Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Back To The Moon: Australia's contribution to lunar exploration
After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. Learn about Australia's forgotten but vital contribution to Apollo's race to the moon. Back...
Weatherthings
Hole Punch Cloud
Hole punch cloud is the nickname for a cloud type that forms when a layer of middle or high-level clouds develops a hole partially filled with ice crystals known as fall streaks. Hole punch clouds can happen naturally, but also more...
NASA
NASA | Aquarius Returns Global Maps of Soil Moisture
NASA's Aquarius instrument has released its first released worldwide maps of soil moisture. Soil moisture, the water contained within soil particles, is an important player in Earth's water cycle. This animated version of Aquarius'...
Next Animation Studio
Greenland has lost enough ice to submerge the U.S. in half a meter of water since 2002
Greenland's ice sheet has lost 4,700 gigatons of ice since 2002, enough to submerge the entire U.S. under half a meter of water, according to a Polar Portal study.
NASA
NASA | Earth Science Week: Salt of the Earth
"Salt of the Earth" is Episode 4 in the six-part series "Tides of Change", exploring amazing NASA ocean science to celebrate Earth Science Week 2009. Salinity plays a major role in how ocean waters circulate around the globe. Salinity...
msvgo
Geostationary and polar satellites
It expalins the defination of geostationary satellite and its uses.
Next Animation Studio
Chinese global navigation system Beidou nears completion
China announced on December 27 that it is only a few months away from completing its own satellite-based position system called Beidou.
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water in the Air - Hail
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
Next Animation Studio
CleanSpace One satellite designed to clean up space junk
The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, or EPFL, has unveiled a satellite program dedicated to cleaning up space junk. The CleanSpace One program consists of satellites with a grappling arm designed to take out space junk piece by...
Next Animation Studio
Space Force’s new ‘orbital warfare’ unit gets space jet
The X-37B will now be operated by a new Space Force unit called Delta 9, which is dedicated to focus on ‘orbital warfare’
Next Animation Studio
NASA develops refueling satellite
Geostationary satellites are a vital part of the modern world, but limited fuel capacity and lifetime reduce their lifespan making them expensive. To resolve this problem NASA is developing a device called the Robotic Refueling Mission...
Weatherthings
Weather and Seasons: sun, heat, air, wind, rain
A little girl and her grandfather spend a summer afternoon sitting by a pond. The conversation changes from how warm the summer day is to how the pond gets cold and freezes in the winter. The grandfather helps the girl understand how the...
NASA
XMM-Newton Celebrates 20 Years in Space
Scientists reflect on XMM-Newton’s 20th anniversary. The mission, led by ESA (European Space Agency), has dramatically improved our understanding of the cosmos thanks to detailed X-ray observations. NASA funded two of its three...
Next Animation Studio
Russia shoots down satellite, debris forces ISS astronauts to shelter in capsules
A Russian anti-satellite missile test blew up one of its own satellites, causing astronauts on the International Space Station to shelter in capsules for safety.
Espresso Media
Sputnik: The Shocking Launch that Changed History
This video discusses the impact of the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, by the Soviet Union in 1957. It covers the panic it caused in the United States, the response of the American military, and the eventual launch of...
NASA
NASA | The Road to Glory
Glory is a unique research satellite designed to orbit the Earth and achieve two major goals. Glory's first goal is to collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon in the Earth's atmosphere and climate system; its second...
Mediacorp
Saving Indonesia's Citarum River: A Nature-inspired Solution to Man-made Pollution
This video discusses the operation that aims to restore the Citarum River through the planting of trees. The project addresses man-made problems that have turned the river into one of the dirtiest in the world. With the help of...
Next Animation Studio
Piece of Russian debris almost vaporized Chinese satellite
A few years after creating a cloud of space debris by blowing up one of its satellites, Chinese officials are now calling for the U.N. to stop such behavior.
NASA
NASA | X-ray 'Echoes' Probe Habitat of Monster Black Hole
Astronomers using data from the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton satellite have found a long-sought X-ray signal from NGC 4151, a galaxy that contains a supermassive black hole. The discovery promises a new way to unravel what's...
Next Animation Studio
China says SpaceX satellites are trying to hit its space station
Beijing complained bitterly to the U.N. about having to avoid collisions twice, but its anti-satellite missile test did much worse to the ISS.
Espresso Media
Ariane 5: Navigating Orbits
Ariane 5 part 7/8: In this video, we learn about the different types of orbits and the importance of payload fairing in moving from one orbit to another. The Ariane Group is developing the Ariane 6 rocket, which offers more flexibility...
Curated Video
Google Maps Secrets: How Exactly Does Google Maps Work?
How Google Maps work? How does Google Maps know about the traffic conditions? How is it so accurate about predicting traffic conditions? This is a short, animated videos for kids and laymen to understand the science and technology that...
Flipping Physics
AP Physics 1: Review of Universal Gravitation
Review of the Universal Gravitation topics covered in the AP Physics 1 curriculum.
Financial Times
The billionaire space race
John Thornhill investigates whether big government or big business will fund the future of space exploration.