SciShow
7 Ways We Know What's Inside the Earth
Thanks to some amazing scientific insights, we know a lot about the interior of our planet - even though we’ve never even made it through the crust.
SciShow
Two New NASA Missions!
With two new missions set by NASA, we hope to learn so much more of the asteroids surrounding Jupiter's orbit and the origin of our moon!
SciShow
4 Buildings Too Awesome to Be Real (For Now)
Humans take up a lot of space, but engineers are already coming up with some amazing solutions for the future.
PBS
The End of the Habitable Zone
The Sun is getting brighter and the planets in our solar system that are habitable are changing.
TED Talks
TED: Redemption Song | John Legend
John Legend is on a mission to transform America's criminal justice system. Through his Free America campaign, he's encouraging rehabilitation and healing in our prisons, jails and detention centers -- and giving hope to those who want...
TED Talks
TED: The unstoppable walk to political reform | Lawrence Lessig
Seven years ago, Internet activist Aaron Swartz convinced Lawrence Lessig to take up the fight for political reform. A year after Swartz's tragic death, Lessig continues his campaign to free US politics from the stranglehold of...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why is NASA sending a spacecraft to a metal world? - Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
In 2026, an unmanned NASA spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at 16 Psyche, a massive, metallic asteroid floating somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Why is NASA so interested in this heavy metal asteroid? Are we going to...
SciShow
The “Accident” That Revealed More About Our Cosmos | SciShow News
Brown dwarfs are celestial oddballs, and recently one citizen scientist discovered one that is truly ancient, and weird.
MinutePhysics
Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and White Dwarfs (Collab. w/ MinuteEarth)
This video is about the differences between the corpses or final degenerate dense star forms that dead stars take: black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs. The main distinguishing features between them are the mass cutoffs...
SciShow
Earth's Not-So-Juicy Center
Hank takes us on a journey to center of the Earth to explain both how the solid core formed and why it is so important for life as we know it.
SciShow
Why We Didn't Know How Long a Venus Day Was
Researchers have finally determined how long a day on Venus is, give or take an episode of Brooklyn 99.
SciShow
Knitting to the Moon!
The software running Apollo's guidance computers was literally woven by hand by "little old ladies."
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The true story of Sacajawea - Karen Mensing
In the early 19th century, a young Agaidika teenager named Sacajawea was enlisted by explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to aid her husband Toussaint Charbonneau as a guide to the Western United States. Karen Mensing debunks...
Crash Course
The Earth
Phil starts the planet-by-planet tour of the solar system right here at home, Earth.
Be Smart
The Auroras
Space might seem like an empty place, but the area surrounding Earth is constantly being bombarded by waves of charged particles released by the Sun: The solar wind. Luckily, thanks to Earth's swirling, molten core (and the magnetic...
SciShow
Astronomers Just Discovered the Biggest Explosion Ever
Scientists just discovered the largest explosion ever detected, and it's thanks to the collaborative efforts of scientists from all over the world.
SciShow
Journey to the Center of a Neutron Star
There are a lot of incredible things in space, but neutron stars are some of the most mind-blowing. From liquid plasma oceans on the surface to a possible neutron superfluid in the core — as you go deeper into a neutron star, the physics...
SciShow
The Two-Faced Role of Planetary Magnetic Fields
Given that Earth’s magnetic field helps protect its life-sustaining atmosphere, you might think that the stronger a planet’s magnetic field, the better. But as it turns out, some planets’ relationships with their magnetic fields are a...
TED Talks
TED: The business benefits of doing good | Wendy Woods
The only way we're going to make substantial progress on the challenging problems of our time is for business to drive the solutions, says social impact strategist Wendy Woods. In a data-packed talk, Woods shares a fresh way to assess...
SciShow
Diving Into the Sun!
We've talked about a lot of extreme environments in the solar system, but the sun just might be the MOST extreme! Join SciShow as we dive a little deeper into our friendly neighborhood star.
SciShow
The Star That Trolled Astronomers
In 1967, a star was discovered that seemed to be different than most stars, . . . it looked like it was blinking.
SciShow
Sun VS. Atomic Bomb
Hank puts the immense power of the sun into perspective through comparison with the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated.
Crash Course Kids
Here Comes the Sun
Every hear of 'Sol'? Sure you have! It's our Sun! It sits at the center of our 8 planet solar system, providing us with heat and light. But how does that energy get to us? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats about the...
SciShow
Magnificent Magnetic Fields | Compilation
Magnetic fields fill our universe, but here at home we have a very special one that nature uses in a myriad of ways. And further away, other magnetic fields give us fascinating glimpses into the nature of the universe!