One Minute History
150 The Ensisheim Meteor - One Minute History
November 7, 1492 - A meteorite crashes through Earth’s atmosphere, creating a sonic boom and illuminating the sky above the Austrian capital. Known as the Donnerstein, or Thunderstone, the deafening sound of the fireball is heard over...
Visual Learning Systems
Our Distant Neighbors: Other Objects in the Solar System
Upon viewing the Our Distant Neighbors video series, students will be able to do the following: Create a simple diagram of the sun and the orbital paths of each planet around the sun. Label each of the eight planets. Explain that the sun...
Visual Learning Systems
Our Galaxy and Stars: Quiz (Our Galaxy and Stars)
This captivating series of programs explores many of the amazing features of our universe. Special attention is given to our solar system, distances in space, and stars. Terminology and concepts include: Milky Way Galaxy, light-year,...
Next Animation Studio
Egg laying 'led to dinosaurs extinction'
The fact that dinosaurs laid eggs was a major factor in their extinction, a scientist has claimed. Marcus Clauss of the University of Zurich said the physical limitations of egg size meant that dinosaur young were comparatively small and...
AllTime 10s
10 Ways The Universe Could Destroy Us At Any Moment
All of this Trump and Kim Jong Un drama on earth is mere child's play compared to these ways that our own Universe could wipe us out today!
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Meteors and Comets
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
TMW Media
Threatening Asteroids From Space: What are the threats and how can we protect ourselves?
Do smaller things hit Earth? Are meteorites dangerous? How do we protect the Earth? Threatening Asteroids From Space, Part 2
Next Animation Studio
Scientists advance new theory of Earth’s formation
The early Solar System’s cosmic dust may have given rise to primitive Earth over just five million years.
Next Animation Studio
NASA says a large asteroid will fly by Earth on Feb. 15
NASA warned that asteroid 2002 PZ39 will approach Earth on Saturday.
NASA
Tour of Asteroid Bennu
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018, its close-up images confirmed what mission planners had predicted nearly two decades before: Bennu is made of loose material weakly clumped together by...
Next Animation Studio
Where the giant dinosaur-killing asteroid came from
About 66 million years ago, an object estimated to be 6 miles wide (that’s almost 10 kilometers wide) slammed into the Earth. Now, scientists think they know where that object came from.
Science Buddies
Creating Craters
How did the Moon get its craters? What about the craters on Earth? Why do they look the way they do? Find out in this fun science activity, as you make your own craters by dropping balls into a tray of flour.
NASA
NASA | Studying an Asteroid on Earth
Astrobiologists like Jason Dworkin are keenly interested in the origins of life on Earth, but the evidence that they seek was erased long ago by Earth’s geology and chemistry. Fortunately, asteroids like Bennu preserve the solar system’s...
Next Animation Studio
What were the mysterious fireballs that crashed in Chile?
Residents of Chiloe Island saw a mysterious fireball blazing down the sky before fragmenting on September 25.
NASA
NASA | Inside Astrobiology: Danny Glavin
Danny Glavin talks about crushing meteorite samples, funding, and how having the right chemistry (no pun intended) is important in an astrobiology lab.
NASA
Meteorites From Vesta Found on Asteroid Bennu
In an interplanetary faux pas, it appears some pieces of asteroid Vesta ended up on asteroid Bennu, according to observations from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The new result sheds light on the intricate orbital dance of asteroids and...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Nevada
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Visual Learning Systems
Our Galaxy and Stars: Summing Up (Our Galaxy and Stars)
This captivating series of programs explores many of the amazing features of our universe. Special attention is given to our solar system, distances in space, and stars. Terminology and concepts include: Milky Way Galaxy, light-year,...
Next Animation Studio
The genius plan to destroy the next doomsday meteor
Researchers say they’ve figured out how to make sure the next big one does not hit Earth and wipe out humanity.
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Big Are Meteors?
This video is answering the question of how big are meteors.
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 8: Diamonds in the Ice
Every year, intrepid Antarctica explorers hunt for space rocks that have fallen to Earth.
NASA
NASA | DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space
NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space. The research gives support to the theory that a "kit"...