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MinuteEarth Explains: Solar Eclipses

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It took 10 YEARS (But it was worth it) - Amazing Science Gadgets/Toys 5

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Hello Everyone Sit back and relax. Enjoy 8 minutes of oddly satisfying scientific curiosities featuring various mind-blowing stuff!If you guys liked this video please follow us on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/physicsfun/And subscribe to our chann
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Something weird happens when you keep squeezing

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Under extreme pressures, matter defies the rules of physics as we know it.Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications () so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOPhysicists have
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Why Are They All In Antarctica?

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Download the Tab For A Cause browser extension at https://tab.gladly.io/trees/minuteearth2/Meteorite hunters dont search for meteorites in the places most frequently peppered by them they go to Antarctica instead, because thats where they are easiest to f
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How eclipses proved that the Earth is slowing down

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This video is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.Without eclipses, our world would be a lot different because eclipses give us the ability to do science we otherwise wouldnt
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Geosynchronous Orbits are WEIRD

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Go to https://givewell.org/minutephysics to have your first donation matched up to $100!This video is about the physics of geosynchronous and geostationary orbits, why they exist, when they don't, when they're useful for communication/satellite TV, etc.RE
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Penrose Unilluminable Room Is Impossible To Light

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Get 30% off ANY KiwiCo crate: https://kiwico.com/stevemould30Penrose Unilluminable Room is a room with mirrored walls that can't be fully illuminated by a single point source of light. I thought I was the first person to build one but Action Lab beat me t
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I went to space and discovered an enormous lie | Ron Garan

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What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever heres what it taught him. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1Up next, Neil deGrasse Tyson: 3 mind-blowing space facts
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Bay Area Teen Reverses Effects of Pesticides on Bees

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Honeybees are the world’s most important pollinators, but their population is on the decline — here’s how one Bay Area teen discovered a way to repair the effects of pesticides on honeybees » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to
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The Algorithm That Transformed The World

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The Fast Fourier Transform is used everywhere but it has a fascinating origin story that could have ended the nuclear arms race. This video is sponsored by 80,000 Hours. Head to http://80000hours.org/veritasium to sign up for their newsletter and get sent
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Volcano VS Glacier

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Sign up for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/aZqY30spaZ6Volcanoes might seem like an unstoppable force of nature - but there is at least one OTHER force on Earth that seems to be able to keep them down.LEARN MORE**************To learn more a
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Carl Sagan Christmas lecture 2 - The Outer Solar System and Life

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From ancient organisms to the plants and animals we see today, our planet showcases a spectacular array of life. But beneath such diversity lies an underlying unity. All life on Earth is based on two molecules (the proteins and the nucleic acids) and the
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Carl Sagan Christmas Lectures 3 - The History of Mars

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Cold, arid, and tens of millions of miles away from Earth, Mars has intrigued scientists for centuries. The existence of liquid on its surface was confirmed by NASAs flyby mission, Mariner 4, in 1965, but the question of whether life exists on our neighbo
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Carl Sagan Christmas Lecture 1 - The Earth as a Planet

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In his first Christmas Lecture, American astronomer and cosmologist Carl Sagan explores planet Earth and the place, scale and geometry of the 'pale blue dot' in the Solar System. Sagan provides a unique insight into the history of our knowledge of the thi
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Comparing a 6-hour regular telescope exposure to the James Webb Space Telescope

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The recent JWST guide camera's test image looks really similar to Hubble's deep fields, which are my favorite. I decided to take a long exposure to the same target to see what my telescope can see and compare it to JWST's image. I found one really faint g
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Did Water Crash Into Earth From Space?

