NASA
Hubble Confirms Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever found. And, it’s big! With a diameter of approximately 80 miles across, it’s about 50 times larger than typical comets. Its 500-trillion-ton mass...
Jack Rackam
The Eccentric Life and Legacy of Tycho Brahe
He might not have been the most correct astronomer, but by golly was he the most eccentric.
NASA
Cold Neptunes: An Exoplanet Sweet Spot?
A new statistical study of planets found by a technique called gravitational microlensing suggests that Neptune-mass worlds are likely the most common type of planet to form in the icy outer realms of planetary systems. The study...
NASA
The Outer Planets: Hubble’s Continuing Legacy
What is OPAL? OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) is a project to obtain long time baseline observations of the outer planets in order to understand their atmospheric dynamics and evolution as gas giants. The yearly observations from...
Mazz Media
Ellipse
This live-action video program is about the word ellipse. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word ellipse through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Mazz Media
Solar System
This live-action video program is about the term solar system. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term solar system through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Flipping Physics
Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s third law is described and demonstrated. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic. Content Times: 0:00 Kepler’s Third Law 1:55 Comparing Planetary Data 3:58 Graphing Planetary Data
Flipping Physics
Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion
Kepler’s second law is described and demonstrated. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic. Content Times: 0:00 Kepler’s Second Law 1:27 Mild issues with the animation
Flipping Physics
Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion
A brief history of geocentric and heliocentric solar system models are discussed. Kepler's first law is defined. How to draw an ellipse is demonstrated. Planet eccentricities are discussed. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic....
NASA
Tour Stunning Hubble Nebulae Images
Over the years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken hundreds of images of different kinds of incredible nebulae in our universe. A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space. There are different types of nebulae, ranging from...
NASA
Hubble’s Servicing Mission 3B
Servicing Mission 3B was actually the fourth visit to Hubble. NASA split the original Servicing Mission 3 into two parts and conducted 3A in December of 1999. During SM3B a new science instrument would be installed: the Advanced Camera...
Curated Video
The multimillion dollar mission to find another earth
NASA Television - mute
1. Various NASA animations of Kepler launch and deployment in space
NASA Television
Washington - 19 February 2009
2. Medium of panel at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jon Morse, Director of NASA...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Vatican sceptical about close encounters of the third kind
CLEAN : Vatican sceptical about close encounters of the third kind
Bloomberg
Iraq Is Most Vulnerable Country to U.S.-Iran Escalation: Kpler's Falakshahi
Jan.06 -- Kpler Senior Oil Analyst Homayoun Falakshahi said Iraq is likely to be one of the main theaters of a conflict between Iran and the U.S. Falakshahi went on to stress the importance of oil revenues for Iraq's economy. He spoke...
Curated Video
NASA's mission to find new life on exoplanets
US TESS SPACE PLANET HUNTER
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS / NASA
RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY / PART MANDATORY COURTESY NASA
LENGTH: 3:28
SHOTLIST:
HANDOUT - MANDATORY...
Curated OER
Exploring Our Backyard, The Solar System - Part 1/2
A charming narrator introduces viewers to the wonders and history of our own solar system. A full explanation describing the birth of our sun, planets, and entire solar system. This is the first part of a two-part series on our solar...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Year of Astronomy
The year 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy. This podcast [17:47] looks back at the many milestones in astronomy, including Galileo's accomplishments 400 years ago, what is happening now, and what the Hubble Space...
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Kepler's Planets
The Kepler mission is changing the way we think about exoplanets. [2:19]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Telescope Fails but the Hunt for Exoplanets Continues
Although the Kepler planet-hunting telescope is no longer operating, discoveries remain to be made in its data to search for distant planets. The audio recording addresses this quest for exoplanets. [24:50]
University of Oregon
Electronic Universe: Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
From the The Electronic Universe Project web site. This page states and explains Kepler's three laws of planetary motion. Includes some downloadable movie clips and associated sound files. Discusses Ptolemy's attempt to explain...