Curated Video
There’s a Rectangle Galaxy?
You're probably used to real galaxies having curves, except not all of them seem to have gotten the memo.
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,...
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,...
SciShow
How Do We Measure the Distance of Stars?
It's School of YouTube Week! Comic Relief and YouTube are partnering to send students to school! The Bad Astronomer Phil Plait teaches Hank how to measure the distance to the stars.
Curated Video
Overview of The Big Bang Theory and Evidence of Universal Expansion
This video provides an overview of The Big Bang Theory, which is a theory about the evolution of the universe. The narrator explains how the redshift of light emitted by galaxies that are moving away from Earth provides evidence for the...
SciShow
The Ghostly Particles That May Have Unbalanced the Universe
Almost all matter in the universe should have been annihilated shortly after the Big Bang, but looking around, we see galaxies, stars, planets, and, you know... us. So obviously that didn't happen, and the why of it may have something to...
Professor Dave Explains
Star Systems and Types of Galaxies
We've learned a lot about stars! We know how they form, and we know that most of them exist in galaxies. But how are they arranged within galaxies? And are there different types of galaxies or are they all the same? There is a lot to...
Professor Dave Explains
Edwin Hubble, Doppler Shift, and the Expanding Universe
So we've made it all the way to the 20th century with the history of astronomy. Plenty had to happen to get us to that point, but the most amazing stuff is yet to come! Shortly after Einstein did his best work, a guy named Edwin Hubble...
Curated Video
The Evidence Supporting the Big Bang Theory: Redshift and the Expanding Universe
The video is a lecture presentation on the topic of the expanding universe. The speaker discusses evidence and the Big Bang theory, which suggests that the universe began from a small, dense region and has been expanding for...
Astrum
The most peculiar galaxies Hubble has ever seen | Episode 8
We all know the perfect, symmetrical and flawless galaxies Hubble has set its lense on, but there is also a catalogue dedicated to the most peculiar galaxies out there... The Arp Catalogue
Professor Dave Explains
Zooming Out From Earth to the Edge of the Observable Universe
We all know that the universe is big. But how big it is? Much bigger than you think. Let's start out by looking at the Earth, and then zoom out to progressively larger and larger structures, so that we can see just how big it is. Then...
SciShow
The Universe Runs on Vibes
New ReviewAs much as we like to talk about vibes, actual vibrations underlie pretty much everything about the universe. From the patterns of galaxies created by the Big Bang to the existence of subatomic particles, here's how the universe runs on...
Visual Learning Systems
Stars and Galaxies: Introduction
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....
Curated Video
Exploring Galaxies: A Journey Through the Milky Way and Beyond
Explore the fascinating world of galaxies in this engaging video transcript. Discover how galaxies are comprised of gas, dust, and billions of stars, with our own Milky Way Galaxy boasting over 100 billion stars. Learn about the...
Curated Video
How Black Holes Kill Galaxies
Black holes are really only dangerous if you get too close. Ha, who am I kidding. It turns out they may be responsible for ending star formation across the entire universe. When we first realized that black holes could have masses of...
TED Talks
Juna Kollmeier: The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made
Humans have been studying the stars for thousands of years, but astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier is on a special mission: creating the most detailed 3-D maps of the universe ever made. Journey across the cosmos as she shares her team's work...
Curated Video
How Much Information is in the Universe?
Billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, each with .... rather a lot of particles in them. And then there's dark matter, black holes, planets, and the particles and radiation in between the stars and galaxies. But.... is the...
Crash Course
Galaxies, part 1
The Milky Way is our neighborhood in the universe. It’s a galaxy and there are many others out there. Galaxies contain gas, dust, and billions of stars or more. They come in four main shapes: elliptical, spiral, peculiar, and irregular....
SciShow
How Many Stars Are There?
How many stars are there in the universe? This question leads Hank to a couple other questions - How many stars can we see from Earth? How many stars are there in our galaxy? - but the answer to the original question proves elusive.
MinutePhysics
How Do We Know The Universe Is ACCELERATING?
Aatish Bhatia helped write this video! A big thanks for his help! Here's his blog: http://www.empiricalzeal.com The universe is expanding – this we know from looking at red shifts of distant galaxies – but the acceleration of the...
SciShow
The Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe
What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? It turns out, certain parts of a star system, a galaxy, and even the universe as we know it, are more habitable than others. Get to know them as Hank takes you on a tour of some of...
Bozeman Science
ESS1A - The Universe and its Stars
Paul Andersen describes our place on the Earth in the Solar System within the Milky Way Galaxy in the Universe. The make-up and origins of the Universe are included along with stellar evolution. A teaching progression K-12 is also included.
Curated Video
Galaxies, part 2
Active galaxies pour out lots of energy, due to their central supermassive black holes gobbling down matter. Galaxies tend not to be loners, but instead exist in smaller groups and larger clusters. Our Milky Way is part of the Local...
MinutePhysics
Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and White Dwarfs (Collab. w/ MinuteEarth)
This video is about the differences between the corpses or final degenerate dense star forms that dead stars take: black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs. The main distinguishing features between them are the mass cutoffs...