Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Why Did We Keep Sealed Moon Samples?

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve been sitting on samples of the lunar surface for decades and, with better technology than when they were taken, we are opening them back up to take another look!
Instructional Video4:35
SciShow

It’s Probably Not Aliens on Venus… But It Could Be | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Is there life on Venus? If there is, it would have to be unlike anything we’ve ever seen! New evidence means the possibility of life there is in question, but it could also mean a few other things.
Instructional Video3:34
SciShow

New Earth-Size Planet and a Solar Eclipse

12th - Higher Ed
Caitlin Hofmeister gives you the latest news from around the universe, including Kepler's latest exoplanet discovery, an upcoming solar eclipse, and a breathtaking image from Hubble.
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

New Evidence of Water on Jupiter! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve got some new evidence for water beneath Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, and a new model of Jupiter’s weird magnetic field.
Instructional Video5:55
SciShow

Why It's So Hard to Land on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve sent more spacecraft to Mars than any other planet, but around half of the probes that have ever attempted to explore Mars have either crashed or disappeared.
Instructional Video5:14
SciShow

How We Solved the Mystery of Pulsating Auroras

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers have finally observed what causes pulsating auroras, and our estimates of the mass of the Andromeda Galaxy have shrunk.
Instructional Video8:44
PBS

Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?

12th - Higher Ed
Humans have been talking about space colonization for quite some time, but our neighboring planets are not exactly the most hospitable places. If we are ever going to be successful, we should probably figure out where we could reasonably...
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

Could Water Survive on the Closest Exoplanet?

12th - Higher Ed
Exoplanets are being discovered in the habitable zone to sustain life as we know it. Could water be found on the closest exoplanet to us?
Instructional Video6:06
SciShow

Our Roadmap to Fix Climate Change | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final part of its sixth assessment report. In it, they steer away from the gloom and doom and remind us of a future that's still remarkably possible.
Instructional Video14:17
TED Talks

TED: Africa's great carbon valley -- and how to end energy poverty | James Irungu Mwangi

12th - Higher Ed
Our lives depend on curbing climate change, but so many priorities seem to be in competition. What's the most urgent thing humanity can do right now? Social entrepreneur James Irungu Mwangi tells us why Africa could be the ideal home for...
Instructional Video4:28
SciShow

What's It Like On Mercury?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes you on a tour of Mercury, the sun's closest friend, where a year is just a day and half long, and the surface holds many surprises -- like ice!
Instructional Video3:47
SciShow

Why We Send Animals to Space

12th - Higher Ed
What happens when you send a duck, a rooster and a sheep with monkeys and dogs into space? Scientists had to find out -- and for decades, they've been studying life in space with the help of some crawly, wiggly, fluttery, furry friends.
Instructional Video2:38
MinuteEarth

The Faint Young Sun Paradox!

12th - Higher Ed
This video was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. To learn more, visit https://www.heisingsimons.org/ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Emily Elert (@eelert) Script Editor: Rachel Becker (@RA_Becks) Video...
Instructional Video5:29
SciShow

Earth Used to Have 19-Hour Days (and Pluto Has Dunes!)

12th - Higher Ed
According to a new model, days on Earth used to really fly by, and today Pluto has wind-swept dunes made of very weird sand.
Instructional Video13:48
TED Talks

Joanne Chory: How supercharged plants could slow climate change

12th - Higher Ed
Plants are amazing machines -- for millions of years, they've taken carbon dioxide out of the air and stored it underground, keeping a crucial check on the global climate. Plant geneticist Joanne Chory is working to amplify this special...
Instructional Video4:58
SciShow

Punching and Burning Space Rocks… for Science! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Sometimes, in order to learn something, you've got to punch a giant asteroid.
Instructional Video5:26
SciShow

How Does Titan Still Have an Atmosphere?

12th - Higher Ed
From what we know about Titan, it seems like its atmosphere should have disappeared millions of years ago. So, why hasn’t it?
Instructional Video3:37
SciShow

The Most Dangerous Part of Space Travel Coming Home

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes you through perhaps the scariest part of every space mission -- re-entry. How do astronauts survive the turbulent return to Earth’s atmosphere? Math, y’all!
Instructional Video4:24
SciShow

A Dying Hot Jupiter and The Birth of Carbon Planets

12th - Higher Ed
We think we discovered a Hot Jupiter being consumed by its star! Hank Green explains this and the birth of carbon planets in this episode of SciShow News.
Instructional Video6:00
SciShow

A New Idea About Tabby's Star!

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers might have finally discovered part of why Tabby's Star acts so strangely and we have some new ideas about what triggers a type Ia supernova.
Instructional Video4:52
SciShow

Can’t Sleep? Blame the Climate Crisis

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we bring you two surprising effects of the climate crisis: less sleep and more dying trees.
Instructional Video5:37
SciShow

Record Cold Winter Could Be Thanks To Global Warming

12th - Higher Ed
Some people argue that the Polar Vortex is evidence against global climate change, but there’s actually growing evidence that a warming Arctic means colder winters.
Instructional Video4:39
SciShow

A Planet Only Half Covered in Volcanoes | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have found a world that might be half volcanoes, half ball of ice, and it could teach us a lot about how life began on earth.
Instructional Video3:42
SciShow

We Are Sending a Probe into the Sun

12th - Higher Ed
Why are we sending a rocket into the sun? SciShow Space explains the why, what and how of Solar Probe Plus, a mission that'll give us our closest look yet at our nearest star.