SciShow
NASA Just Launched a New, Planet-Hunting Telescope!
From launching a new satellite, to finding diamonds from a lost world, researchers have been hard at work transforming how we think about our planet, the solar system, and the rest of the universe.
TED Talks
TED: The most mysterious star in the universe | Tabetha Boyajian
Something massive, with roughly 1,000 times the area of earth, is blocking the light coming from a distant star known as KIC 8462852, and nobody is quite sure what it is. As astronomer Tabetha Boyajian investigated this perplexing...
SciShow
Great Minds: Tycho Brahe, the Astronomer With a Pet Elk
In the late 16th century, Tycho Brahe built an observatory on an island and collecting some of the most accurate data ever. He also lost his nose in a duel with a classmate -- over who was the better mathematician.
SciShow
Tatooine Discovered?
Hank tells us about NASAs discovery of the 1st planet ever discovered to be orbiting a binary star.
SciShow
SciShow Talk Show: Tabetha Boyajian
Hank and Tabetha discuss the mysterious star KIC 8462852 and what might explain its odd behavior (It's probably not an alien megastructure).
Crash Course
The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science
This week on Crash Course: History of the Scientific Revolution—astronomical anomalies accrued. Meanwhile, in Denmark—an eccentric rich dude constructed not one but two science castles! And his humble German assistant synthesized a lot...
Be Smart
Exoplanets: Are There Other Earths?
We live in one of a hundred billion of galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars. And now, thanks to modern astronomy, we know that the Milky Way is home to perhaps a hundred billion planets! In the past two decades, these...
SciShow
From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope
Hank regales us with the history of the telescope, and then introduces us to some folks from the team who are working on the newest telescope in the chronology - the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope due to launch in 2018.
SciShow
Kepler's Planetary Bonanza
You've know that the Kepler Space Telescope has discovered HUNDREDS of new planets outside our solar system -- but how does it find them? And how do scientists tell the real planets from the celestial fake-outs? It involves a lot of...
SciShow
Using Sunlight to Propel Spaceships
When scientists are planning missions, they sometimes have to take into account the fact that the light from the Sun pushes on the spacecraft. But with solar sails, they can also use that pressure to propel the craft along.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Tycho Brahe, the scandalous astronomer - Dan Wenkel
If you think scientists lead boring, monotonous lives, you must not know about Tycho Brahe. The 16th century astronomer who accurately predicted planetary motion led quite a dramatic life -- complete with a kidnapping, a sword duel and...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What's the difference between a scientific law and theory? - Matt Anticole
Chat with a friend about an established scientific theory, and she might reply, "Well, that's just a theory." But a conversation about an established scientific law rarely ends with "Well, that's just a law." Why is that? What is the...
Bozeman Science
ESS1B - Earth and the Solar System
In this video Paul Andersen explains the parts of the Solar System; including the planets, dwarf planets, moons and asteroids. He explains how everything orbits around the Sun and how a proper understanding of this heliocentric model...
TED Talks
Lucianne Walkowicz: Let's not use Mars as a backup planet
Stellar astronomer and TED Senior Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz works on NASA's Kepler mission, searching for places in the universe that could support life. So it's worth a listen when she asks us to think carefully about Mars. In this...
Curated Video
How to Calculate Angular Speed at Perihelion Using Kepler’s Laws
New ReviewA satellite in elliptical orbit speeds up as it approaches the planet—thanks to angular momentum conservation. Learn how to calculate angular speed at perihelion using Kepler’s laws and orbital geometry.
The Daily Conversation
NASA Finds Most Earth-Like Planet Yet
New ReviewResearchers have discovered the most similar planet yet to Earth, 1,400 light-years away. Kepler-452b orbits its star in 385 days, just 20 days longer than our own year. Its star is just 4% larger, a billion and a half years older, and...
Curated Video
7 Discovered Planet System's Orbits Turned Into Sound
The orbits of a seven-planet system discovered in Kepler Space Telescope data has been sonified. Credit: Bishop’s University / Jason Rowe / NASA Ames Research Center
Wonderscape
From Galileo to Vera Rubin: Famous Astronomers Who Shaped Our View of the Universe
Science Kids Famous Astronomers and Astrophysicists - From Galileo to Neil deGrasse Tyson Vera Rubin, a pioneering astronomer, defied gender barriers to make groundbreaking discoveries in the field of astronomy. Through her research on...
Science ABC
9 Most Important Astronomical Discoveries
From ancient civilizations to modern breakthroughs, learn about the nine most important cosmic discoveries that changed the way we look at our Sun, Moon and beyond. Learn how Copernicus challenged the status quo, Kepler unveiled the...
Curated Video
Kepler 452b aka Earth 2.0 Explained! | KLT
Learn about planet Kepler 452b also known as Earth 2.0 and all its amazing planet facts with this planet song.
Curated Video
9 Most Important Astronomical Discoveries
From ancient civilizations to modern breakthroughs, learn about the nine most important cosmic discoveries that changed the way we look at our Sun, Moon and beyond. Learn how Copernicus challenged the status quo, Kepler unveiled the...
Curated Video
What Is Kepler 37B? | Smallest Known Exoplanet Planet in the Universe
Learn about Kepler 37B -- the smallest known exoplanet -- including its discovery, history, orbit, other members of the Kepler-27 system and more with this Astronomy video by KLT!
Curated Video
An Explosion of Exo-planets
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, highlights the link between recent discoveries of numerous exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Flipping Physics
AP Physics C: Universal Gravitation Review (Mechanics)
Calculus based review of Universal Gravitation including Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation, solving for the acceleration due to gravity in a constant gravitational field, universal gravitational potential energy, graphing universal...