NASA
NASA | Astronomers Uncover a Surprising Trend in Galaxy Evolution
A study of 544 star-forming galaxies observed by the Keck and Hubble telescopes shows that disk galaxies like our own Milky Way unexpectedly reached their current state long after much of the universe's star formation had ceased. Over...
Curated Video
Unveiling the Mystery: Black Holes and Their Enigmatic Nature
This video provides a brief yet intriguing overview of black holes, explaining their formation, characteristics, and different types. It highlights the challenges scientists face in directly observing black holes and explores the...
NASA
Hubble's Galaxy-Observing Superpowers
The Hubble Space Telescope is keeping watch over many, many galaxies using the combined superpowers of its incredible optics and a quirk of nature called gravitational lensing. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katrina Jackson...
Curated Video
Exploring the Milky Way Galaxy
Take a space walk through the Milky Way galaxy, our home in the vast universe. Exploring the origins of its name and the concept of galaxies, the video delves into the size, shape, and composition of the Milky Way. It also highlights the...
Astrum
NASA Did Not Expect To See This On Charon's Pole | New Horizons Pluto Update
What new findings have we discovered about our favourite little world, Pluto?
Astrum
How is it possible to measure the distance to stars and galaxies?
We can't use tape measures, rulers or lasers to measure the astronomical distances to stars and galaxies, so how do we do it?
Mazz Media
Universe
This live-action video program is about the word universe. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word universe through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Professor Dave Explains
Relative Motion and Inertial Reference Frames
Did you know that everything is moving? Even you, as you're sitting perfectly still, because the earth is moving, and the sun, and the galaxy, and so forth. For this reason, it only makes sense to talk about the motion of some object...
Professor Dave Explains
Exoplanets: The Hunt for Habitable Worlds
Just as our own sun has many planets, other stars also have planets of their own. These are called exoplanets. The first of these was discovered in the 1990s, and since then, thousands of others have been found, thanks largely to the...
FuseSchool
Black Holes
What is a black hole? How is it formed? And where are they? In this video, learn from Space Science specialist Douglas Equils about one of the most massive and mysterious things in our universe, black holes. From the GCSE / K12 "Earth...
Astrum
Our Solar System's Planets: Uranus
Almost everything you could want to know about the 7th planet from the Sun, Uranus.
Learning Mole
The Sun
This animated video is all about The Sun. Students will love this engaging and interactive video.
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Astrophysics - Red Shift
The world is said to be a big place, but the universe is much bigger and what’s more, it’s expanding all the time. How do we know this? Because of the evidence provided by red shift.
Curated Video
The Evidence Supporting the Big Bang Theory: Redshift and the Expanding Universe
The video is a lecture presentation on the topic of the expanding universe. The speaker discusses evidence and the Big Bang theory, which suggests that the universe began from a small, dense region and has been expanding for...
Professor Dave Explains
Astrobiology: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
How many movies have you seen about aliens? Are any of them realistic? Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe or are we totally alone? Both options are rather terrifying, frankly. But there are scientists that spend their...
Professor Dave Explains
Quasars and Early Galaxy Formation
One type of object that some astronomers study is called a quasar. When these were first discovered, it was a bit confusing as to precisely what they are, which is why quasar stands for quasi-stellar object, since we thought they looked...
Mazz Media
Galaxy
This live-action video program is about the word Galaxy. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Galaxy through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
TMW Media
The Very Large Array Telescope: The purpose and characteristics of the VLA
What is the purpose of the VLA? What astronomical objects do they observe? Why was the VLA renamed Carl G. Jansky Very Large Array? What are the characteristics of the antenna? The Very Large Array Telescope, Part 1
Next Animation Studio
Explainer: How the Sagittarius galaxy has affected the formation of the Milky Way
A new study published shows the effects of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy on the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Mazz Media
Black Holes
This live-action video program is about the word black hole. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word black hole through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Professor Dave Explains
Sizes of Stars and Sub-Stellar Objects From Brown Dwarf to Red Hypergiant
We've learned about the stellar life cycle, so we know what happens to smaller stars like ours, and we know what happens to larger stars that become neutron stars and black holes. But what are the limits on either side? How small can a...
Professor Dave Explains
Edwin Hubble, Doppler Shift, and the Expanding Universe
So we've made it all the way to the 20th century with the history of astronomy. Plenty had to happen to get us to that point, but the most amazing stuff is yet to come! Shortly after Einstein did his best work, a guy named Edwin Hubble...
Professor Dave Explains
Zooming Out From Earth to the Edge of the Observable Universe
We all know that the universe is big. But how big it is? Much bigger than you think. Let's start out by looking at the Earth, and then zoom out to progressively larger and larger structures, so that we can see just how big it is. Then...
Visual Learning Systems
Sun and Stars: Space
This program investigates a very important star - our sun. The key features of our sun, as well as other stars are explored. Special attention is also given to other things in space such as asteroids and comets.