Curated Video
Differences in the Brightness of the Sun Compared with Other Stars
An explanation and model illustrating that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars are due to their relative distances from the Earth. Using the power of storytelling and cutting-edge technology learners...
Curated Video
Planet Neon - Stars, Distance & Brightness
An explanation and model illustrating that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars are due to their relative distances from the Earth. Using the power of storytelling and cutting-edge technology this...
Curated Video
Galaxy Size Comparison | 3D Universe Size Comparisons
Learn the sizes and shapes of different Galaxies with this 3D Universe Size Comparisons video by KLT!
Astrum
Better than the James Webb Space Telescope? The Upcoming Extremely Large Telescope
Looking forward to the James Webb Space Telescope? Just wait until ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is completed.
Astrum
How big can planetary systems get?
How big do you think our solar system is? Up until Pluto? A bit beyond? How big can other solar systems get?
Astrum
The next step in Earth-like Exoplanet discovery - the blurry images of CHEOPS
It seems counterintuitive, but ESA's newest space telescope, CHEOPS, is designed to take blurry images of stars. But this helps astronomers to understand more about orbiting exoplanets than a clear image would. Here's why!
Next Animation Studio
Black hole seen sucking star like it’s spaghetti
Astronomers observed a black hole sucking in a faraway star, shredding it into thin strands of stellar material.
Astrum
What's special about the Event Horizon Telescope that imaged the M87* black hole?
Why wasn't it Hubble that imaged M87*, or Messier 87's supermassive black hole? Is the Event Horizon Telescope more powerful?
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Geert Barentsen Talks About Bringing People Together To Contribute to Exoplanet Science
A conversation with Geert Barentsen, the Guest Observer Office director for the Kepler and K2 mission at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 44, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Small Steps, Giant Leaps
NASA Deputy Director of Astrophysics Jeff Volosin discusses the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
Next Animation Studio
B Centauri: Scientists find planet where no planet should be
Scientists found a giant planet 325 light years away, but its very existence proves there’s something wrong with science.
CuriosaMente
What's the size of the universe? CuriosaMente EN #4
What size is the universe? How big is the cosmos? Our solar system is just a particle of our galaxy. Are there other galaxies? The universe is incredibly vast: Earth: 12,000 kilometers in diameter. Solar System: 4.5 billion kilometers...
NASA
NASA | Radio Telescopes Capture Best-Ever Snapshot of a Black Hole's Jet
Centaurus A is a giant elliptical active galaxy 12 million light years away. Radio and X-ray images reveal features associated with jets emanating from near the galaxy's central supermassive black hole, which has a mass of 55 million...
NASA
Hubble's 31st Anniversary: Giant Star on the Edge of Destruction
In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant “celebrity star,” one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy,...
Astrum
What really is the Great Attractor?
Why is everything within 250 million light years being pulled towards the Great Attractor?
NASA
Episode 3: Time Machines (Hubble – Eye in the Sky miniseries)
Episode 3: Time Machines – Hubble has looked back billions of years in time to see some of the earliest galaxies in their infancy, and it has fundamentally changed what we know about the universe itself. Find out from Nobel laureate John...
Step Back History
SN 1054: When we Witnessed the Birth of a Nebula
This is a story about how humans in 1054 AD witnessed the supernova that created the crab nebula.
Astrum
How can Hubble see distant galaxies clearly, but not Pluto?
Hubble has taken some spectacular images of many different galaxies, but it can't resolve more than a few blobs on Pluto's surface. Why is that?
Astrum
Where did the Big Bang originate?
Time and space can be a bit baffling. The universe is expanding, but from which point? Where is the centre of the universe?
Astrum
Is this really Boötes Void? (Referring to the thumbnail)
Astrum shows what a supervoid really is, and explains why this image isn't one.
NASA
Cold Neptunes: An Exoplanet Sweet Spot?
A new statistical study of planets found by a technique called gravitational microlensing suggests that Neptune-mass worlds are likely the most common type of planet to form in the icy outer realms of planetary systems. The study...
FuseSchool
MATHS - Geometry - Triangle Construnctions
In this video, we're going to look at the three different types of triangle construction.
Professor Dave Explains
Quasars and Early Galaxy Formation
One type of object that some astronomers study is called a quasar. When these were first discovered, it was a bit confusing as to precisely what they are, which is why quasar stands for quasi-stellar object, since we thought they looked...
Professor Dave Explains
The Alpha Centauri System
When we eventually develop the capacity to leave our solar system, we will be ready to visit countless other worlds. Where will we go first? Probably the closest system to ours, since it'll be the fastest. Which system is that? The Alpha...