Instructional Video18:32
PBS

How Will We (Most Likely) Discover Alien Life?

12th - Higher Ed
The first discovery of extraterrestrial life will almost certainly NOT be when it visits us, nor when we visit it. It won’t be when we see it’s stray TV signals. It’ll be in the excruciatingly faint changes in the color of alien sunsets...
Instructional Video13:02
PBS

Venus May Have Life!

12th - Higher Ed
If you rank the most habitable places in our solar system Venus lands pretty low, with surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead and sulphuric acid rain. And yet it may have just jumped to the front of the pack. In fact, we may have...
Instructional Video6:23
SciShow

Launching Rockets Mid-Air

12th - Higher Ed
If you picture a rocket launch, do you imagine it taking off from a hot air balloon? In this episode, we'll learn how using balloons to launch sounding rockets advanced our understanding of planet Earth, radiation, and how to keep...
Instructional Video26:13
SciShow

What Do Magnetic Fields Actually Do? | SciShow Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
So what exactly do magnetic fields actually do? What would happen if they went away? Turns out, it could be catastrophic! SciShow will explain it all in this fun new episode hosted by Michael Aranda!
Instructional Video25:14
SciShow

5 of Earth's Weirdest Lakes | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
Our planet is full of beautiful places, but it’s also full of wonderfully weird places. We've put together some of our favorite episodes about our planet’s weirdest lakes!
Instructional Video4:46
SciShow

How Studying Venus Saved Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, seemed too good to be true when they were first created, and before long astronomers studying Venus' atmosphere discovered what could go wrong with this "miracle molecule."
Instructional Video5:58
SciShow

This Image Might Show Exomoons Forming! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have conclusively imaged a circumplanetary disk around a distant exoplanet, and Jupiter's auroras claim the spotlight with their unique Birkeland currents.
Instructional Video3:51
SciShow

A Smelly Comet and a Record-Breaking Skydive

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space News gives you a whiff of comet 67P, and takes you through a record-breaking skydive from an altitude five times the height of Mount Everest.
Instructional Video5:28
SciShow

What if Earth Was Hit by a Giant Solar Flare?

12th - Higher Ed
Solar storms are really common, but occasionally they can be huge, causing more than pretty light shows in the auroras. What would happen nowadays if we had a massive solar storm?
Instructional Video15:52
TED Talks

David Keith: A critical look at geoengineering against climate change

12th - Higher Ed
Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat?
Instructional Video4:09
SciShow

3 New Missions Just Left for Mars! | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
A launch window that only happens every 26 months means it’s the perfect time to head to Mars! The United Arab Emirates, China, and the United States all took advantage of this excellent timing.
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 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 Video3:41
MinutePhysics

Impossible Muons

12th - Higher Ed
This video is about how terrestrial muons are part of our experimental proof of time dilation, length contraction, and special relativity in general.





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Instructional Video4:26
SciShow

Earth Has a New, Orbiting Disco Ball!

12th - Higher Ed
Earth has some new orbiters, and while one of them is vexing many scientists, another will help us learn more about our atmosphere.
Instructional Video2:49
SciShow

Baumgartner's Super Sonic Dive

12th - Higher Ed
Hank acknowledges the amazing feat performed by Felix Baumgartner and answers many of your questions about why it is so amazing.
Instructional Video8:32
SciShow

The Two-Faced Role of Planetary Magnetic Fields

12th - Higher Ed
Given that Earth’s magnetic field helps protect its life-sustaining atmosphere, you might think that the stronger a planet’s magnetic field, the better. But as it turns out, some planets’ relationships with their magnetic fields are a...
Instructional Video25:56
SciShow

Magnificent Magnetic Fields | Compilation

12th - Higher Ed
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!
Instructional Video4:17
SciShow

Weird Places The Endless Lightning at Lake Maracaibo

12th - Higher Ed
During peak thunderstorm season, Lake Maracaibo has an average of 28 lightning strikes per minute hit its surface. But why?
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

How Radioactivity Makes Planets Habitable | Space News

12th - Higher Ed
The perfect balance of radioactive elements inside planets like ours might make it habitable, and researchers are challenging some ideas about how Mars is losing its water.
Instructional Video4:19
SciShow

The James Webb Space Telescope Is Assembled! Finally! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
We have some good news this week for all the James Webb fans out there, as well as a look a some creative chemistry that may help us find the first solid evidence of an exomoon!
Instructional Video10:33
Crash Course

Jupiter

12th - Higher Ed
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. The gas giant is NOT a failed star, but a really successful planet! It has a dynamic atmosphere with belts and zones, as well as an enormous red spot that’s actually a persistent...
Instructional Video15:26
Astrum

The Unique Characteristics of Saturn

Higher Ed
Almost everything you could want to know about the sixth planet to the Sun, Saturn.
Instructional Video13:49
Astrum

Scientists Are Stumped by Saturns Behavior

Higher Ed
New NASA Cassini data shows that Saturn is not the world we once thought it was...