Flipping Physics
#7 Mechanics Multiple Choice Solutions - AP Physics C 1998 Released Exam
This problem is about how the gravitational force on a ball changes as it moves up away from a small asteroid.
Science ABC
7 Scientifically Inaccurate Things They Show in Movies: Most Common Movie Mistakes and Myths
Movie mistakes are an inherent part of any movie - it’s almost impossible to make movies without taking certain “creative liberties” to enrich and supplement the plot. In this video, we’ll take a look at some common movie myths that...
Curated Video
What Are Asteroids And Where Do They Come From?
Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun, just like the rest of the planets and celestial bodies in our solar system. Although asteroids are present throughout the solar system, most of them live in the asteroid belt—a...
Weird History
Step-by-Step Timeline of the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Earth's atmosphere, traveling 45,000 miles per hour. The asteroid ripped a hole 18 miles deep in the Earth's crust, triggering devastating winds, seismic waves, and tsunamis. For...
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 6: The Prospects of Heavy Metal
Asteroids, ho! Pioneering space miners dream of Psyche, the largest metal asteroid in the solar system.
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Coolest and Scariest Dinosaurs
Learn all about giant creatures that roamed the earth long before humans, dinosaurs! Understand the differences between velociraptors, protoceratops, the mighty T-rex and more! How did they live? What did they eat? And why did they go...
Mazz Media
Bailey's Big Back Yard: It's Hot
Bailey is planning a fun summer day's activity with Boggs. Bailey realizes that knowing what the weather will be is important and comes to understand that the middle of the day is the hottest time. They learn about keeping themselves and...
Cerebellum
Dinosaurs - Cretaceous period and Extinction
How did dinosaurs get their names? What were the dinosaurs like? How long ago did they live? Can a dinosaur be created from DNA? Did they take care of their young? Why did they die out... or did they? In the Cretaceous Period! This is...
Next Animation Studio
How asteroid mining might work
A new venture called Planetary Resources plans to announce on Tuesday plans to mine asteroids for precious metals. The new company is backed by film director James Cameron and Googles Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, among other proponents....
Curated Video
The hunt for oceans in space
Scientists believe there are oceans buried under thick crusts of ice on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. Sampling them would raise hope of life beyond Earth
NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 55, Psyche Mission Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Psyche Mission Co-investigator Ben Weiss discusses the mission to a unique metal asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
NASA
Gravity Assist: A Special Delivery of Life’s Building Blocks, with Jason Dworkin
When Earth was just a baby, meteors and asteroids rained down, delivering all sorts of chemicals to our developing planet. These small objects could have delivered the chemicals needed to spark life on Earth for the first time.
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 7: Planet Asteroid
What’s in a name? Whether you call it a planet or an asteroid, missions that explore small worlds are always exciting.
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 23
Copper lights the way, nano delivers for osteoarthritis, machine learning fast tracks a gene hunt, and new tech breaks through sign language barriers. It’s 4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week. Copper Lights the...
Next Animation Studio
NASA & ESA to conduct planetary defense tests on asteroid
NASA and the European Space Agency are joining hands for a planetary defense mission in order to learn how to protect Earth from a possible asteroid collision.
Mazz Media
Asteroid
This live-action video program is about the word Asteroid. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Asteroid through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
NASA
Gravity Assist: This Asteroid Is Metal, With Lindy Elkins-Tanton
Scientists will soon have the opportunity to visit a unique object in the asteroid belt called Psyche, which may be the exposed metallic core of a planetary body that stopped growing before it became a big planet like Earth. Dr. Lindy...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Asteroid Hunting with Lindley Johnson
NASA has been on the lookout for any asteroid that could cause our planet harm and, in the thousands of objects found, determined that none poses a threat to Earth.
Next Animation Studio
NASA outlines plan to prepare Earth for an asteroid strike
NASA has come up with a plan to protect the Earth from asteroids, in the unlikely event that one were to hit the planet.
Astrum
What did NASA's Dawn mission discover while at Vesta?
NASA's Dawn spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestial bodies, Vesta and Ceres. But what did it do and discover while it was there?
Next Animation Studio
Asteroid twice the size of the Burj Khalifa to pass Earth this month
A large asteroid classified as “potentially hazardous” by NASA will zoom past Earth on March 21, according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
Next Animation Studio
NASA: Potentially hazardous asteroid the size of the Eiffel Tower will pass close to Earth in December
A 330-meter-wide asteroid, around the size of the Eiffel Tower, is heading towards Earth, and is expected to pass us by on December 11, according to NASA.
Astrum
Did We Just Discover More 'Oumuamua Type Objects?
Oumuamua and Borisov are not the only interstellar interlopers. We know of many more. Here's what we know about them so far.
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 10: Comets: A Love Story
Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker’s love of exploration changed our understanding of the cosmos.