SciShow
More on Mating & Monogamy
Hank clarifies the misconceptions about Chagus disease, discusses a couple of interesting celestial events - one that happened in the past and one that will happen in the distant future, and sheds more light on the benefits of sexual...
Crash Course
Mythical Horses: Crash Course World Mythology #37
Horses have been human companions for thousands of years, and have been essential companions and tools for the development of human culture. So, it makes sense that horses would make their way into our most important stories. Today,...
SciShow
The Cosmic Ladder That Lets Us Map the Universe
Considering how massive our universe is, we know the distances to cosmic objects surprisingly well. What tools and clues do scientists use to measure distances that are so enormous they sound like made-up numbers?
SciShow
How We Solved the Mystery of Pulsating Auroras
Astronomers have finally observed what causes pulsating auroras, and our estimates of the mass of the Andromeda Galaxy have shrunk.
SciShow
This Star Just Won't Stop Exploding!
M31N 2008-12a is a rare phenomenon called a recurrent nova, and it may hold the key to understanding the lives and cataclysmic deaths of massive stars.
TED Talks
TED: Our longing for cosmic truth and poetic beauty | Maria Popova
Linking together the histories of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edwin Hubble and Tracy K. Smith, poet and thinker Maria Popova crafts an astonishing story of how humanity came to see the edge of the observable universe. (Followed by an...
Be Smart
How Many Stars Are There?
How many stars are there in the universe? Are there more stars out there than grains of sand on Earth? Thanks to advanced space telescopes, we've been able to peer farther into deep time and the distant universe than we ever thought...
SciShow
There’s a Rectangle Galaxy?
You're probably used to real galaxies having curves, except not all of them seem to have gotten the memo.
SciShow
How Many Stars Are There?
How many stars are there in the universe? This question leads Hank to a couple other questions - How many stars can we see from Earth? How many stars are there in our galaxy? - but the answer to the original question proves elusive.
PBS
The Andromeda-Milky Way Collision
The Andromeda galaxy is heading straight toward our own Milky Way. The two galaxies will inevitably collide. Will that be the very last night sky our solar system witnesses?
Crash Course
Galaxies, part 2
Active galaxies pour out lots of energy, due to their central supermassive black holes gobbling down matter. Galaxies tend not to be loners, but instead exist in smaller groups and larger clusters. Our Milky Way is part of the Local...
Curated Video
Milky Way
The name that we give to our own Galaxy. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract concepts and key...
Curated Video
Beyond our solar system – Big reveal
What is it? ... It's the Andromeda galaxy! Physical processes -The Earth and beyond - Beyond our solar system A Twig Tidbit Film - Big Reveal. The image zooms out from an extreme close-up to full frame. The children have to guess what...
Curated Video
The Hubble Space Telescope
Witness how the Hubble Space Telescope is helping us to understand how everything in the Universe formed. Physical processes - The Earth and beyond - Beyond our solar system Learning Points The Hubble Telescope has revealed a lot of...
NASA
Simulated Image Demonstrates the Power of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will capture the equivalent of 100 high-resolution Hubble images in a single shot, imaging large areas of the sky more than 1,000 times faster than Hubble. In several months, the Roman Space...
AllTime 10s
10 Ways The Universe Could Destroy Us At Any Moment
All of this Trump and Kim Jong Un drama on earth is mere child's play compared to these ways that our own Universe could wipe us out today!
NASA
NASA | Take a "Swift" Tour of the Andromeda Galaxy
NASA's Swift satellite has acquired the highest-resolution view of the neighboring spiral galaxy M31. Also known as the Andromeda Galaxy, M31 is the largest and closest such galaxy to our own. It's more than 220,000 light-years across...
NASA
Happy Lunar New Year From Hubble
Hubble welcomes the Year of the Rat with a view of its own favorite rodents, NGC 4676A and B, and highlights the planetary origins of the Chinese zodiac’s 12-year timetable. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Bradley Hague (GSFC...
NASA
Hubble Trivia: 6) What Has Hubble Helped to Reveal About the Expansion of the Universe?
The Hubble Space Telescope has been revealing the secrets of the universe for over 30 years, but it turns out Hubble has some secrets of its own! The question is: What has Hubble helped to reveal about the expansion of the universe? You...
Curated Video
Galaxia
Este programa de video de accion en vivo es sobre la palabra galaxia. El programa esta disenado para reforzar y apoyar la comprension y retencion del estudiante de la palabra galaxia mediante el uso de secuencias de video, fotografias,...
NASA
The Hubble Space Telescope 360° Tour
Pay a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope in its orbit above Earth’s surface and take a tour of the technology behind Hubble’s spectacular cosmic images. This 360 degree video points out Hubble’s instruments, mirrors, and other major...
NASA
NASA’s Incredible Discovery Machine: The Story of the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 30 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within...
NASA
Hubble Views Moon to Study Earth
Taking advantage of the total lunar eclipse of January 2019, astronomers, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, have measured the amount of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere. The method used serves as a proxy for how they will observe...