Curated Video
Rocket Science: How Rockets Work - A Short and Basic Explanation
How do rockets work? What is the science behind a rocket launch? How does a rocket go into space? In this short and simple video, we discuss the science of how rockets work. It is a short animated video for kids and laymen to understand...
Next Animation Studio
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft finds traces of water on asteroid
Recent data retrieved from NASA's OSIRIS-REx shows water is locked inside the asteroid Bennu.
Next Animation Studio
NASA’s TESS finds its first Earth-sized planet
NASA’s ‘TESS’ mission has found a possible Earth-sized habitable planet.
Next Animation Studio
Incoming: asteroid twice the size of the Great Pyramid
At a speed of 19 kilometers per second, the huge rock would cause quite a lot of damage if it circles back and hits Earth on its orbit around the Sun.
Espresso Media
Ariane 5: From Collaboration to Independence
Ariane 5 part 2/8: This video explores the history of the European space agency, Ariane, and its development of independent launch systems. It highlights the decision to create their own launcher after being denied commercialization...
NASA
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 scientists their...
Curated Video
Exploring Neptune: The Farthest Planet of the Solar System
Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun in our solar system. It has 14 known moons and five rings. Learn more about Neptune and its climate.
Curated Video
Satellites: Exploring Space and Revolutionizing Communication
This video provides an overview of satellites, explaining that they are objects that orbit around planets or stars. It distinguishes between natural satellites, such as moons, and artificial satellites, which are man-made. The video...
Curated Video
Orbita
Este programa de video de accion en vivo es sobre la palabra orbita. El programa esta disenado para reforzar y apoyar la comprension y retencion del estudiante de la palabra orbita mediante el uso de secuencias de video, fotografias,...
Next Animation Studio
China’s plan to divert apocalyptic asteroid
China could save the world from an asteroid impact by launching a fleet of rockets into space to divert its path.
Next Animation Studio
Report: space station is part of China’s plan to dominate space
The annual threat-assessment report of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence says China is working to dominate space and is targeting U.S. satellites.
Next Animation Studio
NASA and ESA team up for planetary defense mission
For their joint DART and Hera missions, NASA and the European Space Agency plan to launch a spacecraft into an asteroid and measure the resulting changes in its orbit.
Curated Video
Exploring the Kuiper Belt: Home of Dwarf Planets and Frozen Debris
In this video, the topic of discussion is the Kuiper Belt, a region in our solar system that extends from the orbit of Neptune. It is similar to the asteroid belt but much larger, and is home to three recognized dwarf planets, including...
Curated Video
Orbits and Satellites: Understanding How Objects Move in Space
This video explains how objects orbit other objects in space, with a focus on natural and artificial satellites. The video starts by discussing Earth's orbit around the sun and how the gravitational force of the sun causes the Earth to...
After Skool
Sustainable Energy: There Are Two Futures For Humanity - Elon Musk
This video includes a writing activity and discussion questions. Where will technology take us in the future? What will new energy sources and space exploration provide humanity? Perfect for Earth Day, this thoughtful talk is from Elon...
Next Animation Studio
UK to help build the world’s first space junk cleanup satellite
The UK government on Tuesday, November 17 announced that a British firm will help build the ClearSpace-1 satellite
NASA
Gravity Assist: Set Sail for Europa, with Bob Pappalardo
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will give us the most detailed look yet at Jupiter’s extraordinary moon Europa.
Mazz Media
Orbit
This live-action video program is about the word orbit. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word orbit through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Curated Video
Lunar and Solar Eclipse Explained: A Beginner’s Guide to Eclipses
Solar and lunar eclipses are celestial phenomena that occur when the sun, moon and Earth align in a way that either the moon casts a shadow on Earth or the latter casts a shadow on the moon. So what are the similarities and differences...
NASA
TESS Mission's First Earth-size World in Star's Habitable-zone
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface....
NASA
Solar Wind at Martian Moon Could Impact Future Missions
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are small, airless bodies with irregular shapes. Because they lack protective atmospheres and magnetospheres, Phobos and Deimos are directly exposed to the solar wind for part of their orbits....
NASA
Searching for Earth’s Trojan Asteroids
Trojan asteroids are common at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of other planets, leading or following the planet in its orbit. But detecting our own Trojan asteroids from Earth is difficult since they appear close to the sun from our...
NASA
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. On its journey, MMS will...
NASA
NASA | RXTE Satellite Catches the Beat of a Midsize Black Hole
Astronomers from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare breed of black hole in archival data from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)...