Instructional Video4:30
SciShow

No, We Didn't Discover a Bizarro Universe | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists picked up two unusual signals that seemed to be coming up from the ground instead of down from space. They're still working on understanding why, but despite what you may have heard, they aren't evidence for a parallel...
Instructional Video4:39
SciShow

A Planet Only Half Covered in Volcanoes | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists have found a world that might be half volcanoes, half ball of ice, and it could teach us a lot about how life began on earth.
Instructional Video8:46
TED Talks

Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision for sustainable restaurants

12th - Higher Ed
If you've been in a restaurant kitchen, you've seen how much food, water and energy can be wasted there. Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares his very personal vision for drastically reducing restaurant, and supermarket, waste -- creating...
Instructional Video12:12
Crash Course

A Brief History of the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to the wonders of physics, astronomers can map a timeline of the universe’s history. Today, Phil’s going to give you an overview of those first few minutes (yes, MINUTES) of the universe’s life. It started with a Big Bang, when...
Instructional Video6:34
MinutePhysics

Length Contraction and Time Dilation | Special Relativity Ch. 5

12th - Higher Ed
This video is chapter 5 in my series on special relativity, and it covers how things that are moving (that is, moving relative to an inertial reference frame) at different speeds appear to be shorter in length... and longer in...
Instructional Video6:05
SciShow

A New Binary Asteroid (That's Also a Comet!)

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomers discovered something cool about an object in the asteroid belt (2006 VW139/288P), and the European Space Agency is conducting a bed rest study that could help us get on our way to Mars.
Instructional Video4:31
SciShow

Destroying Space Junk With Lasers, and Two Rare Eclipses!

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow Space News, astronauts had to take the scenic route to the ISS because of some space debris. And this month, you might get to see two eclipses: a solar eclipse, and a rare supermoon eclipse.
Instructional Video13:42
TED Talks

TED: What a planet needs to sustain life | Dave Brain

12th - Higher Ed
Venus is too hot, Mars is too cold, and Earth is just right, says planetary scientist Dave Brain. But why? In this pleasantly humorous talk, Brain explores the fascinating science behind what it takes for a planet to host life -- and why...
Instructional Video5:44
SciShow

The First Exoplanets Were Found Around... a Pulsar

12th - Higher Ed
The first time scientists found exoplanets, they were orbiting something very different from our sun: a pulsar.<br/>
Instructional Video5:30
SciShow

Will the Opportunity Rover Survive This Dust Storm?

12th - Higher Ed
The global dust storm on Mars is threatening the Opportunity rover and the wind on Venus might be changing the length of its days.
Instructional Video3:05
SciShow

A Tribute to John Glenn

12th - Higher Ed
The first American astronaut to orbit Earth, John Glenn passed away yesterday in Ohio. But he leaves an admirable legacy.
Instructional Video10:48
SciShow

5 Bizarre Aircraft That Pushed the Boundaries of Engineering

12th - Higher Ed
You might think most planes look the same, but here are five of the most bizarre aircraft that, no matter their appearance, still managed to fly. Chapters SR-71 BLACKBIRD 1:20 GRUMMAN X-29 3:01 AERO SPACELINES 377PG 5:14 BOEING...
Instructional Video3:22
SciShow

4 Awesome Future Space Missions

12th - Higher Ed
Hank fills us in on the four exploratory missions to space that he is most excited about - New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt; Juno is on it's way to Jupiter; Dawn is exploring two large asteroids; Rosetta will land on a...
Instructional Video4:49
SciShow

The Mysterious Green Glass on the Moon (Plus: How to See Comet NEOWISE!) | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier this month, a Chinese moon rover discovered a mysterious glittery substance at the bottom of a lunar crater. How did it get there? Also, Comet NEOWISE takes thousands of years to circle the Sun, and right now we can see it in our...
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Mercury Is So Hot, It’s Making Ice

12th - Higher Ed
Scientists first saw patches of ice on Mercury 20 years ago, and that discovery raised a lot of questions: How could ice survive on one of the solar system’s hottest planets, and how did it get there in the first place?
Instructional Video10:56
TED Talks

TED: We could kick-start life on another planet. Should we? | Betül Kaçar

12th - Higher Ed
Life makes our planet an incredibly exotic place compared to the rest of the known universe, says astrobiologist Betül Kaçar, whose research uses statistics and mathematical models to simulate ancient environments and gather insights...
Instructional Video1:38
MinutePhysics

2011 Nobel Prize - Dark Energy feat. Sean Carroll

12th - Higher Ed
Guest narrator Sean Carroll of Caltech describes dark energy and the acceleration of the universe, the discovery of which was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 4th.
Instructional Video6:01
SciShow

New Surprises from the Asteroid Bennu - SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
There’s nothing boring about Bennu! From its chemistry, size, shape, and spin to its extremely old age, it proves that even the smallest objects in the solar system have a bizarre and fascinating history.
Instructional Video5:50
SciShow

3 Amazing Objects to Check Out with Your New Telescope

12th - Higher Ed
When astronomers study the universe, they’re often using telescopes that cost millions or even billions of dollars to build. Luckily for the rest of us, there are still plenty of incredible things to see in the sky with the more...
Instructional Video4:34
SciShow

Why Everyone Was Watching Tabby's Star Last Weekend

12th - Higher Ed
Tabby's star is at it again. Could it be aliens this time!? Also, astronomers have discovered a planet with the density of styrofoam!
Instructional Video4:36
SciShow

We Detected Water Plumes on Europa... 20 Years Ago

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers found surprising new evidence hiding in data captured back in 1997, and we've discovered stars forming in a distant galaxy as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.
Instructional Video4:01
SciShow

New Dwarf Planet (Maybe) Discovered

12th - Higher Ed
Back in 2014, an international team of astronomers was taking pictures of distant galaxies, when they noticed a dot moving across their images. Could it be Planet Nine?
Instructional Video3:41
SciShow

Dry New Planets and The Search for Dirty Aliens

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space shares the latest news from space research, including the first definitive detection of water on an exoplanet, and a new theory for how we should search for alien civilizations.
Instructional Video10:21
Crash Course

Eclipses

12th - Higher Ed
The big question in the comments last week was, "BUT WHAT ABOUT ECLIPSES?" Today, Phil breaks 'em down for you.