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Did water crash into Earth from space by way of a massive comet, or was it around long before our planet's formation? Well, one new study suggests that it might have actually come from the most unlikely source of all: the Sun. Subscribe to Seeker! http://
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How Cosmic Dust Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

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Every year, roughly 10 particles of space dust land on each square meter of Earths surface. Matthew Genge, a planetary scientist at Imperial College London, specializes in these alien dust grains, known as micrometeorites. They float here from space rocks
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Studying Supernovas From the Bottom of the Ocean

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Go to: https://thld.co/munkpack_scishow_0422 and use code SCISHOW to get 20% off your first purchase! Thanks to Munk Pack for sponsoring todays video!Stars blowing up is a surprisingly common occurrence, but who would have thought to search the bottom of
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The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History

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One scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. A part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium. For the first 100 people who sign up, I will personally pay
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6 tips for making amazing flipbooks | We The Curious

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Flipbooks are amazing. Books of still images that look like theyre moving when flipped through. What could be simpler? And yet since the humble flipbook was patented in 1868, its paved the way for the invention of the films, TV, and computer games we know
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What we found when we went looking for another Earth

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In the last few years, scientists have discovered thousands of exoplanets - and a lot of them are surprisingly weird.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOWatch part 2, How to find a planet you can't see, he
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How to find a planet you can't see

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Tiny wobbles and faint twinkles that have led astronomers to nearly 5,000 new worlds.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For a tour of some of the odd exoplanets scientists have found, watch part one, her
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How Saturn Got Its Rings | The Planets | Earth Lab

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There's evidence to suggest Saturn didn't have its rings when the dinosaurs inhabited Earth, so how did they form? Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Planets (2019) This stunning
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Do Chairs Exist?

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The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve

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The Collatz Conjecture is the simplest math problem no one can solve it is easy enough for almost anyone to understand but notoriously difficult to solve. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veri
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The Fascinating Life of Deep Sea Cold Seeps

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Cold Seeps in the Deep Sea Explained. The deep sea floor is a barren realm. Life on the abyssal plain exists in a constant struggle to survive against the extreme pressure, darkness, and the scraps of food that drift down from shallower waters. But in som
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How a Doomsday Vault on the Moon Could Save Earths Life From Extinction

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Storing Earths DNA on the moon could be humanity's backup planbut how exactly would it work? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comImagine a doomsday
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Six New Exomoons?

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A team of astronomers recently announced six new exomoon candidates, capturing the headlines and sparking plenty of excitement. Exomoons have been broadly eluded astronomers for many years, so this is a big deal.... if true. Today, new work performing an
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Did We Just Detect a New "Wow" Signal from Proxima Centauri?

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News has leaked of the discovery of a radio transmission from our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. Did we just detect alien communications?! Join us for this special video with Professor Kipping explaining what we know and why some skepticism i
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YOU ARE MOVING A MILLION MPH NOW!

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How fast are you moving? Remarkably you are moving, by some definitions, around a million miles per hour. But, why don't we feel this motion? Is this speed useful in some way? And what does the question of speed really even mean? Join us today as Cool Wor
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A Rare Super Pink Moon Is Coming In April 2021

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A Rare Super Pink Moon is going to make an appearance in the sky of April 2021. A Supermoon is a combination of two lunar events. The orbit of the Moon is elliptical. This means the distance between the Moon and the Earth keeps on changing. The point of c
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The Rare Celestial Phenomena That Can Only Be Seen Before Nightfall

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Most people think of astronomy as a nighttime activity, but if you hate staying up late, youre in luck! As it turns out, theres a whole lot of fascinating celestial objects and phenomena that can only be observed in the bright light of day. Subscribe to S
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HALLEY, 2061

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The intellectual taming of comets began with Edmond Halley (with an assist from Newton) in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. In the April 11, 1908, supplementary edition of Scientific American, astronomer S. I. Bailey wrote, Before Halleys time come
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The Secret of Synchronization

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How does order spontaneously arise out of chaos? This video is sponsored by Kiwico go to https://www.kiwico.com/Veritasium50 for 50% off your first month of any crate.An enormous thanks to Prof. Steven Strogatz this video would not have been possible with
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The Chemical Origins of Life

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How did life get started on Earth? And how are we using what we know to look for it throughout the galaxy?You might also like:Why is Carbon the Key to Life? (On Earth, Anyway)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUiDwrM2YPISpace Mirrors and Other Weird Ways to
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Why Overpopulation Isnt the Problem You Think It Is

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Around 390,000 new humans are born every day. So, on a planet with dwindling resources and an increasing strain on natural systems is curbing our booming population the key to solving our environmental woes? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribesee
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There May Be 300 Million Earths in Our Galaxy Waiting to Be Found

