Crash Course
Crash Course Astronomy #40: Gamma Ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts are not only incredible to study, but their discovery has an epic story all its own. Today Phil takes you through some Cold War history and then dives into what we know. Bursts come in two rough varieties: Long and...
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 20.2: Glow On
Hve you ever wondered why some stars are brighter than others? You might think it's because they're closer to us, but that's not the whole story? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats about how stars glow and how...
Kurzgesagt
You Tube: Kurzgesagt: Atoms as Big as Mountains Neutron Stars Explained
Neutron Stars are some of the strangest things in the Universe. Not quite massive enough to become black holes they are basically atoms as big as mountains with properties so extreme it's mind-blowing. And if you get too close to a...
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Mitk12 Videos: #Ask Mit: Why Do Stars Twinkle and Move?
Astronomer and MIT professor Anna Frebel answers the questions, "Why do stars twinkle instead of shine steady?" and "Do stars move at night or do they just look like they do because of the earth spinning?" [3:01]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cosomology and Astronomy: Birth of Stars
Video explaining the birth of stars in the universe. [7:58]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stellar Parallax: Stellar Parallax
Video lecture provides an introduction to stellar parallax. [9:26]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quasars and Galactive Collisions: Quasar Correction
Sal Khan offers a correction to his Quasar video. [1:45]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life and Death of Stars: Supernova Clarification
Supernova clarification based upon Sal Khan's lesson on supernovae that the explosion was observed 1,000 years ago, but the actual event was 7,500 years ago. [1:31]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life and Death of Stars: Supernova (Supernovae)
Khan Academy delves into supernova (Supernovae) in this video lesson. [11:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life and Death of Stars: Lifecycle of Massive Stars
Discusses the lifecycle of massive stars, ones that are many times larger than our own Sun. [6:41]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life and Death of Stars: Star Field and Nebula Images
Presents and discusses images of stars forming and their evolution. [7:04]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cepheid Variables: Why Cepheids Pulsate
A video tutorial showing why cepheids pulsate. [7:10]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Life and Death of Stars: Birth of Stars
Describes the processes taking place when a star is born. [7:57]
University of Manchester
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics: The Sounds of Pulsars
Defines pulsars and provides examples of their actual sounds recorded with radio telescopes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Threshold 2: Stars Light Up
A video documenting how the early Universe was dark and cold until a star was born when few atoms of hydrogen and helium got together. [2:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cepheid Variables 1
A video exploring what Cepheid variable is and how it was discovered. [9:23]
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Star Stories
A video preview of Star Stories. Star Stories focuses on the advances in cosmology and astrophysics that have won Nobel Prizes and brought us more understanding of the stars. [1:06]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Gazing Up at a Double Sun
Astronomers have found multiple planets orbiting a double star system. [10 mins. 55 secs.]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stellar Parallax: Stellar Parallax Clarification
Expands upon information in an earlier video on stellar parallax, in response to a viewer's question about angles and triangles.