Instructional Video4:43
SciShow

Can We Redirect Asteroids like in Armageddon? | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
If you think punching an asteroid to knock it off the course to Earth’s destruction is purely for science fiction, you might only be right a for a little longer! Plus, scientists are being thrown for a loop with the orbits of planets...
Instructional Video6:01
SciShow

New Surprises from the Asteroid Bennu - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
There’s nothing boring about Bennu! From its chemistry, size, shape, and spin to its extremely old age, it proves that even the smallest objects in the solar system have a bizarre and fascinating history.
Instructional Video5:24
SciShow

The Two Asteroids That Shouldn’t Be There

12th - Higher Ed
Space Clue: 203 Pompeja and 269 Justitia in the asteroid belt with evidence of being formed outside of it. But the real mystery is how they got there! And we again return to Ganymede with new evidence suggesting even more kinds of water...
Instructional Video2:38
SciShow

IDTIMWYTIM Equinox Stupid Latin

12th - Higher Ed
In this edition of IDTIMWYTIM, Hank explains why the common understanding of "equinox" is wrong, what the equinox actually is, and then rages a little against astronomers and their stupid confusing Latin terms.
Instructional Video3:33
Crash Course Kids

Why No Polar Pineapples

3rd - 8th
Plants are amazing. Really! Photosynthesis is an incredible thing. But it also means that some plants can't live everywhere. They need to get the right amount of sunlight for the right amount of time. In this episode of Crash Course...
Instructional Video4:38
SciShow

Why Are Rockets Launched in Florida?

12th - Higher Ed
Out of all the locations NASA could have chosen in the U.S., why Florida?
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

The Legendary Arecibo Radiotelescope

12th - Higher Ed
All telescopes work by gathering light from the stars, but one held the crown for square footage for collecting that light for 53 years. The amazing Arecibo.
Instructional Video5:23
SciShow

Fun in the Summer Sun… on Saturn

12th - Higher Ed
For 13 years, the Cassini probe circled Saturn and sent back fascinating data about the seasons of Saturn as it moved through a 29 Earth year Saturnian year.
Instructional Video2:11
Be Smart

The Equinox Isn't What You Think It Is

12th - Higher Ed
Is the equinox really when day = night, or is that a myth?
Instructional Video4:00
SciShow

New Clues to the Structure of the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
An incredibly bright burst of energy and a dent covered with ice give us insights into planetary and universal structure.
Instructional Video10:36
Curated Video

Venus

12th - Higher Ed
Venus is a gorgeous naked-eye planet, hanging like a diamond in the twilight -- but it’s beauty is best looked at from afar. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, due to a runaway...
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow

How We Proved Earth Rotates Using a Giant Swinging Ball

12th - Higher Ed
People have suspected that Earth rotates for thousands of years, but how did we first prove it?
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

What If the Earth Stopped Spinning?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space has a disaster movie pitch for Hollywood: what would happen if the earth stopped spinning?
Instructional Video2:18
MinuteEarth

Why Does Earth Have Deserts?

12th - Higher Ed
Why Does Earth Have Deserts? For the same reason it has Rainforests: Hadley Cells!!!
Instructional Video5:09
Crash Course Kids

Weather Channels

3rd - 8th
Why is my weather app sometimes wrong? Well it has a lot to do with wind. Jet Streams, air cells, the shape and movement of the Earth... there are a lot of things that make weather a little unpredictable. In this episode of Crash Course...
Instructional Video4:32
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Can you solve the airplane riddle? - Judd A. Schorr

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Professor Fukan_, the famous scientist, has embarked on a new challenge - piloting around the world in a plane of his own design. There's just one problem: there's not enough fuel to complete the journey. Luckily, there are two other...
Instructional Video5:31
SciShow

Making a Realistic Simulation of the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve created simulations to recreate the difference in time it takes for the Sun’s equator and poles to complete rotations, and the way we’ve solved is a bit surprising. And it looks like the Milky Way may not be great at mixing metals,...
Instructional Video10:43
TED Talks

TED: Reinventing the encyclopedia game | Rives

12th - Higher Ed
Prompted by the Encyclopaedia Britannica ending its print publication, performance poet Rives resurrects a game from his childhood. Speaking at the TEDxSummit in Doha, Rives takes us on a charming tour through random (and less random)...
Instructional Video3:25
MinutePhysics

What is Sea Level

12th - Higher Ed
An oblate spheroid is a special case of an ellipsoid where two of the semi-principal axes are the same size.
Instructional Video3:33
SciShow Kids

Happy Equinox! | Science for Kids

K - 5th
It's spring where Jessi and Squeaks live, and with the spring comes a really cool part of our planet's journey around the sun: the spring equinox!
Instructional Video2:32
MinuteEarth

This Atom Can Predict The Future

12th - Higher Ed
Many of the bewildering correlations in our world - like that between Beryllium-7 and the Asian monsoon - are a result of huge and unseen forces that tie them together.
Instructional Video6:02
Be Smart

How the Meter Became The Meter

12th - Higher Ed
The meter is the world's ultimate measure, but how did it become "the" meter? What is this measurement based on? The story of this revolution in measurement traces its roots to the French Revolution. Scientists decided that an equal and...
Instructional Video4:11
SciShow

Why's a Meter a Meter?

12th - Higher Ed
Meter is the standard unit of length used by most countries around the world. But how did they define it?
Instructional Video11:06
Crash Course

Naked Eye Observations

12th - Higher Ed
Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil invites you to head outside and take a look at all the incredible things you can see with your naked eye.