SciShow Kids
Let's Make the Solar System
Tag along with Jessi and Squeaks to learn how to make your very own model of the Solar System!
Bozeman Science
ESS1B - Earth and the Solar System
In this video Paul Andersen explains the parts of the Solar System; including the planets, dwarf planets, moons and asteroids. He explains how everything orbits around the Sun and how a proper understanding of this heliocentric model...
SciShow
These Icy Rocks Might Be from Another Solar System | SciShow News
New research suggests that Venus’ patterned crust might currently be more active than we thought! Astrophysicists have also modeled the orbits of mysterious objects between Jupiter and Neptune, and found that they could have come from...
Astrum
Going Beyond the Edge of Our Solar System
The journey of Voyager I and II beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Curated Video
Is There a Hidden Massive Planet in Our Solar System?
New ReviewSomething heavy seems to be causing Uranus and Neptune to move in a different orbit than what we can currently account for with the celestial objects we know of. Is there a 9th planet? Does planet 9 exist? Is planet X real? What might it...
Mazz Media
Solar System
This live-action video program is about the term solar system. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term solar system through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
SciShow
How the Movement of Other Planets Affects Earth — Yes, Really
Scientists have found at least three cycles in nature that can be traced back to the alignment of the planets. And while they won’t tell you anything about your love life or personality, by studying them, we can learn about our planet’s...
SciShow
New Evidence of Water on Jupiter! SciShow News
We’ve got some new evidence for water beneath Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, and a new model of Jupiter’s weird magnetic field.
Professor Dave Explains
History of Astronomy Part 1: The Celestial Sphere and Early Observations
Now that we've learned about how the universe began, as well as the development of the Milky Way galaxy, the solar system, and the Earth, it's time to learn about the human beings that came to inhabit the Earth. Eventually, they began to...
ProTeachersVideo
Teaching Astronomy and Space: Models of the Solar System - Earth, Sun and Moon
Physics teacher and solar astronomer Simon Foster explores how we developed our understanding of the universe and uses our changing models of the solar system to explain how science works.
On location on top of a volcano in the Canary...
NASA
NASA | Scientists Create First Full 3D Model of Eta Carinae Nebula
An international team of astronomers has developed a 3D model of a giant cloud ejected by the massive binary system Eta Carinae during its 19th century outburst. Eta Carinae lies about 7,500 light-years away in the southern constellation...
National Geographic
Watch This Guy Build a Massive Solar System in the Desert | Short Film Showcase
The vastness of space is almost too mind-boggling for the human brain to comprehend. In order to accurately illustrate our place in the universe, one group of friends decided to build the first scale model of the solar system in seven...
National Geographic
Watch This Guy Build a Massive Solar System in the Desert | Short Film Showcase
The vastness of space is almost too mind-boggling for the human brain to comprehend. In order to accurately illustrate our place in the universe, one group of friends decided to build the first scale model of the solar system in seven...
Curated Video
10 Things About The Solar System Your Teachers Never Told You
Remember those old space movies where spaceships had to maneuver through a bunch of asteroids scattered around and blocking the path of the ship? Well, that's not really true. The asteroid belt contains asteroids which are so far apart...
Science ABC
10 Things About The Solar System Your Teachers Never Told You
Remember those old space movies where spaceships had to maneuver through a bunch of asteroids scattered around and blocking the path of the ship? Well, that's not really true. The asteroid belt contains asteroids which are so far apart...
Flipping Physics
Kepler's First Law of Planetary Motion
A brief history of geocentric and heliocentric solar system models are discussed. Kepler's first law is defined. How to draw an ellipse is demonstrated. Planet eccentricities are discussed. This is an AP Physics C: Mechanics topic....
Science Buddies
Make a Model to Explore the Distance from the Planets to the Sun
Do you find it hard to imagine the vastness of the Solar System? This video shows how to use strings to make a scale model of the distances from the planets to the Sun and helps gain a better understanding of interplanetary distances....
Professor Dave Explains
History of Astronomy Part 3: Copernicus and Heliocentrism
Once it was determined that the Earth is round, the next step was to decipher the geometry of the solar system. Does everything rotate around the Earth, like in the geocentric model of Ptolemy? We thought so for thousands of years, but...
Curated Video
Historical Models
New ReviewThis video explains the history of geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system.
NASA
Earth Climate Models Bring Exoplanet To Life
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching....
NASA
NASA | Afterschool Universe: Life Cycle of a Small Star
Afterschool Universe is an out-of-school-time astronomy program for middle school students that explores basic astronomy concepts through engaging hands-on activities and then takes participants on a journey through the Universe beyond...
Astrum
The Crater on Mercury That Defied Conventional Models: MESSENGER Images part 2
When something is as incredibly difficult to get to as Mercury, it is extremely tricky to study. Which is one of the reasons why in all of human history, there have only ever been 2 missions to Mercury, with just one more on the way....
Professor Dave Explains
History of Astronomy Part 4: Kepler's Laws and Beyond
The heliocentric model of Copernicus was extremely controversial in its time, but it wasn't the end of the story. Johannes Kepler used the data of his boss, Tycho Brahe, to further corroborate it, but also show that the planets do not...
NASA
Seas of Infinity: OAO 2's 50th Anniversary
On Dec. 7, 1968, an Atlas-Centaur rocket carrying NASA’s heaviest and most ambitious uncrewed satellite to date blasted into the sky from Launch Complex 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Formally known as Orbiting...