Instructional Video0:14
NASA

NASA | The Big Bang

3rd - 11th
This dominant cosmological theory suggests the Universe began nearly 13.7 billion years ago, expanding rapidly from a very dense and incredibly hot state. Eventually, stars ignited and galaxies slowly formed. The Big Bang theory has...
Instructional Video10:00
NASA

We Asked NASA Scientists and Astronauts “What is your Favorite Hubble Image?”

3rd - 11th
Over the years, Hubble video producer Paul Morris has had the amazing opportunity to interview some of the brightest minds in astrophysics, and some of the coolest astronauts and people in the...
Instructional Video2:55
NASA

Intergalactic Elegance : Hubble’s Universe

3rd - 11th
Hubble has seen galaxies at the edge of the visible universe. It has unlocked a cosmos so vast and filled with wonder that it boggles the mind. The Hubble Telescope has learned how galaxies merge, and found the powerful...
Instructional Video1:03
NASA

Hubble Trivia: 16) What has Hubble helped reveal about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot?

3rd - 11th
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own!



The question is: What has Hubble...
Instructional Video2:52
NASA

Hubble Spots Giant Space ‘Pumpkin’

3rd - 11th
Halloween is scarier with Hubble! What looks like two glowing eyes and a crooked carved smile is a snapshot of the early stages of a collision between two galaxies. The entire view is nearly 109,000 light-years...
Instructional Video0:55
NASA

A New Portrait of the Cosmos is Coming

3rd - 11th
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as WFIRST, is an upcoming space telescope designed to perform wide-field imaging and spectroscopy of the infrared sky. One of the Roman Space Telescope's...
Instructional Video0:53
NASA

Sonification of the Bubble Nebula

3rd - 11th
In this Hubble image, a super-hot, massive star is blowing an enormous bubble into space. Fittingly named the Bubble Nebula, this beautiful cosmic object is roughly seven light-years across and resides 7,100 light-years from...
Instructional Video2:17
NASA

NASA | Computer Model Shows a Disk Galaxy's Life History

3rd - 11th
This cosmological simulation follows the development of a single disk galaxy over about 13.5 billion years, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present time. Colors indicate old stars (red), young stars (white and bright blue) and...
Instructional Video2:14
Curated Video

The Art Of Communication Grade 7 Pre Algebra 2020

9th - 12th
This is a collaborative STEAM Project that students completed to demonstrate their understanding of absolute value as well as adding integer values. Each student wrote a creative essay explaining how their Word Cloud came to be and one...
Instructional Video6:27
Astrum

How is it possible to measure the distance to stars and galaxies?

Higher Ed
We can't use tape measures, rulers or lasers to measure the astronomical distances to stars and galaxies, so how do we do it?
Instructional Video5:00
Curated Video

Telescopes: Time Machines into the Distant Past

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video explains how telescopes can act as time machines, allowing us to see objects in space as they appeared millions of years ago. By measuring distances in light years and understanding the speed of light, scientists can observe...
Instructional Video1:18
Next Animation Studio

‘Impossibly big’ black hole not as big as previously calculated

12th - Higher Ed
Two new studies have called into question the size of the “impossibly big” black hole named LB-1.
Instructional Video5:04
NASA

How The Visually Impaired Experience Hubble Images

3rd - 11th
The Hubble Space Telescope is well known for its incredible images. But what of those among us who are visually impaired? To help spread awareness as a part of World Sight Day, this video is meant to share the...
Instructional Video1:15
NASA

Hubble's Scary New Halloween Image

3rd - 11th
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a spooky new image staring out from the depths of the cosmos. The new image reveals the twin galaxies AM 2026-424 — a pair of interacting galaxies that may foreshadow our Milky...
Instructional Video5:15
NASA

Precision & Design: Making Blankets for Hubble

3rd - 11th
NASA’s Thermal Blanket Lab is a vital part of ensuring that the important equipment that we send into space remains protected from getting either too hot or too cold. Paula Cain is one of the talented...
Instructional Video1:05
NASA

Sonification of Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014)

3rd - 11th
This sonification of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (2014) image plays a note for each galaxy when it emitted the light captured in this image. The farther away the galaxy is, the longer its light has traveled before reaching the...
Instructional Video1:00
NASA

New Hubble Video Miniseries Goes Behind the Scenes of Our 'Eye in the Sky'

3rd - 11th
A new video miniseries explores the intricate world of operating the Hubble Space Telescope.

In Hubble – Eye in the Sky, viewers get an inside look at the challenges of operating the telescope, along with an...
Instructional Video13:00
Flipping Physics

"Pillars of Creation" Explanation for Kate

12th - Higher Ed
This video is my attempt to help my wife understand the Pillars of Creation. In doing so I show where they are in the Eagle Nebula, define a lightyear, determine how far it is from the Earth to the Sun, demonstrate the speed of sound,...
Instructional Video3:40
NASA

NASA | JWST Feature - Evolution of the Universe

3rd - 11th
Astrophyscists and astonomers will use the James Webb Space Telescope to unravel mysteries about the evolution of the Universe. The Webb telscope will help observe how the first stars gathered into the first galaxies, and those first...
Instructional Video0:37
NASA

Sonification of NGC 2392

3rd - 11th
About 5,000 light-years from Earth, the stunning nebula NGC 2392 formed after the demise of a star like our Sun.



In this sonification, the image is scanned clockwise like a radar. The radius is mapped to pitch, so light...
Instructional Video10:00
NASA

NASA | GLAST Prelude for Brass Quintet, Op.12

3rd - 11th
NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institiutions and partners in France, Germany,...
Instructional Video1:12
NASA

NASA | Making the Impossible Possible

3rd - 11th
From concept to reality, that's the NASA way. Since the first directive to put a man on the moon, NASA has been on the cutting edge of technology and innovation and continues to turn the impossible into the possible...
Instructional Video4:13
NASA

Hubble’s 30th Year in Orbit

3rd - 11th
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two stunning nebulas named NGC 2020 and NGC 2014. Even after all these years, Hubble continues to...
Instructional Video1:04
NASA

Sonification of NGC 1300

K - 11th
The majestic spiral galaxy NGC 1300’s arms hold blue clusters of young stars, pink clouds of star formation, and dark lanes of dust.



To represent this image with sound, scientists assigned louder volume to brighter light....