Instructional Video4:29
SciShow

Could There Be Planets Beyond Neptune?

12th - Higher Ed
Did you grow up thinking there were nine planets in the solar system? You might have been right all along! Today we discuss the possibility of distant worlds in our solar system.
Instructional Video5:07
SciShow

The Farthest Galaxy We've Ever Seen! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have spotted a galaxy from the early origins of the universe, and found evidence to support the existence of a 9th planet in our solar system.
Instructional Video4:47
SciShow

Pluto: Still Not A Planet

12th - Higher Ed
The ESA is working on a 'fresh-squeezed' spacecraft that will explore Jupiter's moons, and the New Horizons team makes a case for Pluto (and many others)!
Instructional Video11:39
Crash Course

Exoplanets

12th - Higher Ed
Today Phil explains that YES, there are other planets out there and astonomers have a lot of methods for detecting them. Nearly 2000 have been found so far. The most successful method is using transits, where a planet physically passes...
Instructional Video4:08
SciShow

Three New Exoplanets Close to Home

12th - Higher Ed
TESS found 3 new exoplanets around a strangely calm m-dwarf star, and it's possible they could be habitable!
Instructional Video2:07
MinutePhysics

Why the Solar System Can Exist

12th - Higher Ed
If gravity is so attractive, why doesn't the earth just crash into the sun? Or the moon into the earth? The answer: Stable Orbits
Instructional Video4:01
SciShow

The Equator Is a Bad Place for These Rocket Launches

12th - Higher Ed
Some satellites orbit in the same direction the planet rotates, which means they get a boost for their launch, but most have orbits where that isn’t ideal, and that creates some challenges for engineers.
Instructional Video5:29
SciShow

3 Ways Exoplanets Rocked Planetary Science

12th - Higher Ed
Exoplanets have taught us a lot more about planets than our solar system could ever teach us, from what happens when they’re born, to what happens when their stars die.
Instructional Video2:44
Be Smart

Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
According to Newton's law of gravitation, the sun should "pull" way harder on the moon than the Earth does. So does the moon actually orbit the Earth? Why?
Instructional Video4:40
SciShow

How We Figured Out That Earth Goes Around the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
Most of the world believed that Earth was the center of the universe for a really long time. Then a few scientists decided to take a closer look.
Instructional Video3:47
SciShow

How Do Satellites Get & Stay in Orbit?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes you into Low Earth Orbit to explain how artificial satellites get up there and stay there -- at least for a while.
Instructional Video3:22
SciShow

The Oort Cloud Believe it or Not

12th - Higher Ed
Learn about the Oort Cloud with host Reid Reimers on this episode of SciShow Space!
Instructional Video6:20
Bozeman Science

The Bohr Atom

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen describes the major parts of an atom and explains how the Bohr Model more accurately represents the location of electrons around the nucleus. Niels Bohr refined the Rutherford model to account for spectra.
Instructional Video3:33
SciShow

Planet 9 from Outer Space

12th - Higher Ed
Could we have a possible 9th Planet? Hank Green tells us what we think we know with this elusive object.
Instructional Video5:40
SciShow

Why Space Over South America is Deadly for Satellites

12th - Higher Ed
There's a region of Earth's atmosphere known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, and it’s one of the most dangerous near-Earth areas of space, both for satellites and humans.
Instructional Video6:08
SciShow

Why Our Solar System Is Weirder Than You'd Think

12th - Higher Ed
Research suggests that nearly every star has at least one planet, but we haven't found any other solar systems that look quite like ours.
Instructional Video12:02
Crash Course

Saturn

12th - Higher Ed
Saturn is the crown jewel of the solar system, beautiful and fascinating. It is a gas giant, and has a broad set of rings made of ice particles. Moons create gaps in the rings via their gravity. Saturn has dozens of moons, including...
Instructional Video4:25
Crash Course Kids

Everything Revolves Around You

3rd - 8th
So, why doesn't the moon just crash into the Earth? And why doesn't the Earth crash into the Sun? What are orbits exactly and why do they happen? Well, it has to do with gravity and velocity. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina...
Instructional Video4:30
Crash Course Kids

Orbits are Odd

3rd - 8th
Last week we talked about the orbits of the Earth and our Moon. But today we're going to go a little bigger... well, a lot better. Did you know that there is a massive Black Hole at the center of our Galaxy? Or that Pluto's orbit is...
Instructional Video7:30
Bozeman Science

ESS1B - Earth and the Solar System

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains the parts of the Solar System; including the planets, dwarf planets, moons and asteroids. He explains how everything orbits around the Sun and how a proper understanding of this heliocentric model...
Instructional Video9:35
Crash Course

Moon Phases

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes you through the cause and name of the Moon's phases.
Instructional Video3:30
Crash Course Kids

The Ecliptic

3rd - 8th
So, what is the Ecliptic? Well, it has to do with the Zodiac constellations and our sun and how they move in relation to one another. It's kind of cool! In this episode, Sabrina chats about this imaginary line called the Ecliptic and its...
Instructional Video7:07
Be Smart

How Big is the Solar System?

12th - Higher Ed
I took a trip to one of Austin's famous moontowers so I could put the enormity of our solar system into perspective. With the help of a grapefruit, and a lot of walking, you'll get an idea of just how tiny everything is out there!!
Instructional Video11:44
Crash Course

Comets

12th - Higher Ed
Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil explains comets. Comets are chunks of ice and rock that orbit the Sun. When they get near the Sun the ice turns into gas, forming the long tail, and also releases dust that forms a different tail....