Instructional Video7:10
SciShow

Finding True North Is Harder Than You Think

12th - Higher Ed
Sure, you can point to the geographic north pole on a globe. But getting there, even with fancy equipment like GPS, isn't so straightforward. So scientists are looking into a navigation tool some animals use naturally.
Instructional Video6:12
SciShow Kids

How Will We Get To Mars? | Let's Explore Mars! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Mars has a ton of amazing features waiting to be explored, but we have to get there first. Thanks to our partners at the Boston Museum Of Science for helping us think about everything we need to plan a trip! Squeaks and Jessi would love...
Instructional Video21:18
SciShow Kids

Journey to Mars! | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
Put on your spacesuits, because we’re off to explore Mars! We’ll learn all about how we could live there, and meet the robots that already do! ----------
Instructional Video3:45
SciShow

Solar Storms

12th - Higher Ed
Solar Storms! Moaning Myrtle! Wondering what the frick is behind the solar flares that slammed Earth earlier this week? Hank lays out how that juicy ball of plasma we call the sun causes us trouble from time to time.
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow

Say Hello to NASA's Newest Sun Missions - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Our star continuously throws out streams of charged particles at more than 500 kilometers per second, something we call Solar Wind. And just like regular weather can be unpredictable and dangerous, space weather can be, too. Meanwhile,...
Instructional Video5:15
SciShow

We Almost Didn't See the North Pole Space Hurricane | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Astrophysicists have discovered an exoplanet that lost its atmosphere, but then, somehow, grew it back! Also, astronomers used satellite data to find a magnetic hurricane above the north pole that we almost missed!
Instructional Video5:13
SciShow

We're Getting Closer to Predicting Solar Flares | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
A new model has been able to predict solar flares with up to about 20 hours of warning, and our galaxy is farting blobs of cold gas inside the Fermi Bubbles!
Instructional Video10:35
Curated Video

Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun?

9th - Higher Ed
Space weather can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. And a large solar flare could cause the most significant weather threat because so much of essential services are powered by a functioning electrical grid and a...
Instructional Video1:48
Curated Video

What is Space Weather?!

Pre-K - 8th
Let's learn about anthropogenic space weather!
Instructional Video2:48
Weatherthings

Aurora

6th - 8th
The Aurora has fascinated and intrigued people for ages. It is a display of light in Earth’s magnetosphere caused by high energy particles arriving to the planet in the solar wind. The Aurora is seen in both hemispheres. In the northern...
Instructional Video3:10
Science360

NSF-funded research to forecast space weather, protect the power grid - Science Nation

12th - Higher Ed
Multidisciplinary approach to developing next-generation space weather modeling tools, with the goal of a five-day forecast capability Description: While Earth's weather reports center on precipitation, temperature, wind direction and...
Podcast19:58
NASA

‎The Invisible Network: 09. Lobes | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Spacecraft near Earth have long relied on GPS signals for navigation, just as users on the ground might use their phones to navigate the highways. Farther away, navigation — and the math behind it — becomes a great deal more challenging.
Podcast16:56
NASA

‎The Invisible Network: 04. Automation | NASA's The Invisible Network Podcast

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In the telephone switchboard’s earliest days, the late 1800s, operators served a limited number of customers within their own communities. As telephone use expanded, automation helped switchboards keep up. NASA is working on a similar...
Podcast40:42
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Radiation Shielding

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Matt Lemke, Orion avionics, power and software deputy manager, discusses how Orion is radiation-hardened so the systems inside can withstand the harsh environment of space. HWHAP Episode 75.
Podcast52:29
Curated Video

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Space Weather

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Dr. Steve Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Space Radiation Analysis Group, discusses what's being done right now to document radiation exposure, not only to ensure our astronauts stay healthy, but to understand weather in space. HWHAP...
Podcast23:13
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast, Mercury with Faith Vilas

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Our virtual tour of the solar system continues with Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Since it’s tough to observe Mercury except at dawn or twilight, most of what we know about Mercury is from NASA’s Mariner 10 and MESSENGER missions.
Instructional Video1:24
Next Animation Studio

Sun unleashes largest solar flare in more than three years

12th - Higher Ed
A massive storm over the Sun discharged the largest solar flare in three years on Sunday, No. 29.
Instructional Video1:04
Next Animation Studio

Hot exoplanet atmosphere can vaporize metals

12th - Higher Ed
A team of multinational scientists were able to look more closely into the environment of MASCARA-2 b, a large, scorching hot gaseous planet in our galaxy.
Podcast23:56
NASA

Gravity Assist: Sunspots and Solar Flares with Alex Young

Pre-K - Higher Ed
NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green sits down with solar scientist Alex Young to discuss the Sun’s powerful explosions.
Podcast39:22
NASA

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 69, Parker Solar Probe Small Steps, Giant Leaps

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Parker Solar Probe Mission Scientist Adam Szabo discusses NASA's journey to the Sun.
Instructional Video5:55
Mazz Media

Earth (Simple English)

6th - 8th
This video includes a quiz and writing activity. Students will learn about Earth's geography, composition, and place in the Solar System. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the...
Instructional Video1:08
Next Animation Studio

‘Iron rain’ found on exoplanet

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have found evidence of iron rain on an exoplanet hundreds of lightyears from Earth, according to new research.
Podcast24:38
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Where Could We Go on the Moon? With Steve Mackwell

Pre-K - Higher Ed
With NASA planning to send astronauts to the Moon by 2024, Steve Mackwell chats about the Moon’s exciting unexplored areas.
Podcast25:52
NASA

Gravity Assist: Meet a Space Weather Scientist, with Yaireska Collado-Vega

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Yaireska Collado-Vega leads a team at NASA’s Goddard Spacecraft Center that is studying the solar weather environment so that robots and people exploring space can be protected. In this episode of Gravity Assist, she describes the...