Satellite images show how fast the Earth is changing due to things like melting glaciers, wildfires, dams, and growing cities. These changes can affect people’s lives, such as forcing them to move or losing access to water and land....

Breakthrough Starshot is a future space mission that plans to send tiny, laser-powered probes to another star system, aiming to reach Proxima b, a potentially Earth-like planet. These spacecraft will travel at 20% the speed of light...

Explore the inspiring story of a self-taught astronomer dedicated to discovering near-Earth objects and building his own telescopes.

In this video, children learn about various celestial objects in space, including asteroids, comets, meteors, and constellations. They also learn a fun mnemonic to remember the order of the planets in our solar system. The video...

Join me today in the nail-biting journey of LUCY.

Real NASA images of the DART impact with Dimorphos.

Everything about NASA's Stardust mission to Comet Wild 2.

Why NASA Needs to Protect Earth from asteroids with DART's mission to Didymos and Dimorphos.

When OSIRIS-REx took a sample from the Nightingale Crater on the Bennu asteroid.

Using a hypothetical "trash droid" to emphasize the severity of ocean pollution, the video highlights the staggering volume of waste—150 million tons currently, projected to reach 600 million tons by 2040—threatening marine ecosystems...

Hubble doesn't just look at distant nebula and galaxies, but has also observed celestial bodies and events in our own solar system. So what has it seen? Images from Hubble / NASA / ESA.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx has now been orbiting the asteroid Bennu for a year already, but what has it discovered so far?

While tiny, Earth now has a second moon, or natural satellite, named 2020 CD3. So, will we have to rewrite the text books?

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?

The Sungrazer comets that were discovered minutes before they vapourised.

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...

Find out what these two principal laws explain about the way energy can and cannot be used throughout the entire Universe. Physics - Energy And Radioactivity - Learning Points. The 1st law of thermodynamics states that energy can neither...

The collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in 1993 was the first collision of its kind to be witnessed by man. Physics - Universe - Learning Points. The comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered orbiting Jupiter in 1993....

An introduction to the Earth's moon. What makes a moon a moon? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. A moon is a natural satellite. Our Moon orbits the Earth roughly every 28 days. The Moon's glow is caused by the reflection of...

How are asteroids in our Solar System formed, where are they found, and what danger do they pose to life on Earth? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Asteroids are made from rock, metal or carbon, while comets are made of rock...

Since Galileo first sighted Saturn, scientists have been baffled by its beautiful rings. What are they made of and where did they come from? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Saturn's rings were first discovered by Galileo in...

Objects composed of rocky or metallic materials, mainly found orbiting the Sun in a region called the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning...

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