The Hubble Space Telescope is more well known for its picturesque views of nebulae and galaxies, but it's also useful for studying our own planets, including Mars.



Hubble imaged Mars on May 12, 2016 - ten days...

This live-action video program is about the word moon. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word moon through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...

At the beginning of this series, we talked about the Big Bang, which was the beginning of our universe, and what happened in the early epochs thereafter. But what we didn't talk about was how we know all that stuff! What is the evidence...

We've just wrapped up a survey of all the planets and moons in the solar system. But is that all there is? Not even close! There are tons of objects that make up the asteroid belt, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud, you can't even believe...

A significant percentage of the population believes in astrology. This is the notion that the positions of the stars and planets in the sky at the moment of your birth have an influence on your characteristics, and that their positions...

In April, Jupiter will form a special triangle with two bright stars in the night sky, and it'll be visible with the naked eye if you know where to look. Writing in Space.com, Hayden Planetarium astronomy lecturer Joe Rao calls it the...

After many centuries of pure observation, it finally became time for mankind to start doing some science to figure out the dimensions of the Earth and other nearby objects. What were these early experiments? What did they tell us? Let's...

In this video, the teacher explains the basics of the moon, including its size, illumination, rotation, and shape. They also discuss the moon's orbit around the Earth and the phases of the moon. Additionally, the teacher explains how the...

Do you want to learn about space stuff? Do you want understand stars and galaxies, black holes and quasars, dark matter and all the rest? This is the playlist for you! We will start at the beginning of the universe, and get all the way...

Physics teacher and solar astronomer Simon Foster explores how we developed our understanding of the universe and uses our changing models of the solar system to explain how science works.



On location on top of a volcano in...