SciShow
The Supernova of 1054, Our Very Special Guest Star
All of humanity likely saw it, a brilliant supernova that lit up the daytime sky in 1054. But 960 years later, there’s still a lot we dont quite understand about the famous celestial phenomenon.
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Robert Evans, Supernova Superstar
A backyard astronomer holds the world record for most supernovas found by searching manually. He's memorized what over a thousand galaxies look like.
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3 Ways Exoplanets Rocked Planetary Science
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.
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The Biggest-Ever Supernova
NASA has chosen three companies whose craft it will use to ship cargo to the ISS and we've got new details about the brightest supernova we've ever observed.
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Studying Supernovas From the Bottom of the Ocean
Stars blowing up is a surprisingly common occurrence, but who would have thought to search the bottom of the ocean if you were trying to study them?!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Where does gold come from? - David Lunney
Did you know that gold is extraterrestrial? Instead of arising from our planet's rocky crust, it was actually cooked up in space and is present on Earth because of cataclysmic stellar explosions called supernovae. CERN Scientist David...
Crash Course
The Sun & The Earth: Crash Course Big History
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about our Sun, and the formation of the planets. We're going to focus on the formation and development of the Earth, because that's where people live. You'll learn about the...
Curated Video
Exploring Black Holes: From Stellar to Supermassive
In this video, we explore the fascinating world of black holes. From stellar black holes that form from the collapse of massive stars to supermassive black holes that reside at the center of galaxies, we uncover the incredible range of...
Curated Video
Exploring the Universe: The Power of the X-ray Multi Mirror Satellite
The X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite, launched in 1999 by the European Space Agency, is the most powerful X-ray telescope in orbit. It captures detailed images by penetrating dust clouds in deep space, revealing new information about...
Curated Video
Supernova
The explosion of a massive star at the end of its life. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract...
Curated Video
White dwarf
A small, extremely dense star characterised by high temperature and luminosity, no longer capable of nuclear fusion. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
Curated Video
What Are Stars?
What are stars made of? How are they born, how do they live, and how do they die? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Our nearest star is the Sun. A star is formed from a cloud of dust and gas, which shrinks under gravity and...
Curated Video
We Are All Made of Stars
Discover how elements are formed in the centre of stars, and how some elements are formed in even more spectacular conditions. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Most elements were created in space. At the beginning of the...
Curated Video
The Hubble Space Telescope
Witness how the Hubble Space Telescope is helping us to understand how everything in the Universe formed. Physical processes - The Earth and beyond - Beyond our solar system Learning Points The Hubble Telescope has revealed a lot of...
Curated Video
What is a star? For Kids
Climb into a rocket and take a journey across the universe to the place where stars are born. Then learn about the life of stars, supernovas and how our own star, The Sun, gives life to all living things.
Curated Video
Exploring the Phenomenon of Supernovas
A supernova is a spectacular explosion of a star that leads to the creation of a new star, enriching the surrounding space with elements like hydrogen and helium. This cosmic event, among the brightest stellar explosions ever observed,...
Curated Video
GCSE Physics - The Life Cycle Of Stars / How Stars are Formed and Destroyed #84
This video covers: - How stars form, live and die - How they transition between a nebula, protostar, main sequence star - And then either red giant, white dwarf and black dwarf - Or red super giant, supernova, and then neutron star or...
Curated Video
Betelgeuse - Will It Become A Supernova?
Learn about Betelgeuse -- a red supergiant star also known as Alpha Orionis that is one of the largest stars of its class -- with this Space Science video from KLT.
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Binary Star Systems
Our solar system has just one star in it, the sun. But this is actually not the most common situation for systems. Most systems are multi-star systems, with binary systems being extremely common. These are systems where two stars orbit...
Curated Video
The Life Cycle of Stars and the Impact of Mass
The video explains the life cycle of a star, starting from a nebula, gravitational pull forming a protostar, the process of nuclear fusion, formation of a main sequence star, production of elements through fusion, expansion of a main...
Astrum
How do we know the universe is 13.8 billion years old?
How can scientists possibly know the age of the universe? Well, through a variety of factors, including redshift, the CMBR and more.
Science360
Super Stars
Who are the biggest super stars in the universe? For Adam Burrows, an astrophysics professor at Princeton University, it's not who, but ""what,"" and they are far from Hollywood, or even Earth, for that matter. Burrows would tell you...
Next Animation Studio
Astronomers say fast radio burst detected in the Milky Way produced by highly magnetized star
The first fast radio burst to be discovered in the Milky Way has been traced back to a magnetar known as SGR 1935+2154 located 32,616 light-years away from Earth, astronomers researching the phenomena told Nature magazine.
Curated Video
What Are The Hottest And Coldest Things In The Universe?
Sun is obviously the hottest thing in our Solar System, but it is a mere candle when compared to several other stars and stellar phenomena, particularly supernova. A supernova is a transient event that marks the last evolutionary stage...