TED Talks
Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ...
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar...
SciShow
Could You Get Pregnant in Space?
Researchers are already trying to figure out if people can make space babies. If we need to live in space long-term, will our species be able to reproduce?
SciShow
The Farthest Galaxy We've Ever Seen! | SciShow News
Scientists have spotted a galaxy from the early origins of the universe, and found evidence to support the existence of a 9th planet in our solar system.
SciShow
Could We Have Saved the Opportunity Rover? - SciShow News
For more than a decade, Opportunity has been one of our best tools for understanding Mars, but after eight months of listening and hoping, it was officially time to put the rover to bed.
SciShow
A Ridiculously Huge Pair of Ancient Galaxies
Astronomers have found a couple galaxies that were much larger than expected, and the Opportunity rover might be in for some harsh Martian weather!
Be Smart
The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water
Why is Earth is a blue planet? Because it's covered in water! Where did Earth's water come from? Of course, water isn't unique to our planet. The origin of water traces beyond the solar system to the earliest days of the universe. Here's...
SciShow
Pluto: Still Not A Planet
The ESA is working on a 'fresh-squeezed' spacecraft that will explore Jupiter's moons, and the New Horizons team makes a case for Pluto (and many others)!
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The Sun's So Bright, It's Spinning Slower
Scientists have known the outside of the sun spins slower than the inside for a while, but they didn't know why until recently.
SciShow
What We Learned by Putting Cars on the Moon
To expand their range on visits to the moon, astronauts needed a way to travel faster, go farther, and carry more than walking provided. Thankfully, they had the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
SciShow
Magnificent Magnetic Fields | Compilation
Magnetic fields fill our universe, but here at home we have a very special one that nature uses in a myriad of ways. And further away, other magnetic fields give us fascinating glimpses into the nature of the universe!
SciShow
The Next ISS Experiments, and Pluto's Weird Methane Mountains
A new crew is headed to the ISS, and Pluto seems to have methane snow.
Crash Course
Exoplanets
Today Phil explains that YES, there are other planets out there and astonomers have a lot of methods for detecting them. Nearly 2000 have been found so far. The most successful method is using transits, where a planet physically passes...
SciShow
Three New Exoplanets Close to Home
TESS found 3 new exoplanets around a strangely calm m-dwarf star, and it's possible they could be habitable!
SciShow
Could Life Survive Without a Star?
There are billions of planets out there that don't orbit stars. The sheer abundance of these planets has led some scientists to wonder if life could emerge without a star.
MinuteEarth
Where Did Earth's Water Come From?
Earth didn't have water when it formed, but it does now! How did it get wet?
MinutePhysics
Our Ignorance About Gravity
Thanks to the Heising Simons Foundation (https://www.hsfoundation.org/) for their support of this video, and of short range gravity research. This video is about how little we know about the behavior of gravity at short length and...
SciShow
Why Does Venus Spin Backwards?
We're always learning more about far away galaxies and exoplanets, but we still have some pretty big mysteries hanging out here in the solar system, like why Venus spins the way it does.
SciShow
How Other-Worldly Auroras Help Us Explore the Galaxy
Earth’s northern and southern lights are some of the most magical sights on our planet. But they’re not unique to Earth, and aside from being beautiful, auroras can also give us unusual insights into these other worlds.
SciShow
Could Complex Life Survive on Mars - SciShow News
The water on Mars probably doesn't have much oxygen, but new models show that life doesn't need as much O2 as we thought. And NASA is sending a claw machine to the red planet!
PBS
The Origin of Our First Interstellar Visitor
We were recently visited by a traveler from outside our solar system. This is the first time we've ever seen an object that came to us from interstellar space. It's name is 'Oumuamua.
SciShow
Where Does the Solar System End?
SciShow Space explains how different experts define our the boundaries of our solar system and why it's way more complicated (and interesting) than it sounds.
SciShow
The Biggest Stars in the Galaxy
Learn about hypergiant stars -- stars that make the sun look ridiculously tiny.
SciShow
This Star Might Be Hiding Undiscovered Elements - Przybylski’s Star
Przybylski’s Star has been puzzling astronomers for decades, and it might contain elements or isotopes that scientists have never seen before!