Instructional Video11:54
Astrum

How Durable is a $5 Million Telescope?

Higher Ed
Shot 7 times, yet the Harlan J Smith telescope at the McDonald Observatory still had 99% functionality. How?!
Instructional Video12:13
Astrum

Final Images from NASA's SOFIA Telescope

Higher Ed
The end of an era, NASA's SOFIA is finally ending this month.
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.
Instructional Video2:36
Curated Video

Experiencing the La Palma Observatory

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video4:10
Great Big Story

Tim Doucette, The Legally Blind Astronomer with a Unique View of the Stars

12th - Higher Ed
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. S
Instructional Video3:01
Great Big Story

Preserving the Night Sky, The Story of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video1:42
Curated Video

Rare Transit of Venus Draws Crowds to Royal Observatory

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video22:52
Physics Girl

The Sky in 350 Billion Years

9th - 12th
How did Hubble discover the expansion of the universe?
Instructional Video30:13
Physics Girl

What happens when black holes collide? | EXPERT ANSWERS PHYSICS GIRL QUESTIONS

9th - 12th
What happens when black holes collide? What is the speed of gravity? There are so many weird questions related to gravitational waves.
Instructional Video7:17
Physics Girl

I Visited the First Gravitational Wave Detector! LIGO | STELLAR

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video11:10
Physics Girl

Why are there giant concrete tunnels in the desert?

9th - 12th
The Physics Girl team visited LIGO once again. This place is Dianna's obsession.
Instructional Video3:30
Science360

Critical Zone Observatories help U.S. plan for the future - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Podcast32:59
NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: Kimberly Ennico Smith Talks About Pluto and Studying Space With SOFIA

Pre-K - Higher Ed
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.
Podcast25:21
NASA

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 15, 20 Years of Chandra Discoveries Small Steps, Giant Leaps

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Chandra X-ray Observatory Project Manager Helen Cole and Project Scientist Martin Weisskopf discuss 20 years of exploring the extreme universe.
Instructional Video1:14
Next Animation Studio

UNESCO honors ancient solar calendar made of 13 huge towers

12th - Higher Ed
The Chankillo site’s mysterious and fascinating collection of ancient ruins has been named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Instructional Video2:31
Science360

Climate Change And Other Threats To World's Freshwater Goliaths

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:34
Science360

Mind Mappers: Mapping The Brain To Understand The Mind

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:34
Science360

Mind Mappers Mapping The Brain To Understand The Mind

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:31
Science360

Climate Change And Other Threats To Worlds Freshwater Goliath's

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video1:32
Next Animation Studio

‘Super-Earth’ and ‘sub-Neptune’ found orbiting red dwarf

12th - Higher Ed
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
Instructional Video2:08
Cerebellum

Space Facts II - Lunar Ranging

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video2:29
Science360

Understanding the Mind by Mapping the Brain - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video2:36
Science360

Passport to Discovery - Listening to the Universe’s Whispers

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Podcast31:21
NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: Kimberly Ennico Smith Talks About Pluto and Studying Space With A Flying Telescope

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A conversation with Kimberly Ennico Smith, Project Scientist for SOFIA at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.