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We May Have Found the First Exomoon! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve discovered what appears to be the first known moon outside of the solar system and new models of Europa’s surface predict the presence of ice blades!
Instructional Video2:28
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The Apollo Lunar Lander (And How We Screwed It Up)

12th - Higher Ed
You called it, and we are grateful! Hank analyzes what went wrong with our intro, which gave us the perfect opportunity to talk about the awesomeness that is the Apollo Lunar Lander!
Instructional Video4:54
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Why Did We Keep Sealed Moon Samples?

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve been sitting on samples of the lunar surface for decades and, with better technology than when they were taken, we are opening them back up to take another look!
Instructional Video5:00
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Keeping the Fungus Among Us in Space

12th - Higher Ed
Developing new methods for survival in space is a constant and ever-evolving process, and a well known Earthly organism has the potential for multiple applications within space’s unforgiving environment!
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow Kids

The Farthest We’ve Ever Gone in Space

K - 5th
Humans have never visited another planet, but we can send special spacecraft called probes to visit them for us! One of those probes, called Voyager 1, has gone deeper into space than any other, and it's sent us some amazing pictures...
Instructional Video5:34
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The Ridiculous Reasons It's Hard to Measure Sea Level

12th - Higher Ed
From problems with the moon, to the lumpiness of earth, sea levels aren't quite as exact as we have them figured out to be.
Instructional Video5:55
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Why It's So Hard to Land on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video3:42
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3D Printing in Space, and When Venus Meets Mars

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News gives you the latest from a batch of experiments on the Space Station, a new mission to forecast space weather, and a guide to this year's conjunction of Mars and Venus!
Instructional Video3:56
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2 Weird Experiments in Human Space Flight

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News reveals two weird experiments in human spaceflight: one showed us what it really feels like to walk on the moon, the other put ordinary people through space flight simulation to see how they did. Find out inside!
Instructional Video4:28
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What's It Like On Mercury?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes you on a tour of Mercury, the sun's closest friend, where a year is just a day and half long, and the surface holds many surprises -- like ice!
Instructional Video4:08
SciShow

Who Owns Space?

12th - Higher Ed
Several companies are already working on plans to mine space objects, but who owns what in space?
Instructional Video3:47
SciShow

Why We Send Animals to Space

12th - Higher Ed
What happens when you send a duck, a rooster and a sheep with monkeys and dogs into space? Scientists had to find out -- and for decades, they've been studying life in space with the help of some crawly, wiggly, fluttery, furry friends.
Instructional Video4:46
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We're Turning Pulsars into Galactic GPS!

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have thought for awhile that pulsars could be used as a sort of galactic positioning system, and astronomers have published the most advanced topographical map of Titan to date!
Instructional Video5:29
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Earth Used to Have 19-Hour Days (and Pluto Has Dunes!)

12th - Higher Ed
According to a new model, days on Earth used to really fly by, and today Pluto has wind-swept dunes made of very weird sand.
Instructional Video5:44
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This Massive Star Just... Vanished | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers have some insights into the mysterious disappearance of the luminous blue variable star in the Kinman Dwarf Galaxy, and we're digging up more clues about how our friend the Moon may have formed.
Instructional Video5:26
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How Does Titan Still Have an Atmosphere?

12th - Higher Ed
From what we know about Titan, it seems like its atmosphere should have disappeared millions of years ago. So, why hasn’t it?
Instructional Video14:02
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Three Great Minds Behind Apollo 11 | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
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.
Instructional Video4:15
SciShow

We're bad judges, better teachers, and video games are pretty good for us

12th - Higher Ed
Humans judge each other within 33 milliseconds of seeing each other! We learn better if we think we have to teach someone else, and video games are good for us!
Instructional Video4:49
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Wernher von Braun: From Nazis to NASA

12th - Higher Ed
The American space program wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for the contributions of a scientist who was also a former Nazi. Learn about the life and work of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun.
Instructional Video5:44
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On Venus, You're Walking on Eggshells | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Earth's thick crust might one of the reasons our planet can support life. But scientists are looking for something a little more brittle.
Instructional Video4:31
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Destroying Space Junk With Lasers, and Two Rare Eclipses!

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow Space News, astronauts had to take the scenic route to the ISS because of some space debris. And this month, you might get to see two eclipses: a solar eclipse, and a rare supermoon eclipse.
Instructional Video3:22
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4 Awesome Future Space Missions

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video4:49
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The Mysterious Green Glass on the Moon (Plus: How to See Comet NEOWISE!) | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier this month, a Chinese moon rover discovered a mysterious glittery substance at the bottom of a lunar crater. How did it get there? Also, Comet NEOWISE takes thousands of years to circle the Sun, and right now we can see it in our...
Instructional Video4:54
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Mercury Is So Hot, It’s Making Ice

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists first saw patches of ice on Mercury 20 years ago, and that discovery raised a lot of questions: How could ice survive on one of the solar system’s hottest planets, and how did it get there in the first place?