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How many Earths could there really be in our galaxy? A team of 44 astronomers have landed on what they say is the definitive answer at least for now. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Vi
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World Held Its Breath As Valentine's Asteroid Neared Earth

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February 14, 2000. Just a regular Valentines Day! Some flowers and candies, the beginning of the new millennium, and A good day to make history. A spacecraft finally got a date with asteroid 433 Eros. This "date" almost didnt happen because an engine misf
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The Amazon Rainforest Could Become A Savannah Within 15 Years, Here's How

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New research suggests that if the current rate of deforestation continues, the Amazon rainforest could transform into a savannah within 15 years. Do we have time to stop it? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bi
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Conservation of Momentum - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern

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Lesson 12 (Conservation of Momentum) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video:1. Compare
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Why Are Planetary Orbits Elliptical?

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For a very long time, from Ptolemy to the age of Copernicus, it was widely believed and accepted that planets in our Solar System revolved in a perfectly circular path. Because the circle was presumed to be an ideal shape for planetary bodies to orbit. Bu
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Possible signs of life on Venus

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Scientists at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere have observed what may be signs of life in the clouds of Earth's planetary neighbor, Venus. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/life-venus-phosphine-0914)Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube
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Signs of Life Found on Venus I NOVA I PBS

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The gas phosphine, made on Earth by microbial life forms, was found in Venus' atmosphere. Could this mean there's life in our planetary neighbor's clouds?Get the inside story from scientists Sara Seager and Clara Sousa-Silva on how the discovery was made,
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Asteroid Impact: What Are Our Chances?

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Stephen Hawking thought an asteroid impact posed the greatest threat to life on Earth. Thanks to Kiwico for sponsoring this video. For 50% off your first month of any crate, go to https://kiwico.com/veritasium50 For other potential world ending catastroph
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This NASA Spacecraft Could Unveil the Origins of Life

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NASAs first asteroid sample return mission is ready for its long-awaited touchdown on asteroid Bennu. What will its samples reveal? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at ht
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How Big Can a Black Hole Get?

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How BIG can black holes actually get? And how do they even grow that big? New research probes this question. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.comSci
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Gravity and Orbital Mechanics - Physics 101 / AP Physics 1 Review with Dianna Cowern

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Lesson 8 (Gravitation and Orbits) of Dianna's Intro Physics Class on Physics Girl. Never taken physics before? Want to learn the basics of physics? Need an AP Physics 1 review before the exam? This course is for you! Exercises in this video:1. An object w
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NASAs Plan to Stop an Asteroid Headed for Earth

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Like this video about how NASA is preparing to stop an asteroid headed for earth, and subscribe here: https://freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe-asteroids Watch the next video in our series on Guardians of the Apocalypse: https://youtu.be/eHMdzWEU_c4 Estimates
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This Exoplanet Suddenly Disappeared From Space, Where Did It Go?

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A planet discovered by Hubble suddenly vanished. So where did it go, and what does its disappearance mean for the study of planetary systems? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our
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Forget GPS, Future Missions May Use Neutron Stars to Navigate Deep Space

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Lighthouses have helped safely guide mariners for centuries. As space explorers consider traveling to far-flung destinations, could pulsars provide them with similar guidance? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://
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This Upcoming NASA Mission Could Discover How Our Solar System Began

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NASA's latest mission is heading to the Trojan asteroids to help us answer some of the biggest questions about the origin of our solar system. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist Visi
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What Are Asteroids And Where Do They Come From?

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Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun, just like the rest of the planets and celestial bodies in our solar system. Although asteroids are present throughout the solar system, most of them live in the asteroid belta region located between t
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Why Venus and Mercury have no Moons?

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Do you know all planets except for Mercury and Venus have moons? In fact, Earth is the only planet to have just one moon; remaining planets from Mars onward have multiple moons, with Saturn having as much as 82 moons! So when most of the planets are inund
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The Mystery of Our Interstellar Visitor May Have Just Been Solved

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Ever since 'Oumuamua was discovered in 2017, we've struggled to understand its identity. What is it? Where did it come from? A new study may finally bring answers to all these questions. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elemen
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If An Asteroid Was Heading For Earth, How Could We Stop it?

