NASA
NASA’s Fermi Finds Record-breaking Binary Star
Using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and other facilities, scientists have found the first gamma-ray binary in another galaxy and the most luminous one ever seen. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3, contains a massive...
Astrum
What are the most extreme years in the universe?
Astrum investigates some examples of the longest and shortest years that we know of. The differences are mind-boggling!
NASA
NASA | Fermi Catches a 'Transformer' Pulsar
In late June 2013, an exceptional binary system containing a rapidly spinning neutron star underwent a dramatic change in behavior never before observed. The pulsar's radio beacon vanished, while at the same time the system brightened...
NASA
Doomed Neutron Stars Create Blast of Light and Gravitational Waves
Doomed neutron stars whirl toward their demise in this animation. Gravitational waves (pale arcs) bleed away orbital energy, causing the stars to move closer together and merge. As the stars collide, some of the debris blasts away in...
NASA
NASA | What is a Pulsar?
A pulsar is a neutron star that emits beams of radiation that sweep through Earth's line of sight. Like a black hole, it is an endpoint to stellar evolution. The "pulses" of high-energy radiation we see from a pulsar are due to a...
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Astrophysics - Lifecycle of a star
This video is about the lifecycle of a star but did you know that each star starts from a cloud of dust and hydrogen gas?
NASA
Tour Stunning Hubble Nebulae Images
Over the years, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken hundreds of images of different kinds of incredible nebulae in our universe. A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space. There are different types of nebulae, ranging from...
Curated Video
Black Holes Explained: What Is a Black Hole? How They Form?
A black hole is a celestial body or simply a place in space where the gravitational pull is so high that nothing, not even light can escape it. This is why it's completely black, and hence it's called a black hole. A black hole's...
Visual Learning Systems
Stars and Galaxies: Life Cycles of Stars
Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of stars....
Professor Dave Explains
The Life and Death of Stars: White Dwarfs, Supernovae, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
We've learned how stars form, and we've gone over some different types of stars, like main sequence stars, red giants, and white dwarfs. But a star will move between these categories over its lifetime. How does that happen, exactly? And...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Stars
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,...
Khan Academy
Supernova (Supernovae), Stars, Black Holes and Galaxies, Cosmology and Astronomy
How does a massive star go supernova? This video is a follow-up to the Khan Academy video on the life cycle of massive stars, explaining the chemical collapse that results in a supernova. Sal explains the process with neutron stars and...
Kurzgesagt
You Tube: Kurzgesagt: Atoms as Big as Mountains Neutron Stars Explained
Neutron Stars are some of the strangest things in the Universe. Not quite massive enough to become black holes they are basically atoms as big as mountains with properties so extreme it's mind-blowing. And if you get too close to a...