Astrum
When Will The Next Naked-eye Supernova Event Happen?
When will the next naked-eye supernova event happen? What will it look like? Will we be safe? Astrum Answers!
Astrum
What Will Happen When Betelgeuse Implodes?
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse. Why were you dimming? Scientists may have finally come up with the answer thanks to data from Hubble.
Astrum
Methuselah's Star and the Age of the Universe
How can scientists possibly know the age of the universe? Well, through a variety of factors, including redshift, the CMBR and more.
Astrum
How NASA Measures Stars
Scientists can't use tape measures, rulers or lasers to measure the astronomical distances to stars and galaxies, so how do we do it?
Science ABC
What Are The Hottest And Coldest Things In The Universe?
Sun is obviously the hottest thing in our Solar System, but it is a mere candle when compared to several other stars and stellar phenomena, particularly supernova. A supernova is a transient event that marks the last evolutionary stage...
Curated Video
Supernova
The explosion of a massive star at the end of its life. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract...
Curated Video
White dwarf
A small, extremely dense star characterised by high temperature and luminosity, no longer capable of nuclear fusion. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
Curated Video
What Are Stars?
What are stars made of? How are they born, how do they live, and how do they die? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Our nearest star is the Sun. A star is formed from a cloud of dust and gas, which shrinks under gravity and...
Curated Video
We Are All Made of Stars
Discover how elements are formed in the centre of stars, and how some elements are formed in even more spectacular conditions. Chemistry - Periodic Table - Learning Points. Most elements were created in space. At the beginning of the...
Curated Video
The Hubble Space Telescope
Witness how the Hubble Space Telescope is helping us to understand how everything in the Universe formed. Physical processes - The Earth and beyond - Beyond our solar system Learning Points The Hubble Telescope has revealed a lot of...
Curated Video
What is a star? For Kids
Climb into a rocket and take a journey across the universe to the place where stars are born. Then learn about the life of stars, supernovas and how our own star, The Sun, gives life to all living things.
Curated Video
Exploring the Phenomenon of Supernovas
A supernova is a spectacular explosion of a star that leads to the creation of a new star, enriching the surrounding space with elements like hydrogen and helium. This cosmic event, among the brightest stellar explosions ever observed,...
Curated Video
GCSE Physics - The Life Cycle Of Stars / How Stars are Formed and Destroyed #84
This video covers: - How stars form, live and die - How they transition between a nebula, protostar, main sequence star - And then either red giant, white dwarf and black dwarf - Or red super giant, supernova, and then neutron star or...
Curated Video
Betelgeuse - Will It Become A Supernova?
Learn about Betelgeuse -- a red supergiant star also known as Alpha Orionis that is one of the largest stars of its class -- with this Space Science video from KLT.
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Binary Star Systems
Our solar system has just one star in it, the sun. But this is actually not the most common situation for systems. Most systems are multi-star systems, with binary systems being extremely common. These are systems where two stars orbit...
Curated Video
The Life Cycle of Stars and the Impact of Mass
The video explains the life cycle of a star, starting from a nebula, gravitational pull forming a protostar, the process of nuclear fusion, formation of a main sequence star, production of elements through fusion, expansion of a main...
Astrum
How do we know the universe is 13.8 billion years old?
How can scientists possibly know the age of the universe? Well, through a variety of factors, including redshift, the CMBR and more.
Science360
Super Stars
Who are the biggest super stars in the universe? For Adam Burrows, an astrophysics professor at Princeton University, it's not who, but ""what,"" and they are far from Hollywood, or even Earth, for that matter. Burrows would tell you...
Next Animation Studio
Astronomers say fast radio burst detected in the Milky Way produced by highly magnetized star
The first fast radio burst to be discovered in the Milky Way has been traced back to a magnetar known as SGR 1935+2154 located 32,616 light-years away from Earth, astronomers researching the phenomena told Nature magazine.
Curated Video
What Are The Hottest And Coldest Things In The Universe?
Sun is obviously the hottest thing in our Solar System, but it is a mere candle when compared to several other stars and stellar phenomena, particularly supernova. A supernova is a transient event that marks the last evolutionary stage...
Physics Girl
5 AMAZING stars we’ve discovered in space!
5 of the most unusual, amazing and interesting stars we've discovered in our universe. Red giants, supernovas, hybrid stars, orbiting binaries, large stars, old stars, small stars, we've discovered thousands of stars within our milky way...
AllTime 10s
10 Astronomical Events That Will Happen In Your Lifetime
From comets to the very special birth of a star, get your telescopes and calendars at the ready as AllTime10's brings you 10 Astronomical Events That Will Happen In Your Lifetime!
Next Animation Studio
Earth's gold formed by stellar collisions, scientists say
American astronomers have revealed that gold is likely the byproduct of the cataclysmic merger of neutron stars, according to the USA today.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Astronomy from 40,000 Feet and 43.5 Degrees South: Podcast
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on August 31, 2017.