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NASA and ESA have a unique plan to slam a spacecraft into an asteroidheres why. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Agencies around the world
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The New Mars Rover Is The Most Advanced Yet, Here's Why

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We've set our sights on Mars once again with NASAs Perseverance rover due to launch in the summer of 2020. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Sinc
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How Chinas First Mission to Mars Could Be a Gamechanger

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China hopes to be the third country to land on Mars with its latest mission, Tianwen-1. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Chinas Tianwen-1
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The Solar System Song | Silly School Songs

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Enjoy this fun and informative song that can teach kids, adults and possibly aliens about our Solar System. For more music and information, please visit http://sillyschoolsongs.com.Lyrics:The Sun & the Moon & the starsMercury, Venus, Earth & MarsJupiter,
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Which Way Is Down?

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Supercluster Explains: How Orbits Work

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Supercluster Explains is our video series that illuminates basic space science concepts using short, easy-to-understand animations. This episode explains a fundamental part of flying in outer space: Orbits. Music produced by badatsports. (Ari Trautmann an
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Ballistic Ping Pong Ball vs. Tennis Ball at 450km/h!

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What happens when you shoot a ballistic ping pong ball going 450kph at a tennis ball?Check out Brandons iPhone video on GizmoSlip: https://youtu.be/JYivWedGCKcSupport more physics content like this by joining our Patreon community! http://patreon.com/phys
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The Hunt to Find Life on Jupiter's Icy Moons | Countdown to Launch

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ESA's JUICE mission is heading to Jupiter to hunt for signs of life on its icy moons. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Understanding Jupite
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To The Moon & Mars - Aerospace Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #34

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This week were exploring aerospace engineering and its two main fields: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Well explore life & buoyancy, propulsion systems, and the challenges of managing the human body in space.Crash Course Engineeri
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This Massive Black Hole Is Blasting a Jet at 99% the Speed of Light

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Jets of particles appear to be streaming from the center of the supermassive black hole M87* faster than the speed of light. But how could that be the case??! Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPl
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512 Year Old Greenland Shark. Oldest Shark in the World.

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Researchers have found an ancient shark in the North Atlantic, believed to be 512 years old, which could be the oldest living vertebrate in the world. This particular shark, was measured at 18 feet in length and weighed over a tonne. By measuring the size
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Carl Sagan unveils the Pale Blue Dot image

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30 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took an image of our home planet from 6.4 billion kilometers away. Our co-founder Carl Sagan eloquently described what that image meant for humanity. ---- "Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://planet.ly/ytsubs
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What's inside of the Lunar Module?

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Thanks to Audible for sponsoring today's video. Get your free 30 day trial, one free audiobook, and 2 audible originals here! http://www.audible.com/jaredowen OR text "jaredowen" to 500 500The Apollo Lunar Module was the part of the Apollo Spacecraft that
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The Science Behind the Butterfly Effect

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Chaos theory means deterministic systems can be unpredictable. Thanks to LastPass for sponsoring this video. Click here to start using LastPass: https://ve42.co/VeLP Animations by Prof. Robert Ghrist: https://ve42.co/GhristWant to know more about chaos th
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MAVEN findings add a missing piece to Mars atmosphere puzzle

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Big things have small beginnings. The latest findings of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft have clued in researchers to the nature of Mars's upper atmosphere, a lesser-known area in the mystery of the Red Planet. Thanks to this new research, scientists are honing i
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Why should you read Dune by Frank Herbert? - Dan Kwartler

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Discover Frank Herberts science fiction classic, Dune, which tells the story of a man catapulted into the middle of a planetary revolution. --A mother and son trek across an endless desert. Wearing special suits to dissipate heat and recycle moisture, the
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The Great Acceleration

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Were in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet.Thanks also to our Patreon pa
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Does Planet 9 Exist?

