Instructional Video6:16
SciShow

Phytoplankton: Arguably the Most Important Life on Earth

12th - Higher Ed
There are incredible creatures living in the ocean that have the power to reshape the planet’s atmosphere - and you’ve probably never even seen them before. These microscopic critters are called phytoplankton, and almost all life, both...
Instructional Video3:06
SciShow

How Long Would You Survive on Mars?

12th - Higher Ed
Just how long could you survive on the surface of Mars without a spacesuit? Find out what it'd be like to stand on the surface of Mars, if you forgot to pack properly.
Instructional Video4:46
SciShow

The First Time We Landed on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
We've successfully landed 10 different craft on Mars, but they all owe a bit of their success to Mars 3.
Instructional Video3:41
Be Smart

How to See Time Travel!!!

12th - Higher Ed
Build your own cloud chamber particle detector and test relativity at home!
Instructional Video5:16
SciShow

The Giant, Amazing Machines NASA Built for the Shuttle

12th - Higher Ed
For decades the space shuttle was integral to space exploration. In orbit it helped build the ISS, but on the ground it needed help from other gigantic machines.
Instructional Video4:19
SciShow

The Arizona Fireball and Planet Nine's Origins

12th - Higher Ed
An asteroid streaked across Arizona's night sky, and we have a new theory on where the hypothetical Planet Nine came from.
Instructional Video2:40
SciShow

Can You Get a Sunburn Behind a Window?

12th - Higher Ed
If you’re not lounging on the beach on a hot summer day, why would you think to put on sunscreen? Well, you might need sunscreen more often than you think.
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow

On This Planet, the Floor Is Actually Lava | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We have new insights into the bizarre nature of lava planets, and the icy moon Europa may yet reveal some of her salty secrets.
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

We’re Talking To Aliens

12th - Higher Ed
We’ve done a lot of searching for life in the universe and we need to continue to if we hope to make contact. But not all of our attempts were expected to succeed. That’s where Beacon in the Galaxy comes in.
Instructional Video5:33
SciShow

How Saturn's Moons Could Help Us Live in Space

12th - Higher Ed
As we continue our search for life out in the universe, it's important that we leave no stone, or moon, unturned.
Instructional Video4:13
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How a single-celled organism almost wiped out life on Earth - Anusuya Willis

Pre-K - Higher Ed
There's an organism that changed the world. It caused the first mass extinction in Earth's history and also paved the way for complex life. How? Anusuya Willis explains how cyanobacteria, simple organisms that don't even have nuclei or...
Instructional Video3:24
Be Smart

Whose Air do we Share?

12th - Higher Ed
Earth's atmosphere is big, but not as big as many people think. All the air that keeps us alive is just a thin candy shell around our planet. In this episode, echoing the words of John F. Kennedy, I'll show you the science of how we all...
Instructional Video4:33
SciShow

China's Almost Ready to Build Their Space Station

12th - Higher Ed
The International Space Station might be getting a new neighbor because China has big plans for their future in space!!
Instructional Video8:31
PBS

5 Ways to Stop a Killer Asteroid

12th - Higher Ed
When it comes to dangerous asteroids striking Earth, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. We have begun to track projectiles large enough to destroy our planet, and we are in the clear for the foreseeable future. However,...
Instructional Video4:50
SciShow

The Hottest Planet Ever

12th - Higher Ed
NASA is launching a mission to send a probe into the sun, and it's the first to be named after a living scientist: Eugene Parker and the Parker Solar Probe! Astronomers have found another hot topic, and it's the hottest planet we've ever...
Instructional Video4:03
SciShow

How Do Spacecraft Survive Re-Entry?

12th - Higher Ed
How do spacecraft survive the enormous heat and crushing g's of re-entry? And why don't astronauts actually land in rockets, like they do in cartoons and comic books? SciShow Space explains!
Instructional Video4:08
SciShow

25 Years of Hubble, and MESSENGER's Grand Finale

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News explains two of the Hubble Space Telescope's most important discoveries, and why the MESSENGER probe is about to crash into Mercury.
Instructional Video4:37
SciShow

How Climate Change Is Creating More Space Junk

12th - Higher Ed
You’ve probably heard a lot about how climate change is affecting our planet, but did you know a warming climate also affects objects in space?
Instructional Video7:37
PBS

Should We Colonize Venus Instead of Mars?

12th - Higher Ed
Mars One. The Mars Rover. Bruno Mars. Mars Bars. It's pretty clear we're OBSESSED with the idea of Mars, especially in regard to it being a potential colony for earthlings. But is that really the best option? Is there a better place for...
Instructional Video10:36
Curated Video

Venus

12th - Higher Ed
Venus is a gorgeous naked-eye planet, hanging like a diamond in the twilight -- but it’s beauty is best looked at from afar. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, due to a runaway...
Instructional Video5:12
SciShow

The Hardest Things About Living on Mars

12th - Higher Ed
Creating a Mars colony is a dream for many people, but it comes with some unique and challenging problems.
Instructional Video5:00
SciShow

The Most Anticipated Space Missions of 2022 | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
2022 is looking like a great year for space exploration! Let's dig into three of the missions that we're really excited to watch unfold!
Instructional Video4:11
SciShow

Why These Two Planets SHOULD Be the Same

12th - Higher Ed
You'd think that two planets with similar stats, orbits, and parent stars would grow up to be pretty similar, but these twins have atmospheres that beg to differ.
Instructional Video0:59
SciShow

Sucking CO₂ from the Atmosphere #shorts #SciShow #ClimeworksTeamEarth #climatechange #climeworks

12th - Higher Ed
Sucking CO₂ from the Atmosphere #shorts #SciShow #ClimeworksTeamEarth #climatechange #climeworks