This video explains the history of geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system.

Religion and science have had some famously messy fights, but do they always have to be in conflict? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll look at some ways religion and science are more than just enemies.

Why is carbon the foundation of life? All life is based on carbon chemistry, But carbon is not the most abundant element on earth. 20% of our body is made up of carbon, but it comprises less than 1% of the mass of the earth’s atmosphere,...

What is Dark Matter? -- What if I told you that there may be trillions of particles going through your body right now, and you can’t see it, hear it, or touch it. And that these particles are so vast, that they compose more than 6 times...

Is the universe infinite? Visualizing infinity. This is part 2 of the Planck length video. if the Sun was the size of a Basketball, Proxima Centauri our nearest neighbor would be 4500 hundred miles away. And there are 10 sextillion such...

Our Milky way galaxy is not stationary. It’s attracted by a massive object in space called the great attractor, at more than 600 km/s. What is this great attractor? Will it destroy us? And, what is Dark Flow? Our galaxy is part of more...

if you took a notebook, a plastic bottle, a toaster, and a glass container and burned them in a fire hot enough, around 10^31 degrees Celsius, all the particles and forces, would become one entity. This is what is believed to have...

Do Aliens exist? Are we alone in the universe? Where is everyone? Fermi Paradox and Drake Equation: Where is everyone? You probably already know that there are more stars in the universe than all the sands on all the beaches of earth. In...

The Milky way galaxy is composed of up to 400 billion stars, and at least that many planets. Our star, the sun is one of those billions, about a third to halfway out from the galactic center. And we humans are but one of at least 9...

SUMMARY The second law of thermodynamics states that overall entropy of any isolated system can never decrease. Entropy is a measure of the disorder in a system (roughly). However, living things don’t seem to follow this rule. So how...

How do planets maintain their orbits around the Sun? Dive into Kepler’s three groundbreaking laws that revealed the elliptical nature of planetary orbits, their changing speeds, and the deep link to angular momentum. Perfect for AP...

The Keck Observatory and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope may have uncovered a "potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterCredit: NASA's...

Jupiter and the crescent moon start off and end the month together. Find out where to see Mars and Venus as well. The Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of April 21-22. Amazing globular cluster M3 is also available for skywatchers...

On April 5, 1973, NASA launched the Pioneer 11 mission into the outer solar system. Pioneer 11 would become the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn, and it flew by Jupiter and the asteroid belt along the way. It launched about a month...

The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency

In an exciting discovery, scientists have found a "perfect solar system" that is similar to our own located 100 light years away. The system has six planets all about the same size, and their orbits have been barely disturbed for up to...

On Sept. 18, 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were captured in a single frame. At the time, Voyager 1 was more than 7 million miles away from Earth....

This video offers a more in depth look at how nuclear fusion occurs in the Sun.

Neanderthals lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, one of the many ancestors to modern humans. The species went extinct about 40,000 years ago, although it continues to live on in the DNA of humans beings around the world.

Naveen Jain reveals his unique collection of meteorites, showcasing the profound connection between space artifacts and human curiosity.

Almost everything you could want to know about the sixth planet to the Sun, Saturn.

Why Earth 2.0 may not be such a feasible place for people to live.

40 Jupiter Mass Binary Objects - or JuMBOs - discovered by JWST.

This video explores the concept of migration, highlighting how animals, including humans, migrate for various reasons. It delves into the migratory patterns of ducks, fish, and even planets. Additionally, it discusses the ancient...