NASA
How To Track The Solar Cycle
Understanding the Sun’s behavior is an important part of life in our solar system. The Sun’s powerful outbursts can disturb the satellites and communications signals traveling around Earth, or one day, Artemis astronauts exploring...
Curated Video
Flemings Left Hand Rule
In this video, we're going to learn the Flemings Left Hand Rule. This rule is important for determining the direction of rotation for a DC motor.
Professor Dave Explains
Examples of s-p Mixing in Molecular Orbital Theory
Admittedly, my prior tutorial on MO theory was a little confusing, and had some errors. I wanted to make things right, so here's another one! This will clarify some of the basic concepts, and will also extend them to discuss a new...
NASA
NASA’s InSight Lander Accomplishes Science Goals on Mars as Power Levels Diminish
NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. During its time on the Red Planet, InSight has achieved all its primary science goals and continues to hunt for quakes on Mars. The mission is...
NASA
NASA Hangout: Van Allen Probes Discoveries
NASA's Van Allen Probes revealed a new radiation belt around Earth The Van Allen Probes mission discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence of unexpected structures and processes within...
NASA
NASA | Mars Atmosphere Loss: Sputtering
How did Mars, a once wet planet, lose its early atmosphere? One possibility is through a process called "sputtering," in which atoms are knocked away from the atmosphere due to impacts with energetic particles.
NASA
Magnetic Bubbles on the Moon Reveal Evidence of "Sunburn"
Every object, planet or person traveling through space has to contend with the Sun's damaging radiation -- and the Moon has the scars to prove it. Research using data from NASA's ARTEMIS mission — short for Acceleration, Reconnection,...
NASA
5 New Discoveries from NASA's Parker Solar Probe
NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has returned unprecedented data from near the Sun, culminating in new discoveries published on Dec. 4, 2019, in the journal Nature. Among the findings are new understandings of how the Sun's constant...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Bacteria That Only Want To Head North
When James first saw these bacteria, all he knew is that they came from a sample taken from a Portuguese beach. And on the slide, the bacteria were swimming in a stark line. And that gave James an idea. He took out his phone and opened...
Curated Video
How Transformers Work
How do transformers work? find out here in this video on how transformers work the basics.
TMW Media
Jupiter, The King of Planets: Probing Jupiter and its moons
What are the layers of the planet made up of? What are Aurorae? Why are there so many volcanoes on the moon IO?
Jupiter, The King of Planets, Part 2
Physics Girl
What Size Magnet Can ERASE a Credit Card?
Don’t try this at home! The experiments and products shown in this episode were used in the name of science.
Practical Ninjas
How gyroscope works | Learn under 5 min | Gyroscope in a smartphone | MEMS inside gyroscope
How stuff works??? - Gyroscope ---------------------------------------------------------- In the current video we discuss the physics behind working of the a gyroscope. Gyroscope is a key component in IMU (Inertial measurement unit). IMU...
NASA
NASA's MAVEN Mars Mission Pre-Launch Hangout
NASA Goddard hosted a live MAVEN will examine the upper atmosphere of Mars in unprecedented detail. It's scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:28 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MAVEN stands...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Are The Poles On A Magnet?
This video is answering the question of what are the poles on a magnet.
Curated Video
How inductors work
If you're curious about inductors and how they work, then this is the video for you! In this video, we'll explore the basics of inductors and their role in electrical engineering.
NASA
SDO: Year 6 Ultra-HD
The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on the entire disk of the sun, with a prime view of the graceful dance of solar material coursing...
NASA
Science Comes Alive at NASA Goddard
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is home to the nation's largest organization of scientists, engineers and technologists who build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study Earth, the sun, our solar...
NASA
Snapshots from the Edge of the Sun
For the first time, using NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, scientists have imaged the edge of the sun and described that transition – from which the solar wind blows. Defining the details of this boundary helps...
NASA
NASA | THEMIS Discovers Biggest Breach of Earth's Magnetosphere
NASA’s THEMIS mission has overturned a longstanding belief about the interaction between solar particles and Earth’s protective magnetic field. This new discovery could help scientists predict when the solar storms that can disrupt power...
Curated Video
How Multispeed pumps work
Have you ever wondered how multispeed pumps work? In this video, we'll explain how multispeed pumps work
The Backyard Scientist
Molten Iron Vs. HUGE Magnet
Have you ever wondered what happens when you bring a magnet near 5000 degree molten Iron? Does it attract? Or repel? Maybe it create cool shapes. But most importantly... DOES IT EXPLODE?! I set off thermite over a very large and...
Next Animation Studio
Mysterious weak spot in the Earth’s magnetic field is spreading: ESA
A mysterious anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field that stretches from South America to Africa is spreading.
NASA
NASA | The Van Allen Probes - Instrument Overview
Dr. David Sibeck explains the instruments on the twin Van Allen Probes (formerly the Radiation Belt Storm Probe, RBSP). The Van Allen Probes will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in the Earth's magnetosphere. The charged particles...