Instructional Video9:25
SciShow

Can an Equation Really Tell Us How Many Aliens Exist?

12th - Higher Ed
In 1961, the astronomer Frank Drake wrote down what is now known as the Drake Equation. It's so important to the culture surrounding the search for extraterrestrial life that scientists have carved it into the upcoming Europa Clipper...
Instructional Video15:31
PBS

What If Humanity Is Among The First Spacefaring Civilizations?

12th - Higher Ed
Half of the universe is filled with expansionist alien civilizations, and it’s only a matter of time before they’ll reach us. OK, that sounded a little sensationalist. But it’s also the conclusion of a recent astrophysics paper. Let’s...
Instructional Video7:31
SciShow

The Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? It turns out, certain parts of a star system, a galaxy, and even the universe as we know it, are more habitable than others. Get to know them as Hank takes you on a tour of some of...
Instructional Video6:49
PBS

Is It Irrational to Believe in Aliens?

12th - Higher Ed
Aliens! Could humans really be alone in this expansive universe? And if we're not, how come we've never made contact with other intelligent life? Everyone's thought about it; especially members of the scientific community. Join Gabe as...
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

Will We Ever Find Intelligent Alien Life?

12th - Higher Ed
What can an equation tell us about whether or not we're alone in the universe?
Instructional Video9:02
PBS

Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists studying quantum vortices and their impact on superconductivity just won the Nobel Prize.
Instructional Video19:06
SciShow

Could E.T. Really Find Us? | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Being the only observable intelligent life in the universe gets lonely sometimes, so it's no wonder we're trying to find something out there to phone home about.
Instructional Video3:18
Curated Video

What Makes A Planet Habitable?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
There are many planets in the universe, but very few of them have qualities to support life Taking one celestial body at a time and determining whether it supports life would be slow and inefficient. So, astronomers look for certain...
Podcast22:47
NASA

Gravity Assist: Where are the Goldilocks Stars? With Giada Arney

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Giada Arney, astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is looking at the potential for K stars to host habitable worlds. Learn about how stars affect planetary environments and why complex life on early Earth was impossible.
Instructional Video3:38
NASA

Hubble Observes Atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone

3rd - 11th
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have conducted the first spectroscopic survey of Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system's habitable zone. Hubble reveals that at least the inner five planets do not seem to contain...
News Clip2:47
AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Water discovered for first time in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet

9th - Higher Ed
Ingo Waldmann an astronomer at University College London explains the study that he co authored which revealed on Wednesday that water has been discovered for the first time in the atmosphere of an exoplanet with Earth like temperatures...