An impressive animation explains the earth's awe-inspiring auroras. The contributions of high-energy particles from the sun collide with our neutral atmospheric atoms. Explained are the roles of solar wind, plasma, the magnetosphere,...

The third video in a series based on the scale of the universe, this lecture uses great images to help expand on the idea of scale. By comparing the distance to the closest star to the progress of Voyager 1 and 2, the narrator gives the...

This mini-episode is really more about magnetic fields than the phenomenon of magnetism. Computer graphics help Bill explain how charged particles from solar wind create the awesome Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis. Mr. Nye also...