Clarendon Learning
Constellations for Kids | Learn about the types of constellations, their names, and how to find them
In this video we learn all about constellations for kids. At night we can see thousands of stars and scientists long ago figured out that the stars line up in recognizable patterns. The patterns form shapes of people, animals, and...
The Royal Institution
Types of Oscillators - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
What are the similarities and differences between pendulums and spring oscillators? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full...
Curated Video
What Knocked Over Uranus And Two Other Mysteries?
The most common type of exoplanets might be worlds like our ice giant, Uranus. Understanding it could be key to the history of planets all over the galaxy.
Curated Video
How to See Black Holes + Kugelblitz Challenge Answer
Quasars, X-ray Binaries and Supermassive voids at the center of our galaxies .... black holes take many forms. In this episode Matt tells us what these different types of black holes are and how scientists are using VLBI, Very Long...
Crash Course Kids
Orbits are Odd
Last week we talked about the orbits of the Earth and our Moon. But today we're going to go a little bigger... well, a lot better. Did you know that there is a massive Black Hole at the center of our Galaxy? Or that Pluto's orbit is...
SciShow
There’s a Birth Control for Stars
Black holes are already pretty extreme, but some stand out among their peers, driving cosmic engines that outshines the rest of the galaxy and even serving as birth control for stars!
Curated Video
The Strange Case of Eta Carinae A
Eta Carinae A, a star that briefly held the title of the second-brightest star in the sky, has been dazzling astronomers for centuries. Learn more about this type of supermassive, mega-luminous star, known as a Luminous Blue Variable.
Science360
Seven STEM resources perfect for at-home learning
Seven great recommendations for fun and exciting ways kids (and adults) can explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at home. For links, visit http://www.nsf.gov/LearnAtHome These activities were developed with funding...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Our Star the Sun
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Stars
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Video Quiz
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Figures in the Sky
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Introduction
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Meteors and Comets
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Summing Up
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Distances in Space
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Astrum
Did We Just Discover More 'Oumuamua Type Objects?
Oumuamua and Borisov are not the only interstellar interlopers. We know of many more. Here's what we know about them so far.
MinutePhysics
What is Dark Matter
In this episode, we discuss Dark Matter, an exotic type of matter we know very little about, despite the fact that it makes up around 80% of all matter in the universe!
Curated Video
NASA | Fermi Provides New Insights on Dark Matter
There's more to the cosmos than meets the eye. About 80 percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to telescopes, yet its gravitational influence is manifest in the orbital speeds of stars around galaxies and in the motions of...
Curated Video
NASA | Blazar Bonanza
A long time ago in a galaxy half the universe away, a flood of high-energy gamma rays began its journey to Earth. When they arrived in April, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope caught the outburst, which helped two ground-based...
Curated Video
NASA's Fermi Links Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole
For the first time ever, scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have found the source of a high-energy neutrino from outside our galaxy. This neutrino traveled 3.7 billion years at nearl-light speed before being detected...
Curated Video
NASA’s Roman Mission Will Use Exploding Stars to Measure Cosmic Distances
NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see thousands of exploding stars called supernovae across vast stretches of time and space. Using these observations, astronomers aim to shine a light on several cosmic mysteries,...
Curated Video
NASA | RXTE Satellite Catches the Beat of a Midsize Black Hole
Astronomers from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare breed of black hole in archival data from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)...
Curated Video
RAM vs ROM: What Is The Difference Between Them?
If you’re not an alien reading this from a galaxy far, far away, then you have probably heard these terms countless times—RAM and ROM. That being said, RAM is more commonly encountered by the common person. Yet a fair amount of the...