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Crash Course

The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science

12th - Higher Ed
This week on Crash Course: History of the Scientific Revolution—astronomical anomalies accrued. Meanwhile, in Denmark—an eccentric rich dude constructed not one but two science castles! And his humble German assistant synthesized a lot...
Instructional Video3:12
SciShow

Rogue Planet Discovered!

12th - Higher Ed
Today Hank brings us the news of a unique astronomical discovery - a rogue planet. He also allays our fears of an apocalyptic collision with Earth. So, this new planet is awesome, but it needs a different name - CFBDSIR...
Instructional Video5:39
SciShow

Are There Planets More Habitable Than Earth?

12th - Higher Ed
Earth probably isn’t the best place in the universe. It turns out there might be even better places to live that are even more suitable for life: superhabitable planets.
Instructional Video4:27
Mazz Media

The Planets: Science Songs for Kids

6th - 8th
The Planets Song for kids is a science song that teaches young children all about the planets in our solar system. The Planets song helps children remember the names of the planets and their order in our solar system. The Planets Song is...
Instructional Video16:15
TED Talks

Sara Seager: The search for planets beyond our solar system

12th - Higher Ed
Every star we see in the sky has at least one planet orbiting it, says astronomer Sara Seager. So what do we know about these exoplanets, and how can we find out more? Seager introduces her favorite set of exoplanets and shows new...
Instructional Video4:16
Infognostica

Aryans and Dravidians (Great Human Histories Part 2)

9th - 12th
The theory of Aryans and Dravidians is still prevalent in the Subcontinent. What is the truth about it? And could it have a deeper significance than we might think? A much politicised issue, we examine what the facts are, and what the...
Instructional Video4:42
SciShow

The Solar System Might Have a New Dwarf Planet! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
After observing what we thought was just a big asteroid in the asteroid belt, a team of astronomers now thinks this might qualify as a dwarf planet. And scientists had the chance to directly observe the collision of two neutron stars for...
Instructional Video4:01
SciShow

New Dwarf Planet (Maybe) Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
Back in 2014, an international team of astronomers was taking pictures of distant galaxies, when they noticed a dot moving across their images. Could it be Planet Nine?
Instructional Video5:02
SciShow

We Just Took the First Image of a Baby Planet!

12th - Higher Ed
SPHERE took a photo of a baby planet and the origin of the asteroid belt may be less mysterious than we thought.
Instructional Video6:24
Crash Course

Supreme Court of the United States Procedures: Crash Course Government and Politics

12th - Higher Ed
This week Craig Benzine talks about what happens when a case makes it to the Supreme Court of the United States (or the SCOTUS). We're going to focus on court procedure today. We talk about how to petition to get your case heard, how...
Instructional Video6:34
TED Talks

Jeremy Kasdin: The flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers believe that every star in the galaxy has a planet, one fifth of which might harbor life. Only we haven't seen any of them -- yet. Jeremy Kasdin and his team are looking to change that with the design and engineering of an...
Instructional Video5:34
SciShow

Life on an Eyeball Planet? It's Possible

12th - Higher Ed
Tidally locked planets could be more common than Earth-like planets! And these 'eyeball planets' might even be a promising place to look for unique lifeforms!
Instructional Video9:53
TED Talks

TED: Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future | Liam Young

12th - Higher Ed
Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to...
Instructional Video2:42
MinutePhysics

How Do We Know What Air is Like on Other Planets?

12th - Higher Ed
How do we know what the air is like on planets we haven't visited? This video explains how to see air from 150 light years away. Thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope project at the Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting...
Instructional Video4:17
SciShow

We Found a Planet That Orbits Three Stars..Maybe?

12th - Higher Ed
New simulations of a triple-star system in the constellation Orion suggest that a planet might be orbiting three stars, which could drastically increase the amount of the solar systems we believe are out there forming planets! And the...
Instructional Video8:37
PBS

Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

12th - Higher Ed
Some funky orbits near the Kuiper Belt are hinting towards a brand new planet, the elusive ‘Planet X.’ Our friends Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin of Caltech are working hard to finally spot the potential gas giant through powerful...
Instructional Video3:42
SciShow Kids

Why Are Wet Dogs Smelly?

K - 5th
Squeaks and Jessi made a new friend, Cassie the puppy! They gave her a bath after playing in the mud, but now she smells even worse than before! Why do wet dogs smell so bad?!
Instructional Video4:22
TED Talks

TED: Finding planets around other stars | Lucianne Walkowicz

12th - Higher Ed
How do we find planets -- even habitable planets -- around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz and the Kepler mission have found some 1,200 potential new...
Instructional Video9:57
SciShow

Most Planets Don't Orbit Stars!?

12th - Higher Ed
Hunting for rogue planets is like hunting for an invisible needle in a haystack. But we're getting a much clearer view thanks to gravitational microlensing surveys. And it looks like there are a LOT more of them out there than we thought.
Instructional Video4:43
SciShow

The Oldest Planet Ever Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
We've only found one planet in a globular cluster, where gravitational interactions should usually rip baby planets apart, but that's not all that excites astronomers about PSR 1620-26 b.
Instructional Video5:31
SciShow

A Baby Planet May Have Once Smashed Into Jupiter - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Shortly after Jupiter formed, it might have been struck by an object that may have otherwise become its own planet! And researchers have a new estimate of how many Earth-like planets might exist.
Instructional Video6:30
SciShow

Planets Could Form Around Black Holes! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
This week in space. Scientists have discovered a black hole that could possibly everything we know about black holes, and also, evidence that planets, yes planets, could form around super massive black holes.
Instructional Video5:36
SciShow

New Evidence for Planet 9! SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers have found more evidence for Planet 9, but another study has added another problem to our list of space travel problems.
Instructional Video5:11
SciShow

The Most Metal Planet Fragment Ever

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have discovered a shard of a planet that survived the death of its star and TESS has found the first direct evidence of an exocomet.

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