SciShow
Cosmic Tails (That Aren’t From Comets)
Comets are famous for having space tails. But they're not the only ones! Asteroids, planets, and even stars can rock tails of their own.
PBS
Is Interstellar Travel Impossible?
Space is pretty deadly. But is it so deadly that we’re effectively imprisoned in our solar system forever? Many have said so, but a few have actually figured it out.
PBS
Was the Milky Way a Quasar?
The Milky Way galaxy is relatively calm by the destructive standards of the rest of the Universe, and compared to its own very violent past. But just recently we discovered that its violent past was much more recent than we thought - and...
SciShow
Making a Realistic Simulation of the Sun
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,...
SciShow
Where Does the Solar System End?
SciShow Space explains how different experts define our the boundaries of our solar system and why it's way more complicated (and interesting) than it sounds.
SciShow
Plasma, The Most Common Phase of Matter in the Universe
Get to know plasma, the most common, but probably least understood, phase of matter in the universe!
SciShow
What's It Like at the Edge of the Solar System
Where does our solar system end, and interstellar space begin, and what is it like there? Satellites and probes like IBEX and Voyager 1 & 2 help us get a better look at our special corner of the galaxy.
Curated Video
Solar wind
A stream of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, emitted from the Sun's outer atmosphere at up to 900 kilometres per second. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images...
Next Animation Studio
Hubble Space Telescope finds charged soccer-shaped molecules in space
The Hubble Space Telescope have identified electrically-charged molecules in space that are shaped like soccer balls.
NASA
NASA | IBEX Spacecraft Observes Matter from Interstellar Space
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...
Astrum
How do planets orbit in multi-star systems?
Can planets exist in multi-star systems, and what would that look like from their perspective? Thanks to Blinkist for sponsoring today's video.
NASA
NASA | Five Years of Great Discoveries for NASA's IBEX
Launched on Oct. 19, 2008, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft, is unique to NASA's heliophysics fleet: it images the outer boundary of the heliosphere, a boundary at the furthest edges of the solar system, far past...
NASA
NASA | Sentinels of the Heliosphere
What NASA calls its 'Heliophysics Observatory' is an impressive fleet of spacecraft designed (often with international partnership) to study the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Solar System. Flying in an array of trajectories...
NASA
Where is the Edge of the Solar System?
Where does the solar system end? It all depends on the criteria you are using. Based on where the planets end, you could say it's Neptune and the Kuiper Belt. If you measure by edge of the sun's magnetic fields, the end is the...
Astrum
What makes stars different from each other?
Why are stars different brightness, colours and sizes? A look at the main sequence of stars, and what makes stars different from each other.
Astrum
Are we actually in a Nebula?
What really is a nebula, and are we in fact in one? What is the Local Interstellar Cloud?