The Solar System is Beige
AdultsEducationScienceSpace...Whether you grew up with a poster of the solar system on your bedroom wall or not, you've probably got a specific idea of what the planets look like. From brilliantly blue Neptune to the "red planet" Mars. But if you managed to actually visit these worlds, you'd find reality... a little beige.
MinuteEarth Explains: Solar Eclipses
AdultsEducationScienceSpace...Over the last year, we at MinuteEarth and MinutePhysics have had the privilege of working with NASA's Heliophysics Education Activation Team make a series of videos about the awesomeness of solar eclipses. Here they are, all seven of them!
How the James Webb Space Telescope Will Unfold the Universe | John C. Mather | TED
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...The James Webb Space Telescope is a miracle of modern science and engineering.
The beginning of the universe, for beginners
AdultsHistorySpacePhysics...How did the universe begin -- and how is it expanding? CERN physicist Tom Whyntie shows how cosmologists and particle physicists explore these questions by replicating the heat, energy, and activity of the first few seconds of our universe, from right after the Big Bang.
What Color is the Universe?
AdultsPhysicsSpaceAstronomy...When you stare up at the night sky, you might think that the universe is really black, but that's just because our eyes aren't sensitive enough to see the billions and billions of multicolored stars out there. Ever wonder why certain stars are certain colors? And what color is our sun, really? If we looked at enough stars, could we figure out the average color of the universe?
Could We Stop An Asteroid? Feat. Bill Nye
AdultsScienceSportsTechnology...Could we stop an asteroid on a collision course for Earth?
Dark matter: The matter we can't see
AdultsPhysicsSpaceScience...The Greeks had a simple and elegant formula for the universe: just earth, fire, wind, and water. Turns out there's more to it than that -- a lot more. Visible matter (and that goes beyond the four Greek elements) comprises only 4% of the universe. CERN scientist James Gillies tells us what accounts for the remaining 96% (dark matter and dark energy) and how we might go about detecting it.