Instructional Video4:33
SciShow

The Solar Storm That Almost Started World War III

12th - Higher Ed
May 23rd, 1967 could have been the beginning of the end - all thanks to the sun.
Instructional Video3:42
SciShow

We Are Sending a Probe into the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
Why are we sending a rocket into the sun? SciShow Space explains the why, what and how of Solar Probe Plus, a mission that'll give us our closest look yet at our nearest star.
Instructional Video5:13
SciShow

We Found a Planetary Graveyard | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers think they may have found a new way to study planets after they've been "buried" in a star! Astronomers are also officially acknowledging the discovery of a distant body with a thousand-year orbit and an adorable nickname.
Instructional Video4:53
SciShow

Diving Into the Sun!

12th - Higher Ed
We've talked about a lot of extreme environments in the solar system, but the sun just might be the MOST extreme! Join SciShow as we dive a little deeper into our friendly neighborhood star.
Instructional Video1:54
NASA

A New Kind of Explosion on the Sun

3rd - 11th
Scientists have just seen a new type of magnetic explosion, known as forced or controlled magnetic reconnection. Music credit: Light Hearted Angst by Dewey Dellay Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Genna Duberstein (USRA):...
Instructional Video3:32
NASA

NASA | IRIS: The Science of NASA's Newest Solar Explorer

3rd - 11th
At the end of June 2013, NASA will launch its newest mission to watch the sun: the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS. IRIS will show the lowest levels of the sun's atmosphere, the interface region, in more detail than has...
Instructional Video1:21
NASA

NASA | Mission Trailer: IRIS Readies For a New Challenge

3rd - 11th
NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere and drives the solar wind. In late June 2013, the Interface...
Instructional Video0:57
Next Animation Studio

Astronomers have mapped out the structure of supergiant star Antares: study

12th - Higher Ed
An international team of astronomers has detailed the structure of Antares, according to a study in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Instructional Video2:07
Science360

Observing The Great American Eclipse

12th - Higher Ed
In a first of its kind, citizen scientists and researchers created a ninety minute time-lapse video of the sun's inner corona. The Citizen CATE (Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse) Experiment captured images of the inner solar corona...
Instructional Video3:05
TMW Media

The Powerhouse Sun: Surface activity of the sun

K - 5th
What is known about sunspots? How does the sun and the magnetic field affect each other? The Powerhouse Sun, Part 2
Instructional Video13:15
Mazz Media

Our Sun

6th - 8th
Through telescopic video and photos combined with animated graphics, students will learn about the layers of the sun and its effects on earth, the moon and all the objects in our solar system and the universe.
Instructional Video11:18
Professor Dave Explains

The Formation of the Solar System and the Structure of the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
So we learned about the formation of the Milky Way, which is the galaxy that we live in. But where in that galaxy do we live? We live on a planet that orbits a star that we simply refer to as "The Sun", so where is that, and when did our...
Instructional Video13:30
Wonderscape

Science Kids: All About the Sun

K - 5th
This video provides an overview of the Sun, explaining its role as a star and the largest object in our solar system. It discusses how the Sun formed, its layers, and its atmosphere. The video also includes review questions to reinforce...