Science Friday: Nasa Probe Goes Into Mercury's Orbit

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For many years, mercury was used in thermometers, dental fillings, and fluorescent lights. As scientists better understand the toxicity of this liquid metal, other materials replace these uses for mercury. Young scientists learn about...

This video reviews many of the concepts covered in the regular chemistry playlist. Sal tries to draw and clarify how to visualize the multiple x, y, and z orbitals. He elaborates on probability clouds and the sp3 orbital configuration of...

Can we use the stars to navigate if we're actually among them? Space-age scholars explore the precise planning that goes into long-distance exploratory missions using a video from THNKR's Why with Bill Nye! playlist. Bill Nye explains...

During a NASA mission when twin probes were near the moon, the mission's chief scientist talked about its objective, to study lunar gravity.

Why does it take Pluto 90,000 days to orbit the sun, but it only takes Mercury 88 days? An interactive lesson helps pupils find a connection between the speed of orbit and distance a planet is from the sun. The simulation allows for...

Mercury transits, crosses over the disk of the sun, approximately 13 times per century, while Venus transits 14 times per thousand years. View these extremely rare forms of eclipses in accelerated time as part of a series from PBS 9-12...

Not all polar bears live in the far north. Some live below the Arctic Circle in the Hudson Bay region of Manitoba. Recently, grizzly bears have been seen moving into their territory. A scientist discusses what this means. Aired Feb. 26,...

Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City for a tour of his office, in the fourth of Science Friday's Desktop...

Can we journey to outer space to learn more about inner Earth? Discover the method to NASA's madness with an enlightening short video. The narrator explains the composition of the asteroid the resource is studying, what scientists hope...