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A planet has been predicted to orbit the sun with a period of 10,000 years, a mass 5x that of Earth on a highly elliptical and inclined orbit. What evidence supports the existence of such a strange object at the edge of our solar system?Huge thanks to:Pro
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How Fast the Light Speed from Nasa

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Simple Animations by a NASA Scientist 'Prove' The Speed of Light Is Torturously Slow Don't thinking the speed of light really fast. In earth yes, but cosmic ? A series of new animations by a NASA scientist show just how zippy – and also how torturou
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WASP-121b: The Planet With an Atmosphere of Glowing Water (4K 360 view) | We The Curious

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This 360 animation depicts planet WASP-121b; an exoplanet with an atmosphere of glowing water. It completes one full journey around its star every 1.3 days - this animation shows this orbit at x5000 speed.With an atmosphere hot enough to boil iron, WASP-1
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Alien World Shorts: The Fast and the Fiery | Ben 10 | Cartoon Network

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A Kineceleran delegation visits Pyros to discuss diplomacy and ends up in a heated game of Fireball, the Pyronites planetary pastime, now kicked up a notch thanks to their speedster guests.Episode: Alien World Shorts: The Fast and the FieryWatch more Ben
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The Surprising Ways Mars is Hostile to Life

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To discover more go to http://lego.build/CITYSpace.Wanna know all the reasons Mars will kill you and how we know? I hit up my friend Raquel Nuno who's a planetary geologist to find out.Follow Raquel on Instagram! @thespacegeologistIf you liked this video
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The Evidence for Planet Nines Existence I NOVA I PBS

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Two astronomers argue that the farthest objects in the Kuiper Belt are being pushed and pulled by the gravity of Planet Nine, a giant planet orbiting over 10 times farther from the Sun than Neptune. If they find it, itll be the first real expansion of the
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Why Exercise Is Hard

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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How Close Are We to Mining in Space?

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Asteroids hold untold riches when it comes to untapped resources. We are getting closer to harvesting materials from these celestial objects, but how close are we to mining asteroids? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more How Close
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Bill Nye Explains the Science Behind Solar Sailing | WIRED

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On June 25, the Planetary Society's LightSail 2 hitched a ride into orbit on board SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. The solar sail is propelled only by sunlight, and its technology holds promise for early detection of major events in space, as well as travel
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On board Virgin Orbits flying launchpad

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Richard Bransons Virgin Orbit is taking an unusual approach to putting satellites in space: the company wants to launch them in midair off the wing of a Boeing 747. We toured the prototype jet thatll send the first satellites into space, and asked Virgin
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What if Earth Had Rings Like Saturn?

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Jupiter.... Uranus.... Saturn... Earth? Sadly, the Earth didn't make it onto the list of the Solar System's ringed planets. If it did, would it still be able to host life? Having planetary rings visible in the sky would look way more spectacular than just
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Scientists Just Got One Step Closer to Solving an Antarctic Mystery

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Giant holes in the Antarctic, called polynyas, have baffled scientists for years. But now with the help of seals and robots, they might have the answers to these mysterious phenomena. A Dead Satellite Is Unlocking the Secrets Lurking Beneath Antarcticahtt
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India Could Be the First to Land on the Moons South Pole

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The Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 was the first to discover water on the moon, and with the Chandrayaan-2, they could be the first to explore the surface on the Moon's south pole. These future discoveries could reveal the evolution of
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Automatic Transmission, How it works ?

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Help us to make future videos for you. Make LE's efforts sustainable. Please support us at Patreon.com ! https://www.patreon.com/LearnEngineering The operation of an automatic transmission is explained here with help of animation. Allison-1000 transmissio
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What Does the Moon Smell Like?

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After walking on the Moon astronauts hopped back into their lunar lander, bringing Moon dust with them. They were surprised, and perplexed, to find that it smelled like spent gunpowder. This week on Reactions, learn why Moon dust might smell like the afte
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On Saturn It Occasionally Rains Diamonds.| The Planets | BBC Earth

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On Saturn it occasionally rains diamonds. Narrated by Brian Cox.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/BluePlanetPlaylist Planet Earth II http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthIIPlaylis
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Jupiter's Moon IO is a World of Fire and Lava | The Planets | BBC Earth

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Io is the closest of Jupiters larger moons and the most volcanic world in our solar system, with over 300 active volcanoes, thanks to its proximity to the huge gravitational pull of Jupiter.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth htt
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The Newest Form of Water Is Hot and Black, Wait What?

