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...

In this video, we explore the fascinating characteristics and significance of our moon. From its formation billions of years ago to its impact on Earth's tides, the moon has played a crucial role in shaping our understanding of astronomy...

Upon viewing the Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon video series, students will be able to do the following: Cite some of the characteristics of Earth which make it unique in our solar system, including: Earth's moderate temperature, the...

Upon viewing the Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon video series, students will be able to do the following: Cite some of the characteristics of Earth which make it unique in our solar system, including: Earth's moderate temperature, the...

This video takes a scientific look at some of the important characteristics of the earth, moon, and sun. Differences and likenesses between earth, moon, and sun are discussed as well as how scientists explore these bodies. The main...

This video looks at moons: celestial objects that orbit planets. This video focuses on Earth’s moon: its formation, rotation, orbit, atmosphere, temperature, exploration, size, topography and how it effects life on Earth through the tides.

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

NASA's Dragonfly -- a robotic rotorcraft-lander that's designed to hop across the surface of an extraterrestrial body -- is set to voyage deep into the solar system to explore Titan, Saturn's largest moon, in 2026. Planetary scientist...

It’s becoming harder and harder to categorize moons as moons.

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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...

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...

Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy a spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos NASA JPL's "Eyes on the Solar System" -- free-to-use software for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun...

Is there life beyond earth? Join NASA's director of planetary science James Green for a survey of the places in our solar system that are most likely to harbor alien life.

Is there extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Or are we alone? Take a journey to the ocean worlds on Jupiter and Saturn to investigate the possibility. -- Deep in our solar system, a new era of exploration is unfolding. Beneath...

SciShow Space takes you to the moon! Learn about the competing theories about how Earth's closest neighbor formed.

You're familiar with the Moon, but it's not only our moon, depending on your point of view.

SciShow Space takes you to the moon! Learn about the competing theories about how Earth's closest neighbor formed.

Plenty of other planets in the Solar System have rings. So why not Earth?

We all know that many planets have moons orbiting them, but is it possible for those moons have little moons of their own?

In five billion years, the Sun's going to evolve into a red giant. That's bad news for Earth, but exciting for some of the worlds a little farther out.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been teaching us about the moon for a decade now, and it's still going! What we’re learning from it will make space exploration and future moon missions much easier for future astronauts.

There's still a lot we don't know about the moon!

As we continue our search for life out in the universe, it's important that we leave no stone, or moon, unturned.

The new year is off to a great start for space exploration! New Horizons has passed the farthest object ever visited by a spacecraft, and China put a lander on the dark side of the Moon!