Instructional Video6:56
SciShow

Our Solar System Might Have TWO Hidden Planets

12th - Higher Ed
After Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet in 2006, our solar system went from having nine planets to eight. But about a decade later, some astronomers proposed there was another planet, larger than Earth, hiding in the Kuiper Belt. And in...
Instructional Video2:46
SciShow

3 Things You Didn't Know About Voyager

12th - Higher Ed
Hank tells us three things we probably didn't know about the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
Instructional Video3:14
SciShow

Cloudy With A Chance Of Aliens: How We Look for Extraterrestrial Life

12th - Higher Ed
What do astronomers look for when they study exoplanets for signs of alien life? Hank explains how space telescopes are already yielding tantalizing clues of what other worlds might hold -- including water! -- and how the next generation...
Instructional Video34:26
SciShow

Was The Apollo Mission a Mistake? | A SciShow Documentary

12th - Higher Ed
The Apollo program was famous for being risky and expensive. It sent multiple daring astronauts to the moon, but had a crunched timeline, and lacked modern tech. In this special episode of SciShow, we'll be discussing... was the Apollo...
Instructional Video3:44
SciShow

Astrobiology & the Search for Alien Life

12th - Higher Ed
Hank talks about astrobiology - the study of and search for life in the universe off Earth. Right now, the field has more questions than answers, but all they all seek to answer that one fundamental query: are we alone in the universe?
Instructional Video3:19
SciShow

There Are Mountains Deep Within the Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists think they’ve discovered some peaks taller than Mt Everest deep beneath the earth’s crust, and this range might be the key to one of the biggest mysteries in geology!
Instructional Video26:13
SciShow

What Do Magnetic Fields Actually Do? | SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
So what exactly do magnetic fields actually do? What would happen if they went away? Turns out, it could be catastrophic! SciShow will explain it all in this fun new episode hosted by Michael Aranda!
Instructional Video9:41
SciShow

The 7 Coolest Active Space Probes

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve sent thousands of things into space over the years! Many of them just orbit the Earth, and some are flying out past the edges of the Solar System. In this episode, we present our favorite currently active space probes!
Instructional Video34:00
SciShow

The Amazing Life Cycle of Mountains | SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Mountains may look like they've all been stagnant for thousands of years, but the life cycle of a mountain is actually quite fascinating. From mountain ranges in space, to why Earth isn’t a water-world, here are some videos exploring the...
Instructional Video2:40
SciShow

Why Do the Planets Orbit in the Same Plane?

12th - Higher Ed
While there is a little wiggle room, the planets in our solar system really are orbiting on mostly the same level. Why do they do that?
Instructional Video10:54
TED Talks

TED: How wireless energy from space could power everything | Ali Hajimiri

12th - Higher Ed
Modern life runs on wireless technology. What if the energy powering our devices could also be transmitted without wires? Electrical engineer Ali Hajimiri explains the principles behind wireless energy transfer and shares his far-out...
Instructional Video5:29
SciShow Kids

Looking at the Earth! | How We Study Space | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
If you were looking down at the Earth from space, what would you be able to see? Do you think you would be able to see your house? What if you were super far away?
Instructional Video6:32
SciShow Kids

How Does Food Get to Our Stomachs and More Answers to Your Questions! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
This week, Mister Brown joins Squeaks to answer a bunch more of your questions about the Earth and about our bodies!
Instructional Video6:01
TED Talks

TED: What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe | Jessie Christiansen

12th - Higher Ed
What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christiansen has helped find thousands of them (and counting), and the variety is more wonderful and wild than you might imagine. She shares details...
Instructional Video26:59
TED Talks

TED: The marvels and mysteries revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope | Heidi Hammel and Nadia Drake

12th - Higher Ed
From favorite moons to the search for alien life, astronomer Heidi Hammel discusses the latest in astronomy and the breakthrough innovations behind her work with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. In conversation with science journalist...
Instructional Video4:51
SciShow

Satellite Squad Goals: The Cluster Mission to the Magnetic Field

12th - Higher Ed
Earth’s magnetic field is special! And, in the last 20 years, we’ve made incredible discoveries, thanks to a squad of probes that have flown around our planet, observing solar wind as a team!
Instructional Video5:09
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Newton's three-body problem explained | Fabio Pacucci

Pre-K - Higher Ed
In 2009, researchers ran a simple experiment. They took everything we know about our solar system and calculated where every planet would be up to 5 billion years in the future. They ran over 2,000 simulations, and the astonishing...
Instructional Video14:36
Crash Course

Exploring the Universe: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about what happened in the Universe after the big bang. They'll teach you about cosmic background radiation, how a bunch of hydrogen and helium turned into stars, formed...
Instructional Video22:24
SciShow

Why It Took a Decade to Launch The James Webb Space Telescope | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
The James Webb Space Telescope has launched! But it was a very long road to get to this point, and we’ve been following the progress for a decade!
Instructional Video10:33
PBS

First Detection of Life

12th - Higher Ed
In 1990, an experiment conceived by Carl Sagan was performed using using the Galileo spacecraft. The purpose? To detect life on a planet based on measurements by a space probe. The experiment was successful, and abundant life was...
Instructional Video4:22
TED Talks

TED: Finding planets around other stars | Lucianne Walkowicz

12th - Higher Ed
How do we find planets -- even habitable planets -- around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz and the Kepler mission have found some 1,200 potential new...
Instructional Video3:12
MinutePhysics

Why is the Solar System Flat?

12th - Higher Ed
Why is the Solar System Flat?
Instructional Video3:52
SciShow

Cloudy With A Chance Of Aliens: How We Look for Extraterrestrial Life

12th - Higher Ed
What do astronomers look for when they study exoplanets for signs of alien life? Hank explains how space telescopes are already yielding tantalizing clues of what other worlds might hold -- including water! -- and how the next generation...
Instructional Video4:20
SciShow

How Wiretapping Helped Transform Astronomy

12th - Higher Ed
Early telegraph operators and WWI spies picked up some weird noises on radio waves. As it turned out, they were actually listening to plasma waves in Earth’s magnetic field lines!