Instructional Video4:09
SciShow

The Mysterious Origins of Our Galaxy's Fastest Stars

12th - Higher Ed
A new paper that borrows old astrological data from the Voyager 2 probe has used brand-new computer simulations to find some new weird data about Uranus’s magnetic field. Another paper has new information about our galaxy’s fastest...
Instructional Video5:17
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: The life cycle of a neutron star - David Lunney

Pre-K - Higher Ed
About once every century, a massive star somewhere in our galaxy runs out of fuel. No longer able to produce sufficient energy to maintain its structure, it collapses under its own gravitational pressure and explodes in a supernova. The...
Instructional Video3:43
MinutePhysics

Extraterrestrial Cycloids - Why Are They on Europa?

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video. This video is about the cycloid curves on Jupiter's moon Europa - they're ridges or valleys in the icy surface that formed...
Instructional Video4:44
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What is the rarest color in nature? | Victoria Hwang

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Plants, animals, or minerals found in nature bear almost every color imaginable. There are two factors that influence what hues you see in the wild: physics and evolution. So, which colors are you least likely to see in the natural...
Instructional Video11:16
SciShow

The Ghostly Particles That May Have Unbalanced the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
Almost all matter in the universe should have been annihilated shortly after the Big Bang, but looking around, we see galaxies, stars, planets, and, you know... us. So obviously that didn't happen, and the why of it may have something to...
Instructional Video3:17
Be Smart

This Is Not a Rainbow

12th - Higher Ed
The furthest extremes of light refraction phenomena.
Instructional Video4:47
Bozeman Science

Motion of the Center of Mass

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how linear motion of an object can be measured using the center of mass. Internal forces within the object can be ignored since they exist in action reaction pairs. A simple way to determine the...
Instructional Video11:05
SciShow

Why Do People Say We've Reached the End of Physics?

12th - Higher Ed
Our fundamental picture of the universe seems pretty nearly complete these days, to the point that some people are suggesting that we’ve arrived at some version of “the end of physics.” And sure, physics is at a turning point, but it...
Instructional Video2:01
MinutePhysics

Transporters and Quantum Teleportation

12th - Higher Ed
Transporters and Quantum Teleportation
Instructional Video0:39
MinutePhysics

Adding Past Infinity (WARNING - Math Ahead)

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode we take a break from physics and do a little fuzzy math. But not really: this is actually relevant to physics! Come back and I'll explain later.
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

Does Mars Need The Cloud?

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier this year, scientists pitched a mission to bring 'the cloud' to Mars. While this proposal may seem expensive and risky, it's a legitimate idea that could fundamentally change how we plan space missions!
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

Future Space News of 2018

12th - Higher Ed
Here's a sneak peek at three missions coming up in 2018. We have rockets launching, spacecraft arriving at their destinations, and missions coming to an end.
Instructional Video13:04
PBS

Oumuamua Is Not Aliens

12th - Higher Ed
To repeat the space time maxim: it's never aliens .... until it is. So let's talk about 'oumuamua.
Instructional Video7:47
TED Talks

Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

12th - Higher Ed
Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction...
Instructional Video12:01
TED Talks

Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science

12th - Higher Ed
Swiss artist and photographer Fabian Oefner is on a mission to make eye-catching art from everyday science. In this charming talk, he shows off some recent psychedelic images, including photographs of crystals as they interact with...
Instructional Video9:21
TED Talks

Nikolai Begg: A tool to fix one of the most dangerous moments in surgery

12th - Higher Ed
Surgeons are required every day to puncture human skin before procedures — with the risk of damaging what's on the other side. In a fascinating talk, find out how mechanical engineer Nikolai Begg is using physics to update an important...
Instructional Video2:41
SciShow

Why Are Your Headphones Always in a Knot

12th - Higher Ed
Is there any hope for those of us plagued by headphone tangles?
Instructional Video4:08
SciShow

Sharknado Reloaded: Yep, Still Impossible

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow revisits Sharknado to discover the truth behind who would win in a battle between a tornado and a bomb. The answer... won't actually surprise you. But you might learn some interesting science along the way!
Instructional Video5:30
Be Smart

What's REALLY Warming the Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
As earth temperatures continue to rise, what's really to blame?
Instructional Video2:39
MinutePhysics

The Higgs Boson, Part II - What is Mass?

12th - Higher Ed
What is mass and what does it have to do with the Higgs Boson?
Instructional Video2:29
MinutePhysics

La Demostración de Einstein para E=mc²

12th - Higher Ed
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué E=mc²? Te lo explicamos. ¡Muchas gracias a Marcelo Enrique Anguita Fuentes por apoyarnos en Patreon! Ayudas a que MinutoDeFísica sea posible. ¡Eres el mejor! Siempre tratamos de usar lenguaje fácil...
Instructional Video2:01
MinutePhysics

Albert Einstein y la Teoría de la Relatividad Especial

12th - Higher Ed
Hablamos sobre cómo Einstein (et al.) descubrió la Relatividad Especial. ¡Muchas gracias a Marcelo Enrique Anguita Fuentes por apoyarnos en Patreon! Ayudas a que MinutoDeFísica sea posible. ¡Eres el mejor! Siempre tratamos de usar...
Instructional Video6:00
SciShow

The Surprising Secrets of Destroyed Exoplanets - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists are learning new things by looking at the remains of exoplanets, NASA has unveiled a new spacesuit design, and engineers fixed a problem from one hundred million kilometers away.
Instructional Video5:38
SciShow

We Don't Actually Know Where the Sun Came From

12th - Higher Ed
We can’t find evidence of the Sun’s family, or how it might have formed, but we do have some pretty good theories.