Instructional Video6:03
SciShow

Meet the Milky Way's Last Big Meal: The Sausage Galaxy

12th - Higher Ed
Our Milky Way Galaxy once dined on the Sausage Galaxy, and Jupiter's auroras seem to be heavily influenced by one of its moons. It's a galaxy-eat-galaxy kind of universe out there!
Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

The Milky Way May Have a Disk of Black Holes

12th - Higher Ed
Computer models are helping scientists on the hunt for small black holes and new data is giving us a better understanding of the universe’s largest explosions.
Instructional Video5:31
SciShow

Making a Realistic Simulation of the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve created simulations to recreate the difference in time it takes for the Sun’s equator and poles to complete rotations, and the way we’ve solved is a bit surprising. And it looks like the Milky Way may not be great at mixing metals,...
Instructional Video5:48
SciShow

3 Ways the Milky Way Will Change During Your Lifetime

12th - Higher Ed
It’s easy to imagine that our galaxy is basically frozen in time from the perspective of a human lifespan, but in fact, the Milky Way is incredibly dynamic and will undergo some pretty amazing changes in only a few decades!
Instructional Video6:18
SciShow

How We Discovered the Milky Way's Black Hole

12th - Higher Ed
The search began with a physicist checking for sources of static on phone calls in the 1930s, but it took several decades to finally make one of the biggest discoveries in astronomy, Sagittarius A*.
Instructional Video4:14
SciShow

There’s a Rectangle Galaxy?

12th - Higher Ed
You're probably used to real galaxies having curves, except not all of them seem to have gotten the memo.
Instructional Video2:52
SciShow Kids

What Is the Milky Way?

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks explore our home galaxy, The Milky Way!
Instructional Video3:09
SciShow

How Many Stars Are There?

12th - Higher Ed
How many stars are there in the universe? This question leads Hank to a couple other questions - How many stars can we see from Earth? How many stars are there in our galaxy? - but the answer to the original question proves elusive.
Instructional Video5:09
SciShow

The Milky Way Broke Its Arm

12th - Higher Ed
The spiral of the Milky Way is not as smooth as we once thought because an arm not so far from home appears to be broken! And we may have discovered the answer to why a local asteroid puts on the appearance of a comet.
Instructional Video6:30
Bozeman Science

ESS1A - The Universe and its Stars

12th - Higher Ed
Paul Andersen describes our place on the Earth in the Solar System within the Milky Way Galaxy in the Universe. The make-up and origins of the Universe are included along with stellar evolution. A teaching progression K-12 is also included.
Instructional Video15:11
Crash Course

Galaxies, part 2

12th - Higher Ed
Active galaxies pour out lots of energy, due to their central supermassive black holes gobbling down matter. Galaxies tend not to be loners, but instead exist in smaller groups and larger clusters. Our Milky Way is part of the Local...
Instructional Video14:27
Curated Video

What Is the Great Attractor and What Is Dark Flow?

12th - Higher Ed
Our Milky way galaxy is not stationary. It’s attracted by a massive object in space called the great attractor, at more than 600 km/s. What is this great attractor? Will it destroy us? And, what is Dark Flow? Our galaxy is part of more...
Instructional Video0:30
Curated Video

Scientists share first photograph of Milky Way black hole

9th - Higher Ed
Scientists share first photograph of Milky Way black hole
Instructional Video0:53
Curated Video

Zoom Into The Milky Way's Sagittarius A* Black Hole

3rd - Higher Ed
Watch this amazing animation. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto)
Instructional Video1:00
Curated Video

Furthest 'Milky Way-Like' Galaxy Discovered Using ALMA

3rd - Higher Ed
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has been used to discover REBELS-25, a Milky Way-like galaxy from the early universe. Credit:ESO Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin Wallner Editing: Angelos Tsaousis Web and...
Instructional Video1:20
Curated Video

Does The Milky Way Move Like A Spinning Top?

6th - Higher Ed
An investigation, carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), questions one of the most interesting findings about the dynamics of the Milky Way in recent years: the precession, or the wobble in...
Instructional Video1:06
Curated Video

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning 4K View Of Milky Way's Heart

3rd - Higher Ed
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C (Sgr C). Reported to be around 300 light-years from the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius...
Instructional Video14:11
Astrum

Shocking Discoveries from the James Webb Telescope

Higher Ed
40 Jupiter Mass Binary Objects - or JuMBOs - discovered by JWST.
Instructional Video0:52
Curated Video

I WONDER - Are There Black Holes In The Milky Way?

Pre-K - 5th
This video is answering the question of are there black holes in the Milky Way.
Instructional Video0:59
Curated Video

I WONDER - Can You Take A Photo Of The Milky Way?

Pre-K - 5th
This video is answering the question of can you take a photo of the Milky Way.
Instructional Video13:32
Astrum

Quasar Spotted in the Milky Way!

Higher Ed
Radio Astronomers discovered hundreds of Quasars hiding in our galaxy.
Instructional Video11:34
Astrum

Discoveries at the Edge of the Universe

Higher Ed
Hubble's images of Icarus, Earendel and HD1.
Instructional Video3:27
Science ABC

Does Earth come back to the same spot on your birthday?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Since Earth completes one revolution around the sun in 1 year, it would make sense to think that after the completion of year, Earth would be exactly at the same spot where it was at the beginning of the year, wouldn't it? But is it...
Instructional Video2:46
Great Big Story

Gornergrat, a stargazer’s paradise in the Swiss Alps

12th - Higher Ed
Discover Gornergrat, a hotel, restaurant, and observatory offering stunning stargazing views and a rich history, perched high in the Swiss Alps with breathtaking views of the Milky Way.