Instructional Video4:57
SciShow

Mind the (Solar System's) Gap

12th - Higher Ed
Giant disks around baby stars filled with gas and dust provide the material to make all sorts of planets, and new evidence proves that our solar system’s had a massive gap in it! And the water vapor in Jupiter’s moon, Europa, might not...
Instructional Video0:54
Curated Video

Light year (ly)

6th - 12th
The distance travelled by light in a vacuum in a year, equal to about 9.5 trillion kilometres.
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A Twig Science
Glossary Film.
Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise...
Podcast50:24
NASA

‎The Rocket Ranch: Episode 2: Some Like it Hot

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Even though our Sun shines bright in the sky, it is shrouded in mystery. In this episode, we'll sit down with scientists working to get us closer to the Sun than ever before.
Instructional Video1:13
Next Animation Studio

Earth’s newest deep-space probe reaches edge of solar system

12th - Higher Ed
On 17 April the half-ton New Horizons spacecraft became only the fifth man-made machine to fly more than 50 astronomical units into deep space.
Instructional Video7:33
Khan Academy

Parsec Definition, Stars, Black Holes and Galaxies, Cosmology and Astronomy

11th - Higher Ed
What is a parsec? Sal's video explains that a parsec is 3.26 light years and that the word itself can be broken down into "par" (meaning parallax) and "sec" (meaning one arc second). He uses illustrations, diagrams, and trigonometric...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: New Horizons Covers the Distance

6th - 8th
When describing distances in the solar system, it can be cumbersome to use common units of length, such as kilometers or miles. Instead, scientists use astronomical units to make the numbers more manageable. Watch this video description...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Stellar Parallax: Parsec Definition

9th - 10th
Defines the word 'parsec,' which is a unit of distance in space, and explains its origin. Also demonstrates examples where this unit of measurement would be used.