PBS
How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System
New ReviewOf all the astronomical phenomena you can witness, the total solar eclipse has to be the most visceral--the most in-your-face reminder that our reality consists of giant balls of rock spinning around stars. It's also the eclipse and...
PBS
Earth Had Rings (and Might Regain Them)
New ReviewPlanet Earth is the jewel of the solar system—the shimmery blue oceans, the verdant green forests, the wispy whimsical cloud formations. Saturn is the only competitor for most gorgeous planet with that giant ring system. Hmm… what if we...
Science360
Extreme Microbes : Extremophiles - Science Nation
Astrobiologist Richard Hoover really goes to extremes to find living things that thrive where life would seem to be impossible - from the glaciers of the Alaskan Arctic to the ice sheets of Antarctica. These so-called, "extremophiles"...
PBS
How Can Matter Be BOTH Liquid AND Gas?
Supercritical Fluids are one the strangest states of matter and yet they are found everywhere from Decaf Coffee, to dry cleaning, to the atmosphere of Jupiter. When we think of an exotic state of matter we tend to think of the really...
PBS
The NEW SCIENCE of Moon Formation
Einstein once asked whether “the moon exists only when I look at it?". It was rhetorical objection to the idea that measurement in quantum mechanics causes reality to become real. But there was a time when the moon didn’t exist, and then...
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Venus May Have Life!
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...
PBS
Interstellar Expansion Without Faster Than Light Travel
New ReviewIn the far future we may have advanced propulsion technologies like matter-antimatter engines and compact fusion drives that allow humans to travel to other stars on timescales shorter than their own lives. But what if those technologies...
Curated Video
New and Ancient Lessons from Lunar Eclipses
Ancient perceptions of lunar eclipses weren’t as primitive as one might think. Some rigorous math was applied to these cosmic events that shaped our understanding of the solar system.
Curated Video
Titan: Moons of the Solar System (3/4)
The landing of the Huygens probe in 2005 unveiled the surface of Saturn's mysterious largest moon for the first time in history. Six years on, the data from the mission and its Cassini mother craft has revealed it to be a fascinating...
Curated Video
The Moon: Moons of the Solar System (4/4)
When Apollo 17 lifted off from the lunar surface in 1972, it ended the greatest chapter of exploration in human history. For nearly 40 years the moon has remained abandoned and untouched. But the secrets locked up in the Apollo samples...
Curated Video
Europa: Moons of the Solar System (1/4)
The quest to find life elsewhere in the universe is biggest in modern science. An ice covered ocean on a small world orbiting Jupiter may hold the answers to this fundamental question. Archive footage appears courtesy of Footagevault....
Curated Video
Phobos & Deimos: Moons of the Solar System (2/4)
Named after the Greek gods of fear and dread, Mars's two moons remained undiscovered until the late 19th century. Since the start of the Space Race they've been minor supporting characters in our quest to understand the Red Planet, but...
Jam Campus
PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM SONG (KARAOKE VERSION)
Do you know the planets of our solar system? See if you can sing this karaoke version of The Planets of the Solar System song. Bonus points if you don't even have to look at the screen! ✌SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://bit.ly/2F48qzK 🙏...
Science360
Urban Hydrofarmers Project sows seeds of success among resilient youth
These city kids from Boston may not look like conventional farmers, but they're spending part of their summer getting their hands dirty--or more like wet! They're learning how to build solar-powered hydroponic systems that grow organic...
Jam Campus
PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM SONG (Parody of The Chainsmokers - Closer)
✌SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://bit.ly/2F48qzK 📩 [FREE DOWNLOAD] 7 SECRETS OF MAKING YOUR OWN SONGS: http://eepurl.com/geN6WT 🎧 SEE OUR FULL SONG LIBRARY → New music videos added every week: https://www.jamcampus.com 🔥NEED A VIDEO...
TED Talks
TED: Lessons from a solar storm chaser | Miho Janvier
Space physicist Miho Janvier studies solar storms: giant clouds of particles that escape from the Sun and can disrupt life on Earth (while also producing amazing auroras). How do you study the atmosphere on the Sun, which burns at...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Newton's three-body problem explained | Fabio Pacucci
In 2009, researchers ran a simple experiment. They took everything we know about our solar system and calculated where every planet would be up to 5 billion years in the future. They ran over 2,000 simulations, and the astonishing...
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
High School Astronomer Uses Math to Find Planets
There is no minimum age for scientific discovery. Young scientists ask questions about topics that have puzzled humans for hundreds of years. This audio story introduces a high school senior who uses math to help astronomers search for...
PBS
How Earth REALLY Moves Through the Galaxy
Perhaps you’ve seen videos of how the planets of the solar system move through the universe in this cool helix. Not only are these misleading, but the Earth’s real motion - YOUR motion through the universe, is way more complicated and...
PBS
JWST Discovered The Farthest Star Ever Seen!
New ReviewTo understand where we came from—how earth, the solar system, the galaxy became what they are today—we need to understand the beginning of time. For example, how did the first galaxies pull themselves together from the dark...
SciShow
How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?
What kinds of tools do astronomers use to calculate the age of the universe, and how can they determine the speed of its expansion?
SciShow
How We Solved the Mystery of Pulsating Auroras
Astronomers have finally observed what causes pulsating auroras, and our estimates of the mass of the Andromeda Galaxy have shrunk.
SciShow
Celebrating Stephen Hawking’s Most Famous Discoveries
Last week we lost legendary scientist Stephen Hawking. To honor of one of the greatest legacies in cosmology, we wanted to celebrate and unpack some of his most famous findings.
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Could We Terraform Mars?
We already have the technology to bring humans safely to Mars and set up small settlements - or at least could do within a generation. But those settlements will need to be cocooned - shielded against the deadly cold, intense radiation,...