Instructional Video4:14
SciShow

3 Awesome Discoveries Made by Curiosity

12th - Higher Ed
Happy birthday, Curiosity! Michael Aranda and SciShow News celebrate the first anniversary of the Mars Science Laboratory landing on Mars with 3 awesome discoveries that the universe's coolest rover has made so far. Hints: they involve...
Instructional Video4:38
SciShow

We Know More About That Underground Lake on Mars | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have taken a look at the underground lake found on Mars in 2018, and it might not be the only one! Plus, new clues might help us understand why the Sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than the surface!
Instructional Video4:27
TED-Ed

TED-ED: A guide to the energy of the Earth - Joshua M. Sneideman

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Energy is neither created nor destroyed - and yet the global demand for it continues to increase. But where does energy come from, and where does it go? Joshua M. Sneideman examines the many ways in which energy cycles through our...
Instructional Video5:39
TED Talks

TED: The search for microscopic aliens | Sarah Rugheimer

12th - Higher Ed
Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Sarah Rugheimer searches for aliens -- but not the cartoony green kind. She's looking for extraterrestrial microbes by studying how these single-celled organisms emit gases, which could reveal evidence of...
Instructional Video16:20
TED Talks

Frans Lanting: The story of life in photographs

12th - Higher Ed
In this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of our planet, from its eruptive beginnings to its present diversity. Soundtrack...
Instructional Video4:07
SciShow

SpaceX's Awesome New Craft, and 'Mega-Earth' Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space gives you the latest news from around the universe, including the discovery of a new class of exoplanet dubbed a "mega-Earth," and a tour of SpaceX's new crewed vehicle, the Dragon V2.
Instructional Video5:25
SciShow

Cassini’s Last Hurrah & Hints About Saturn’s Rings

12th - Higher Ed
Cassini is about to take its final dive into the rings of Saturn, and scientists are still debating the status of water on our moon.
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

Life Beyond Neptune The Kuiper Belt & Scattered Disc

12th - Higher Ed
The solar system is enormous, and includes the Kuiper Belt and the Scattered Disc, both of which turn out to be really weird in some pretty awesome ways.
Instructional Video6:00
PBS

Suicide Space Robots

12th - Higher Ed
Let's take a moment to remember the selfless sacrifices made by some amazing robotic explorers.
Instructional Video5:16
SciShow

3 Times We Intentionally Crashed into Other Worlds

12th - Higher Ed
Most of the time, it’s not great when an expensive spacecraft slams into an extraterrestrial body. But now and then mission control intentionally crashes a spacecraft for science!
Instructional Video16:19
TED Talks

TED: The hunt for a supermassive black hole | Andrea Ghez

12th - Higher Ed
With new data from the Keck telescopes, Andrea Ghez shows how state-of-the-art adaptive optics are helping astronomers understand our universe's most mysterious objects: black holes. She shares evidence that a supermassive black hole may...
Instructional Video4:45
SciShow

How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?

12th - Higher Ed
Most of us are hoping that any nuclear threats are just empty threats, and getting at the facts about ICBMs can be difficult. But what would actually happen if someone launched a nuclear weapon?
Instructional Video5:24
SciShow

The Two Asteroids That Shouldn’t Be There

12th - Higher Ed
Space Clue: 203 Pompeja and 269 Justitia in the asteroid belt with evidence of being formed outside of it. But the real mystery is how they got there! And we again return to Ganymede with new evidence suggesting even more kinds of water...
Instructional Video9:38
PBS

The Oh My God Particle

12th - Higher Ed
In 1991 a single atomic nucleus slammed into our atmosphere with the intensity of a macroscopic object. It's been named The Oh-My-God particle.
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

NASA Might Send a Helicopter to Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Nothing's final yet, but there might be a drone, called the Mars Helicopter, on the upcoming Mars 2020 rover.
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

Watch the Delta Aquarids, and Meet NASA's 'Aquanauts'

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space preps you for the Delta Aquarids, a meteor shower, and explains what makes them so unique. Plus, join "aquanauts" on one of NASA's least-known missions, a nine-day tour in its NEEMO undersea laboratory.
Instructional Video5:39
SciShow

Are There Planets More Habitable Than Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
Earth probably isn’t the best place in the universe. It turns out there might be even better places to live that are even more suitable for life: superhabitable planets.
Instructional Video5:01
Curated Video

A New Idea About Tabby's Star!

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers might have finally discovered part of why Tabby's Star acts so strangely and we have some new ideas about what triggers a type Ia supernova.
Instructional Video5:13
SciShow

The Curiosity Rover's Most Amazing Discoveries

12th - Higher Ed
It might feel like it was only yesterday that the Curiosity rover touched down on Mars, but in August, the rover celebrated its fifth birthday! For a kindergartener, it's made some really impressive discoveries.
Instructional Video5:43
SciShow

Could We Actually Detect Life on Other Planets?

12th - Higher Ed
There’s probably life somewhere besides Earth, but all the exoplanets are so far away we may never see their surfaces in detail or intercept a clear radio signal from them. How do we determine if a distant planet has life?
Instructional Video15:52
TED Talks

David Keith: A critical look at geoengineering against climate change

12th - Higher Ed
Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat?
Instructional Video3:21
SciShow

4 Science Superlatives of 2014

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow News looks at some of the firsts, highests, and lowests of the year in science.
Instructional Video5:21
SciShow

The Night Sky in Infrared

12th - Higher Ed
James Webb wouldn’t be equipped to look in the infrared if not for the previous missions that have allowed us to see the universe in wavelengths that the human eye can’t see!
Instructional Video13:07
TED Talks

TED: Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change? | Kate Marvel

12th - Higher Ed
Climate change is real, case closed. But there's still a lot we don't understand about it, and the more we know the better chance we have to slow it down. One still-unknown factor: How might clouds play a part? There's a small hope that...