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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?<br/>
The Very Large Array Telescope, Part 1
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.
Curated Video
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.
Visual Learning Systems
The Outer Planets: the Sun and Our Solar System
Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns' beautiful rings, the tilted rings of Uranus, and...
Astrum
Are we actually in a Nebula?
What really is a nebula, and are we in fact in one? What is the Local Interstellar Cloud?
Visual Learning Systems
Sun and Stars: Video Review
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.
Professor Dave Explains
The Formation of the Solar System and the Structure of the Sun
So we learned about the formation of the Milky Way, which is the galaxy that we live in. But where in that galaxy do we live? We live on a planet that orbits a star that we simply refer to as "The Sun", so where is that, and when did our...
Professor Dave Explains
The Formation of the Milky Way Galaxy
Now that we've learned about the first ten billion years in the development of the universe, it's time to get a little more specific to our own species. We live in a galaxy called The Milky Way. When did it form, and how? Where is it...
Visual Learning Systems
Our Solar System
The video explains the concept of our Milky Way galaxy and our solar system's formation. The Inner Planets part 2/11
Curated Video
What is the Universe? (Simple English)
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,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Galaxies
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Curated OER
The Giant Impact Hypothesis
What do you know about the moon? Watch this video to learn about the giant impact hypothesis. It describes the popular hypothesis, as well as provides a few fun facts.
Science Today
Infant Galaxies
This brief video displays many of the latest images collected by the Hubble telescope. Viewers realize that much of what we see takes us back in time since the light takes so long to reach planet Earth. Embed this in a presentation about...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Dark Matter
Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil dives into some very dark matters. The stuff we can actually observe in the universe isn't all there is. Galaxies and other large structures in the universe are created and shifted by a force we...