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Houston We Have a Podcast: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer: The Science
Dr. Brandon Reddell discusses astrophysics, cosmology, and the science behind the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), an experiment looking for evidence of antimatter and dark matter in the cosmos. This is part one of a three-part series...
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12th Annual Goddard Film Festival
This year’s 12th Annual Goddard Film Festival will highlight Goddard’s...
NASA
NASA | Voyager Finds Magnetic Bubbles at Solar System's Edge
The sun's magnetic field spins opposite directions on the north and south poles. These oppositely pointing magnetic fields are separated by a layer of current called the heliospheric current sheet. Due to the tilt of the magnetic...
NASA
Can Data from Space Save Dolphins?
The age-old mystery of why otherwise healthy dolphins, whales and porpoises get stranded along coasts worldwide deepens: After a collaboration between NASA scientists and marine biologists, new research suggests...
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Houston We Have a Podcast: Welcome to Mars
Paul Niles, planetary geologist and analytical geochemist, describes the Mars environment, terrain, weather, atmosphere, and more that humans will face while living on the Red Planet on this ninth episode of our Mars Monthly series....
NASA
The Search for Life
Are we alone in the universe? This is a fundamental question that intrigues us all.
On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for...
On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for...
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Exploring Jupiter's Magnetic Field
NASA is sending the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter, to peer beneath its cloudy surface and explore the giant planet's structure and magnetic field. Juno's twin magnetometers, built at Goddard Space Flight Center, will give...
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NASA Hangout: Comet ISON LIVE
NASA Hangout: Comet ISON LIVE
The ultimate battle of fire and ice! Who will win, the sun or Com
et #ISON?
Join #NASA as we followed the journey of Comet ISON as it slings
hot around the sun....
The ultimate battle of fire and ice! Who will win, the sun or Com
et #ISON?
Join #NASA as we followed the journey of Comet ISON as it slings
hot around the sun....
Curated Video
Induction Motor Basics
In this video, we'll explore the basics of induction motors. We'll cover topics like the theory behind induction motors, the different types of induction motors, and how induction motors work.
Curated Video
How Relays Work
How relays work. In this video we look at how relays work, what are relays used for, different types of relay, double pole, single pole, phototransistor, solid state relay, semiconductor, flywheel diodes, 8. Suppressor diodes, DPDT,...
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NASA | IBEX Provides First View of the Solar System's Tail
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, recently mapped the boundaries of the solar system's tail, called the heliotail. By combining observations from the first three years of IBEX imagery, scientists have mapped out a tail...
Next Animation Studio
Cannibal solar storms are heading toward Earth
The sun’s activity will increase significantly over the next four years and will include ‘cannibal’ solar storms that risk knocking out global internet provision.
Curated Video
Power Inverters Explained
Power inverter explained. In this video we take a look at how inverters work. We look at power inverters used in cars and solar power to understand the basics of how they operate. We then cover electricity fundamentals, direct current,...
Curated Video
What is an Inductor
What is an inductor? In this video we cover the basics of what an inductor is, with examples in a circuit board of what they look like.
Science Buddies
How to Build a Paper Speaker
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NASA | The MMS Mission's Unique Orbit
Scientist John Dorelli explains the MMS mission's orbit and why the four spacecraft fly in a tetrahedron formation. This complex arrangement enables scientists to gather data about magnetic reconnection in 3D.
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NASA's Psyche Mission to an Asteroid: Official NASA Trailer
Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team launches in 2022 to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid, likely made largely of nickel-iron metal mixed with rock, could contain...
Flipping Physics
Magnetic Fields - Review for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism review of magnetic fields including: the basics of magnetic dipoles, ferromagnetic and paramagnetic materials, the Earth’s B field, magnetic permeability, the magnetic force on a moving charge, the...
Curated Video
Alternators and the Generator Effect: How They Create Alternating Currents
This video discusses how alternators use the generator effect to produce an alternating current. The video explains how this effect can be utilized to generate both alternating and direct currents, and how the direction of the potential...
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Q&A: Hubble Finds Evidence of Possible Exomoon
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes have uncovered tantalizing evidence for what could be a moon orbiting a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler 1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the...
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How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation
August 1972, as NASA scientist Ian Richardson remembers it, was hot. In Surrey, England, where he grew up, the fields were brown and dry, and people tried to stay out of the Sun, indoors and televisions on. But for several...
Curated Video
How Alternators Work
How does a car alternator work? learn from the basics where we use the alternator and how alternators work.
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NASA | The Radiation Belt Storm Probe
The Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission (RBSP) will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in the Earth's magnetosphere. The charge particles in these regions can be hazardous to both spacecraft and astronauts. Project Scientist David...
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Scientists Uncover Origins of Dynamic Jets on Sun's Surface
At any given moment, as many as 10 million wild jets of solar material burst from the sun's surface. They erupt as fast as 60 miles per second, and can reach lengths of 6,000 miles before collapsing. These are spicules, and...