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Why Did We Keep Sealed Moon Samples?
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!
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It’s Probably Not Aliens on Venus… But It Could Be | SciShow News
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.
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New Earth-Size Planet and a Solar Eclipse
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.
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New Evidence of Water on Jupiter! SciShow News
We’ve got some new evidence for water beneath Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, and a new model of Jupiter’s weird magnetic field.
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Why It's So Hard to Land on Mars
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.
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How We Solved the Mystery of Pulsating Auroras
Astronomers have finally observed what causes pulsating auroras, and our estimates of the mass of the Andromeda Galaxy have shrunk.
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Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?
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...
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Could Water Survive on the Closest Exoplanet?
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?
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Our Roadmap to Fix Climate Change | SciShow News
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.
TED Talks
TED: Africa's great carbon valley -- and how to end energy poverty | James Irungu Mwangi
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...
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What's It Like On Mercury?
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!
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Why We Send Animals to Space
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.
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The Faint Young Sun Paradox!
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...
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Earth Used to Have 19-Hour Days (and Pluto Has Dunes!)
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.
TED Talks
Joanne Chory: How supercharged plants could slow climate change
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...
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Punching and Burning Space Rocks… for Science! | SciShow News
Sometimes, in order to learn something, you've got to punch a giant asteroid.
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How Does Titan Still Have an Atmosphere?
From what we know about Titan, it seems like its atmosphere should have disappeared millions of years ago. So, why hasn’t it?
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The Most Dangerous Part of Space Travel Coming Home
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!
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A Dying Hot Jupiter and The Birth of Carbon Planets
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.
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A New Idea About Tabby's Star!
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.
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Can’t Sleep? Blame the Climate Crisis
Today, we bring you two surprising effects of the climate crisis: less sleep and more dying trees.
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Record Cold Winter Could Be Thanks To Global Warming
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.
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A Planet Only Half Covered in Volcanoes | SciShow News
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.
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We Are Sending a Probe into the Sun
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.