Instructional Video3:13
TMW Media

The Powerhouse Sun: Learn how the sun lives and will die

K - 5th
Describe solar flares and their behavior. What makes the sun throb rhythmically? Describe what will happen when the sun dies. The Powerhouse Sun, Part 3
Instructional Video3:43
FuseSchool

Earth and Compasses

6th - Higher Ed
Earth and Compasses Perhaps you’ve played with bar magnets or have a magnet on your fridge. But did you know that the earth is a giant magnet? In fact, this is how compasses work. In this video we’re going to look at the earth’s magnetic...
Instructional Video2:19
Visual Learning Systems

Our Galaxy and Stars: Our Star the Sun

9th - 12th
This captivating series of programs explores many of the amazing features of our universe. Special attention is given to our solar system, distances in space, and stars. Terminology and concepts include: Milky Way Galaxy, light-year,...
Podcast52:29
Curated Video

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Space Weather

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Dr. Steve Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Space Radiation Analysis Group, discusses what's being done right now to document radiation exposure, not only to ensure our astronauts stay healthy, but to understand weather in space. HWHAP...
Podcast26:12
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: The Moon Rocks! With Barbara Cohen

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Learn how Moon rocks can reveal all kinds of information about our nearest neighbor, as NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon and on to Mars.
Podcast25:06
NASA

Gravity Assist: Onward to Venus, with Lori Glaze

Pre-K - Higher Ed
NASA is sending two missions to Venus this decade and participating in a European Space Agency mission there, too. Lori Glaze, director of planetary science at NASA, discusses these missions and why she’s so excited about what we’re...
Podcast36:39
NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: Lika Guhathakurta Talks About Studying the Sun and the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A conversation with Madhulika Guhathakurta, lead program scientist for new initiatives in the Exploration Technology Directorate at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, and the lead scientist for the 2017 total solar eclipse.
Podcast23:13
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast, Mercury with Faith Vilas

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Our virtual tour of the solar system continues with Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. Since it’s tough to observe Mercury except at dawn or twilight, most of what we know about Mercury is from NASA’s Mariner 10 and MESSENGER missions.
Podcast22:46
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: NASA’s New “Gravity Assist” Podcast Debuts Nov. 15, 2017

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Hi, I'm Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science. I'm excited to tell you about a new podcast series. It's called NASA's Gravity Assist. Please join me as I talk with some of the greatest planetary scientists of our time.
Podcast1:06:16
NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Episode 01 - We're Going Back to the Moon!

Pre-K - Higher Ed
We’ve launched a live video show on Twitch called NASA in Silicon Valley Live! This is an audio-only version of our premiere episode that streamed on Jan. 12. In it, we talk about going back to the Moon with NASA rock stars Jim Green and...
Instructional Video2:06
Next Animation Studio

ESA’s Solar Orbiter to pass through tails of comet ATLAS

12th - Higher Ed
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has been given the rare opportunity to conduct some “bonus science” in a serendipitous rendezvous with the tails of the comet ATLAS during the next few days, the space agency detailed in an...
Instructional Video1:13
Next Animation Studio

Weird! Mercury's scorching temps may actually lead to ice.

12th - Higher Ed
Mercury’s close orbit around the sun and extreme heat may have helped the planet to generate ice. Writing in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, scientists say solar wind may contribute to a chemical process that forms ice in Mercury’s...
Podcast30:31
NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: NASA In Silicon Valley Podcast: End Of Year Clip Show

Pre-K - Higher Ed
An end of year compilation of conversations with various NASA scientists, engineers, and researchers throughout 2016 on the NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast.
Podcast23:56
NASA

Gravity Assist: Sunspots and Solar Flares with Alex Young

Pre-K - Higher Ed
NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green sits down with solar scientist Alex Young to discuss the Sun’s powerful explosions.
Podcast57:46
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Living Off the Land

Pre-K - Higher Ed
John Gruener and Steve Hoffman discuss in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), the ability to find and use natural resources beyond Earth. HWHAP Episode 55.
Instructional Video1:31:08
NASA

2020 Goddard Summer Film Festival

3rd - 11th
Presented virtually, the festival highlights Goddard’s achievements over the past year in astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics, and planetary science, including recent and upcoming missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope,...
Podcast39:22
NASA

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 69, Parker Solar Probe Small Steps, Giant Leaps

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Parker Solar Probe Mission Scientist Adam Szabo discusses NASA's journey to the Sun.
Podcast31:40
Curated Video

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Your Moon Questions Answered

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Why do we see only one face of the Moon? What would happen to Earth if the Moon didn't exist? We dive into questions you asked on social media.
Instructional Video1:00
Next Animation Studio

Voyagers’ readings yield new clues about the solar system’s structure

12th - Higher Ed
Voyager 2 registered a sharper difference in magnetic particles and plasma density than expected upon crossing the heliopause.
Podcast24:38
NASA

‎Gravity Assist: Gravity Assist Podcast: Where Could We Go on the Moon? With Steve Mackwell

Pre-K - Higher Ed
With NASA planning to send astronauts to the Moon by 2024, Steve Mackwell chats about the Moon’s exciting unexplored areas.
Podcast25:52
NASA

Gravity Assist: Meet a Space Weather Scientist, with Yaireska Collado-Vega

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Yaireska Collado-Vega leads a team at NASA’s Goddard Spacecraft Center that is studying the solar weather environment so that robots and people exploring space can be protected. In this episode of Gravity Assist, she describes the...
Podcast50:24
NASA

‎The Rocket Ranch: Episode 2: Some Like it Hot

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Even though our Sun shines bright in the sky, it is shrouded in mystery. In this episode, we'll sit down with scientists working to get us closer to the Sun than ever before.
Instructional Video1:30
NASA

Martian Atmosphere Loss Explained by NASA

3rd - 11th
Scientists have long suspected the solar wind of stripping the Martian atmosphere into space, a process that may have turned Mars from a blue world early in its history into the red planet that we see today. In 2014, NASA's MAVEN orbiter...
Instructional Video3:02
NASA

NASA | IBEX Spacecraft Observes Matter from Interstellar Space

3rd - 11th
A great magnetic bubble surrounds the solar system as it cruises through the galaxy. The sun pumps the inside of the bubble full of solar particles that stream out to the edge until they collide with the material that fills the rest of...