Instructional Video5:12
SciShow

Maybe There's No Phosphine on Venus | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Remember when astrophysicists thought they'd found signs of life on Venus? A different team re-crunched the numbers, and their results raised some questions about that claim. Also, a bunch of exoplanets are doing a really precise dance...
Instructional Video17:08
SciShow

SciShow Quiz Show: When Science Meets Pop Culture

12th - Higher Ed
Nick Jenkins of Crash Course faces off against Hank Green of SciShow in this collision of science and nerdy pop-culture references.
Instructional Video35:06
SciShow

Tour the Solar System with SciShow Space

12th - Higher Ed
Did you know SciShow has a whole channel dedicated solely to space? Well, we hope you packed warm, cause we’re taking you on a tour through the solar system with these SciShow Space episodes!
Instructional Video5:41
SciShow

The Mysterious Ridges Near Pluto's Heart

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers may have figured out some cool geology on Pluto, and Barnard's star is back in the running for having a planet!
Instructional Video16:45
TED Talks

Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

12th - Higher Ed
Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? Juan Enriquez sweeps across time and space to bring us to the present moment -- and shows how technology is revealing evidence that suggests...
Instructional Video4:54
TED-Ed

TED-ED: The first asteroid ever discovered - Carrie Nugent

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Over the course of history, we've discovered hundreds of thousands of asteroids. But how do astronomers discover these bits of rock and metal? How many have they found? And how do they tell asteroids apart? Carrie Nugent shares the story...
Instructional Video2:55
MinuteEarth

Our Definition For “Moon” Is Broken (Collab. w/ MinutePhysics)

12th - Higher Ed
It’s becoming harder and harder to categorize moons as moons. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Moon: a natural satellite of a satellite of a star. Satellite: A celestial...
Instructional Video3:51
SciShow

Breaking News There’s an Earth-like Planet Next Door!

12th - Higher Ed
The rumors are true! There's an Earth-like planet orbiting our neighboring star!
Instructional Video4:05
SciShow

Does Dark Matter Cause Extinctions?

12th - Higher Ed
New discoveries into two weird things that may have played havoc with the ancient solar system: dark matter and a wandering star.
Instructional Video7:31
SciShow

The Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? It turns out, certain parts of a star system, a galaxy, and even the universe as we know it, are more habitable than others. Get to know them as Hank takes you on a tour of some of...
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 Video5:30
SciShow

How We Learned Black Holes Actually Exist | 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

12th - Higher Ed
Did you know Einstein never thought we’d find actual black holes in space? It took decades of research to show black holes are physically possible, and some of the scientists behind that research were honored this year with the Nobel...
Instructional Video5:15
SciShow

This Collision Could Have Created the Solar System | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
A dwarf galaxy crashing through the Milky Way billions of years ago could have set off periods of star formation, and astronomers recently captured a rare flashing phenomenon that only shows up in the sky for a few days!
Instructional Video7:23
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Calculating the odds of intelligent alien life - Jill Tarter

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Could there be intelligent life on other planets? This question has piqued imagination and curiosity for decades. Explore the answer with the Drake Equation -- a mathematical formula that calculates the possibility of undiscovered life.
Instructional Video9:48
PBS

Telescopes of Tomorrow

12th - Higher Ed
The telescopes of tomorrow will see in infrared and ultraviolet. They will peer through space and scan across time. They will allow us to find new supernovae, spot potentially hazardous asteroids, better understand dark energy and peer...
Instructional Video5:14
SciShow

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 Video9:58
PBS

Strange Stars

12th - Higher Ed
What happens when matter can't get any denser yet somehow does? The answer - it becomes strange. Strange Stars may be the most massive stellar remnant that is just shy of forming a black hole. And they could be even cooler than black holes.
Instructional Video3:34
SciShow

New Earth-Size Planet and a Solar Eclipse

12th - Higher Ed
Caitlin Hofmeister gives you the latest news from around the universe, including Kepler's latest exoplanet discovery, an upcoming solar eclipse, and a breathtaking image from Hubble.
Instructional Video3:59
SciShow

Tabby's Strange Star Just Got Stranger

12th - Higher Ed
It's been a year since astronomer Tabetha Boyaijan found strange signals coming from a star called KIC 8462852, aka Tabby's Star. Now, new research shows that it's even stranger than we thought. Plus, good news from spaceflight company...
Instructional Video16:37
TED Talks

Will Wright: Spore, birth of a game

12th - Higher Ed
In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces.
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

Could Water Survive on the Closest Exoplanet?

12th - Higher Ed
Exoplanets are being discovered in the habitable zone to sustain life as we know it. Could water be found on the closest exoplanet to us?
Instructional Video10:23
SciShow

The End of Everything

12th - Higher Ed
Hank gives us an inclusive overview of how everything in the universe is thought to have begun, and how cosmologists predict it will all come to an end. Now get happy!
Instructional Video5:27
SciShow

How Plastic Balls and Garbage Cans Help Us Study Space

12th - Higher Ed
How can we be so sure of the way celestial bodies behave when they're so far away? With the help of some speakers, garbage cans, and springs of course.
Instructional Video9:23
TED Talks

Tom Wujec: Learn to use the 13th-century astrolabe

12th - Higher Ed
Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices -- the astrolabe. With thousands of uses, from telling time to mapping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the...