Curated Video
Beyond our solar system – Odd one out
Four astronomical objects are shown on screen, but which is the only one that is not a constellation? Physical processes -The Earth and beyond - Beyond our solar system Learning Points Cassiopeia, Orion and Ursa Major are the names of...
Curated Video
Constellations - Star Patterns
Take a trip across the night sky and find out about the constellations. Physical processes -The Earth and beyond - Beyond our solar system Learning Points Our solar system is in a galaxy called the Milky Way. Solar systems grouped...
American Museum of Natural History
Skylight: How Does Our Solar System Move Around the Milky Way?
The planets orbit the Sun in a fairly flat plane. How does that plane relate to the orientation of the Milky Way? If we could see the Sun moving among our night sky constellations, which direction would it be heading? Watch this video to...
Next Animation Studio
Real life 'Death Star' observed destroying planets in its own solar system
A dying star is ripping apart planets in its own solar system, according to a team of astronomers who published a paper yesterday in the journal Nature. The star, called WD 1145+017, is a white dwarf in the constellation Virgo. The...
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...
SciShow
We Found a Planet That Orbits Three Stars..Maybe?
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...
Curated Video
Constellations - Night Sky Patterns
Our sky is split into 88 different sections called constellations, which have been recognised and used by humans for centuries. Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Constellations are set patterns of stars, such as Ursa Major....
Visual Learning Systems
Stars and Galaxies: Galaxies
Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of stars....
Visual Learning Systems
Stars and Galaxies: What Are Stars?
Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of stars....
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Galaxies
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Crash Course Kids
Space Compilation
Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. Thus, we've created our Compilation Series. In this video, we look at some of our videos about Space. Sabrina talks to us about the Sun, stars, the universe, and...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Figures in the Sky
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Curated Video
SETI: Are We Alone?
The SETI project scans the skies for alien messages, and controversially claim they succeeded in 1977. Physics - Universe - Learning Points. The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, or SETI, is a collection of scientists who scan...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Our Star the Sun
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Next Animation Studio
Planet search: Three new planets discovered orbiting around an ultracool dwarf star
The search for life beyond our solar system has taken an exciting turn, after a Belgian-led team reported finding planets with the potential to host life. Fox News reports that a team of Belgian astronomers have discovered three new...
NASA
Q&A: Hubble Finds Evidence of Possible Exomoon
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes have uncovered tantalizing evidence for what could be a moon orbiting a gas-giant planet that orbits the star Kepler 1625, located 8,000 light-years away in the constellation...
NASA
Kepler Stares at Neptune
During its K2 campaign, NASA's Kepler spacecraft observed the eighth planet in our solar system, Neptune. Kepler detected small changes in Neptune's brightness caused by the planet's daily rotation, the movement of clouds, and even...
Curated Video
The Wonders of Stars and Constellations
Stars are much bigger and complex than they look from Earth. Learn how they form and how they are classified.
Visual Learning Systems
Stars and Galaxies: Characteristics of Stars
Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of stars....
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Distances in Space
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Summing Up
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Visual Learning Systems
Our Galaxy and Stars: Distances in Space
This captivating series of programs explores many of the amazing features of our universe. Special attention is given to our solar system, distances in space, and stars. Terminology and concepts include: Milky Way Galaxy, light-year,...
SciShow
Can We Redirect Asteroids like in Armageddon? | SciShow News
If you think punching an asteroid to knock it off the course to Earth’s destruction is purely for science fiction, you might only be right a for a little longer! Plus, scientists are being thrown for a loop with the orbits of planets...
TED Talks
Nina Jablonski: Skin color is an illusion
Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies' adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that's because he did not have access to NASA.