how can we get there? Not the way we go through space now, that's just too slow. Are there...
Astrum
Better than the James Webb Space Telescope? The Upcoming Extremely Large Telescope
Looking forward to the James Webb Space Telescope? Just wait until ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is completed.
Professor Dave Explains
Star Systems and Types of Galaxies
We've learned a lot about stars! We know how they form, and we know that most of them exist in galaxies. But how are they arranged within galaxies? And are there different types of galaxies or are they all the same? There is a lot to...
Professor Dave Explains
Warped Spacetime, Gravitational Lensing, and Gravitational Waves (Corroborating General Relativity)
We learned a bit about general relativity and the curvature of spacetime, both earlier in this series, as well as in the modern physics course. But let's talk a bit more about the astronomical observations that corroborate this theory....
Curated Video
Dark Matter Explained: What Exactly is Dark Matter? | A Beginner’s Guide to Dark Matter
Dark matter is an invisible matter that occupies more than half of the space of the observable universe but cannot be detected directly as it doesn’t interact with electromagnetic radiation, like visible light and gamma rays. One of the...
Visual Learning Systems
Stars and Galaxies: Galaxies
Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of stars....
Next Animation Studio
NASA X-ray telescope detects biggest ever space explosion: study
Astronomers say they caught a glimpse of the biggest explosion in the cosmos ever observed by X-ray and radio telescopes.
Physics Girl
We can see things moving faster than light
How is it possible for galaxies and objects in space to move away from us faster than the speed of light? Will we ever see those objects?
Astrum
How big can planetary systems get?
How big do you think our solar system is? Up until Pluto? A bit beyond? How big can other solar systems get?
The Viral Fever
Cosmic Journeys: Birth of a Black Hole
The video explores the mysteries of high energy astronomy, focusing on gamma ray bursts and their origins. It discusses the evolution of our understanding of the universe, from debates about the scale of the galaxy to the discovery of...
Astrum
Are we sending microbes to alien worlds? Panspermia
With all the focus on the Coronavirus, it made me wonder how viruses would cope in space generally. This led on to other questions like "do we contaminate other worlds with Earth based life?" and "can alien bacteria and viruses thrive...
Astrum
Why is space black?
Olber's Paradox. With so many stars in the universe, why is space black and not white with light?
Next Animation Studio
‘Super-Earth’ discovered orbiting one of the galaxy’s oldest stars
Scientists have discovered a unique rocky “super-Earth” orbiting one of the oldest stars in the galaxy
Dom Burgess
What Is Dark Matter?
Dark Matter is one of the biggest mysteries of our universe. It makes up more than a quarter of our universe, but what is it? And how do we know it's there? Find out about dark matter in this video.