Astrum
How Durable is a $5 Million Telescope?
Shot 7 times, yet the Harlan J Smith telescope at the McDonald Observatory still had 99% functionality. How?!
Astrum
Final Images from NASA's SOFIA Telescope
The end of an era, NASA's SOFIA is finally ending this month.
Great Big Story
Gornergrat, a stargazer’s paradise in the Swiss Alps
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.
Curated Video
Experiencing the La Palma Observatory
The Observatory on the Spanish island of La Palma is one of the world s leading centres for the study of astronomy, as it houses the 4.2m William Herschel telescope.
Great Big Story
Tim Doucette, The Legally Blind Astronomer with a Unique View of the Stars
Meet Tim Doucette, a legally blind astronomer whose unique vision allows him to see the night sky in extraordinary detail, inspiring others from his observatory, Deep Sky Eye.
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Great Big Story
Preserving the Night Sky, The Story of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff
Discover how the small towns of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff in Colorado fought light pollution to reveal the breathtaking beauty of the Milky Way and become one of the darkest skies in the world.
Curated Video
Rare Transit of Venus Draws Crowds to Royal Observatory
Witness the rare and historic transit of Venus at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, where hundreds gathered to observe this celestial spectacle. This event, occurring for the first time since 1882, offers scientists a unique...
Physics Girl
What happens when black holes collide? | EXPERT ANSWERS PHYSICS GIRL QUESTIONS
What happens when black holes collide? What is the speed of gravity? There are so many weird questions related to gravitational waves.
Physics Girl
I Visited the First Gravitational Wave Detector! LIGO | STELLAR
We’ve been waiting to verify the existence of Gravitational Waves for over 100 years and I actually got to go to LIGO to see exactly how they proved it! I know, this video is a bit different from most Physics Girl videos. It's part of a...
Physics Girl
Why are there giant concrete tunnels in the desert?
The Physics Girl team visited LIGO once again. This place is Dianna's obsession.
Science360
Critical Zone Observatories help U.S. plan for the future - Science Nation
From treetops to rivers to the bedrock below, there is constant activity going on in what we can think of as the “skin” of our planet. It’s called the critical zone, the active layer of the Earth where life-forms, from microbes to...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Kimberly Ennico Smith Talks About Pluto and Studying Space With SOFIA
A rerun of a conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, project scientist for SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 15, 20 Years of Chandra Discoveries Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Chandra X-ray Observatory Project Manager Helen Cole and Project Scientist Martin Weisskopf discuss 20 years of exploring the extreme universe.
Next Animation Studio
UNESCO honors ancient solar calendar made of 13 huge towers
The Chankillo site’s mysterious and fascinating collection of ancient ruins has been named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Science360
Climate Change And Other Threats To World's Freshwater Goliaths
The Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) helps an interdisciplinary group of scientists use oceanographic research approaches to investigate the mysteries of large lakes, and that includes everything from large-scale reactions to climate change...
Science360
Mind Mappers: Mapping The Brain To Understand The Mind
Neuroanatomist Jacopo Annese is looking for 1,000 brains. The Director of the Brain Observatory at the University of California, San Diego is on a quest to collect, dissect, and digitize images of the human brain for the Digital Brain...
Science360
Mind Mappers Mapping The Brain To Understand The Mind
Neuroanatomist Jacopo Annese is looking for 1,000 brains. The Director of the Brain Observatory at the University of California, San Diego is on a quest to collect, dissect, and digitize images of the human brain for the Digital Brain...
Science360
Climate Change And Other Threats To Worlds Freshwater Goliath's
The Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) helps an interdisciplinary group of scientists use oceanographic research approaches to investigate the mysteries of large lakes, and that includes everything from large-scale reactions to climate change...
Next Animation Studio
‘Super-Earth’ and ‘sub-Neptune’ found orbiting red dwarf
Scientists have found two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf around 120 light-years from Earth, including a “super-Earth,” according to research published in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cerebellum
Space Facts II - Lunar Ranging
Space Facts II puts viewers on the forefront of space exploration, examining its role on Earth in fighting forest fires, controlling diseases (such as diabetes), combating air pollution and mapping solar and lunar cycles. This video...
Science360
Understanding the Mind by Mapping the Brain - Science Nation
Neuroanatomist Jacopo Annese is looking for 1,000 brains. The Director of the Brain Observatory at the University of California, San Diego is on a quest to collect, dissect, and digitize images of the human brain for the Digital Brain...
Science360
Passport to Discovery - Listening to the Universe’s Whispers
Today, your Passport to Discovery takes you to Green Bank, West Virginia, home to the Green Bank Observatory. This observatory studies radio transmissions from space and boasts the largest movable object on land! What could it be? Come...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Kimberly Ennico Smith Talks About Pluto and Studying Space With A Flying Telescope
A conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, Project Scientist for SOFIA at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.