Curated Video
Understanding Arithmetic Sequences and Linear Functions
In this lesson, students will learn how to determine the explicit rule for an arithmetic sequence and how it represents a linear function. They will create a table of values and graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane to visualize the...
Neuro Transmissions
Does Alcohol Kill Brain Cells?
Alcohol is a double-edged sword. Benjamin Franklin once said, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." However, some people say that drinking three beers means losing 10,000 brain cells. But is it true that alcohol...
NASA
Take a Spin With NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
On schedule to launch no later than May 2027, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission will help uncover some of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos. The state-of-the-art telescope on the Roman spacecraft will play a significant...
NASA
Take a Spin With NASA’s WFIRST Spacecraft
On schedule to launch in the mid-2020s, NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission will help uncover some of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos. The state-of-the-art telescope on the WFIRST spacecraft will play a...
Big Think
Why are so many objects in space shaped like discs? | Michelle Thaller
• Spinning discs are everywhere – just look at our solar system, the rings of Saturn, and all the spiral galaxies in the universe. • Spinning discs are the result of two things: The force of gravity and a phenomenon in physics called the...
Gresham College
Rotation in Space - Professor Carolin Crawford
Rotation is a fundamental physical process throughout the Universe. So much is spinning, from planets and stars revolving on their axes, to whole spiral galaxies rotating around their centre. We shall start by looking at the fundamentals...
PBS
How Black Holes Spin Space Time
If there’s one thing cooler than a black hole it’s a rotating black hole. Why? Because we can use them as futuristic power generators, galactic-scale bombs, and portals to other universes. Black holes are self-sustaining holes in the...
SciShow
The Deepest Sound in the Universe
Thanks to X-ray telescopes, scientists in the 1970s found the first real evidence that black holes actually existed, and astronomer Andrew Fabian has used X-ray research to unlock incredible mysteries ever since, including a giant sound...
Be Smart
Is Space A Thing?
Since the days of Ancient Greece, philosophers and scientists have been wondering: What is space? Is the absence of things.... a thing? These questions continued to fascinate physicists in the modern era, leading Isaac Newton, Ernst...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Yes, scientists are actually building an elevator to space | Fabio Pacucci
Sending rockets into space requires sacrificing expensive equipment, burning massive amounts of fuel, and risking potential catastrophe. So in the space race of the 21st century, some engineers are abandoning rockets for something more...
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth Explains: Space
In this collection of classic MinuteEarth videos, we travel beyond Earth and explore some of our favorite mysteries about space.
SciShow
How Space Might Have Shaped Our DNA
The DNA inside our cells almost exclusively twists in one direction, but the reason for this might be out of this world!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why does ice float in water? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
Water is a special substance for several reasons, and you may have noticed an important one right in your cold drink: ice. Solid ice floats in liquid water, which isn't true for most substances. But why? George Zaidan and Charles Morton...
Brave Wilderness
The GOLDEN TICKET Adventure!
In this episode of On Location, Coyote Mark and Mario lead lucky members of the Coyote Pack on the ultimate Golden Ticket adventure! Get ready, things are about to get wild!
Crash Course Kids
The Zodiac Constellations
We've talked about constellations; groups of stars in the night sky that we assign names to. But there are a certain group of special constellations called The Zodiac that Sabrina is going to chat about. Gemini, Sagittarius, Scorpio?...
NASA
NASA | Jupiter in 4k Ultra HD
New imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra HD format) are the first products to come from a program to study the...
Curated Video
NASA's White Sands Test Facility: Propulsion Testing for Space Missions
The White Sands Test Facility, located in the San Andreas Mountains of New Mexico, is a crucial testing ground for NASA's rocket propulsion systems. Since 1964, engineers and scientists have conducted over 2.1 million firings of more...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - How to Get an Internship at NASA
In this episode we talk about how to get an internship at NASA.
World Science Festival
Black Holes and Neutron Stars: A Merger in Space
The first detection of colliding black holes rocked the scientific world, establishing that gravitational waves are real and that we are able to measure them. More recently, scientists have achieved the first detection of colliding...
NASA
NASA | Fermi at Five Years
This compilation summarizes the wide range of science from the first five years of NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Fermi is a NASA observatory designed to reveal the high-energy universe in never-before-seen detail. Launched in...
NASA
NASA | RRM: The Main Event
In orbit at 18,000 miles an hour, day and night change places every 90 minutes. Darkness and light, sleep and wake: it's tough to focus on precise tasks floating outside the International Space Station. But not if you're a robot. NASA's...
Espresso Media
In the Footsteps of Cezanne: Exploring Provence and the Impressionist Movement
This video follows the footsteps of artist Paul Cezanne in his beloved Provence, exploring the landscapes and locations that inspired his famous works. From the iconic mountain of Sainte-Victoire to the limestone quarries of Bibemus,...
PBS
What If We Live in a Superdeterministic Universe?
Today we’re going to try to save reality - or at least realism. However this rescue effort has a price; one that you may not be willing to pay. Your very soul, or at least your free will, is on the line.
PBS
The Crisis in Cosmology
The search for a single number: the hubble constant, which is the rate of expansion of our universe, has consumed astronomers for generations. Finally, two powerful and independent methods have refined its measurement to unprecedented...