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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...
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3 Solar Systems Scientists Still Don’t Understand
From gigantic planets too close to their stars, to those in unfathomably wide orbits, astronomers have discovered seemingly impossible solar systems that shouldn’t exist at all. But they do.
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Did a Planet Escape the Solar System?
Astronomers still aren't sure about how our solar system might have formed, but they have simulations to help them get closer to the answer!
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...
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...
NASA
NASA | Tracking Space Weather for New Horizons
A few months before New Horizons was due to reach Pluto, a community of scientists came together to determine just what kind of a environment the mission would experience during its historic flyby. While the simulations aren't 100%...
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
Gravity Assist: Lucy and the Space Fossils, with Hal Levison
To get a more complete understanding of the full history of our solar system, NASA is sending a spacecraft called Lucy to investigate the Trojans, mysterious small objects that share an orbit of the Sun with Jupiter. Principal...
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....
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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...
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...
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How Tech Designed for Space Is Saving Lives on Earth
Space technology gets applied in all sorts of ways down here on Earth, making us more comfortable, healthier, and even saving lives!
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We May Have Found the First Exomoon! SciShow News
We’ve discovered what appears to be the first known moon outside of the solar system and new models of Europa’s surface predict the presence of ice blades!
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We Found Water on a Habitable Zone Exoplanet
Researchers found water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet about 110 light-years away, and there's another rock from interstellar space flying through our solar system!
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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...
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....
Astrum
Going Beyond the Edge of Our Solar System
The journey of Voyager I and II beyond the orbit of Neptune.
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Our Galaxy Could Be Full of Exoplanets with Oceans | SciShow News
Earlier this spring NASA announced a new research model that predicts that ocean worlds are far from rare, and our galaxy might be full of them. And a new study examines evidence that Pluto may have had an underground ocean all along!
Curated Video
Space
Dr. Forrester explains how scientists over the centuries have used a variety of tools to gaze into outer space.
PBS
Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past
On July 4th 2016, the Juno spacecraft entered orbit around the planet Jupiter after leaving earth five years ago. The Juno probe will tell us what lies inside the mysterious gas giant and with this information we’ll better understand the...
Mazz Media
Earth (Simple English)
This video includes a quiz and writing activity. Students will learn about Earth's geography, composition, and place in the Solar System. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the...