It's tricky to study the particles of our Sun because Earth’s magnetic field deflects them, but scientists have found ways to do it! They're helping us understand things like the Sun’s origin, what it's made of, and how it might affect...

As manager of the Rosetta mission, Fred Jansen was responsible for the successful 2014 landing of a probe on the comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In this fascinating and funny talk, Jansen reveals some of the intricate...

When photographed under a 3D microscope, grains of sand appear like colorful pieces of candy and the stamens in a flower become like fantastical spires at an amusement park. Gary Greenberg reveals the thrilling details of the micro world.

We’ve sent more spacecraft to Mars than any other planet, but around half of the probes that have ever attempted to explore Mars have either crashed or disappeared.

It's the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, a monolith in mankind's journey to the stars. Celebrate with this compilation of great minds that lended their knowledge to the momentous event.

Why are we sending a rocket into the sun? SciShow Space explains the why, what and how of Solar Probe Plus, a mission that'll give us our closest look yet at our nearest star.

The first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn passed away yesterday in Ohio. But he leaves an admirable legacy.

Hank fills us in on the four exploratory missions to space that he is most excited about - New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Juno is on it's way to Jupiter; Dawn is exploring two large asteroids; Rosetta will land on a...

There’s nothing boring about Bennu! From its chemistry, size, shape, and spin to its extremely old age, it proves that even the smallest objects in the solar system have a bizarre and fascinating history.

Researchers found surprising new evidence hiding in data captured back in 1997, and we've discovered stars forming in a distant galaxy as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.

Astronauts Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko will soon undertake a historic, record-breaking mission: to live in space for an entire year. And scientists will have some extra help studying the effects of this extended stay on the...

Today Hank uses his patented prognosticating abilities to tell you about some space news events to watch out for in 2013.

What one thing is the Curiosity rover going to spend most of the year doing? Why are we going back to the...

Scientists have taken a look at the underground lake found on Mars in 2018, and it might not be the only one! Plus, new clues might help us understand why the Sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than the surface!

Dan Reisenfeld from the University of Montana joins us this week to talk about his work with three different NASA missions (Genesis, IBEX, and Cassini), and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings along Ginger and Maui the Green Cheek Conures!

There are so many things we can do with poo! Waste is the enemy in matters of space exploration, but there are plenty of ways to use that waste to help make a mission successful.

NASA is sending a robot to Saturn’s giant moon Titan and instead of landing, orbiting, or driving when it gets there, this mission will fly.

Between the new, potentially Earth-like planets, organic molecules on Ceres, and SpaceX's successful launch, it's been quite a week in space!

This week, scientists try to figure out what went wrong with India's moon lander, and what went right with a newly discovered, naturally occurring mineral.

The InSight lander is finally launching and headed to Mars, and Hubble has revealed some hot supernova info.

There's a mistaken belief in today's working world that leaders need to be serious all the time to be taken seriously. The research tells a different story. Based on the course they teach at Stanford's Graduate School of Business,...

We’ve sent thousands of things into space over the years! Many of them just orbit the Earth, and some are flying out past the edges of the Solar System. In this episode, we present our favorite currently active space probes!

What would you do if you were in charge of a billion-dollar satellite that was spinning out of control? In 1998, NASA and ESA engineers had to solve this exact problem. How did they avert this disaster?

Nothing's final yet, but there might be a drone, called the Mars Helicopter, on the upcoming Mars 2020 rover.

2019 will be a big year for the moon! Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, but our closest neighbor is receiving a bunch of new visitors this year.