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It only took diamonds, x-rays, and a bunch of ultra-powerful lasers to create our newest form of water, Ice XVIII. And it might be the key to unlocking what's inside the mysterious ice planets of our solar system. This New State of Matter Is a Liquid and
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A Moment in The Sun | The Planets | BBC Earth

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When the Sun first formed, there were no planets to see it rise until gravity formed four planetary siblings. Narrated by Brian Cox.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.ly/B
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What do the Northern Lights Reveal? | The Planets | BBC Earth

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The solar winds scatter electrically charged particles that would hit and ravage the Earth were it not for its magnetic field. This is what the Northern Lights reveal and one of the reasons why life is able to exist on our planet. Featuring, Brian Cox. Su
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What Causes the Northern Lights (and where you should see them)

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Learn more about Hack the Moon at https://wehackthemoon.comEvery winter thousands of tourists head north hoping to catch a glimpse the luminous auroras dancing in the sky. In this episode of Reactions, were sharing tips on how to increase your chances of
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The Invention of Music

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Watch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozM"All audible musical sound is given us for the sake of harmony, which has motions akin to the orbits in our soul, and which, as anyone who makes intellig
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What Can The Most Powerful Satellites Really Do?

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How Close Are We to Creating a Lightsaber?

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Lightsabers might be elegant weapons for a more civilized age, but today, they only exist in the world of fiction. Could we use modern technology to create the most famous movie weapon of all time? May the Fourth be with you! Find Dr. Patrick Johnson's bo
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$250,000 for a High School Science Student

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The story of three impressive high school science projects. Can you guess which student won $250,000 in the #RegeneronSTS? Applications open June 1: http://bit.ly/2HkLXT1 This video was sponsored by Regeneron. The Science Talent Search was founded and pro
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If the Sun Became a Black Hole, Would Earth Fall In?

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Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. If our sun turned into a black hole, you might think our solar system would be doomed, but in reality that's
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What If The Sun Disappeared For One Month?

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What If a Black Hole Entered Our Solar System?

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Eight planets, hundreds of moons, hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and billions of comets orbiting our Sun make up our Solar System. And not once has a single black hole disturbed our planetary routine. But what if it did? Would this uninvited guest sw
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How to Understand the Image of a Black Hole

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We are about to see the first image of a black hole, the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy or maybe the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87. But what is that image really showing us? This is an awesome pape
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Interstellar Travel: Approaching Light Speed

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Is interstellar travel doomed to remain in the realm of science fiction? Sticking to near future space propulsion only, how close can we get to the speed of light? This video looks at the current spacecraft speed records with Apollo 10 holding the record
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What would it Look like with all the planets between the earth and the moon?

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I would love to redo this in 360 3d VR. I need hardware and software: If you wish to help me out, support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yetidynamics What did I just watch? All the planets in the solar system will fit between the earth and the moo
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Scientists Impaled Space Junk With a Harpoon, Here’s Why That Matters

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Space junk threatens to entomb Earth in an artificial bubble, but promising solutions for cleaning up our trash are on the horizon. Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2GqH0aO Read More: The Space Junk Problem Is About To Get A Whole Lot Gnarlier ht
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Could These Numbers Unravel New Dimensions in Space?

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These multidimensional number systems are helping us explain the laws of nature. Here’s how. Can Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox Be Solved With Fuzzballs? - https://youtu.be/esPa1tVSjew Read More: The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie The Laws of Nature http
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Science Fiction VS Science Fact | Movie Myths Debunked

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Movies take a lot of dramatic license where science is concerned, but who's getting it all wrong on the silver screen. From the g-force you would suffer when achieving lightspeed to what a nuclear bomb would sound like in space we investigate what's right
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Curiosity gets a gravimeter—repurposed instrument can now measure rock density

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The Curiosity rover landed on Mars without a gravimeter on board. But researchers realized that its accelerometers--normally used to determine the position of the rover--could be repurposed to measure the density of the rock it was passing over. These mea
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Could the Goblin Planet Finally Unravel the Mystery of Planet 9?

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Planet 9 hunters are searching the edge of our solar system for this mysterious world, and a tiny dwarf planet may finally lead to its discovery. Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2UiQloP Read More: Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine? https://www.quant
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Why Did China Send a Probe to the Far Side of the Moon?

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For the first time in history, there is a rover on the far side of the moon and the Chang’e 4 mission is just beginning to explore this hidden side. How Close Are We to Completely Mapping the Ocean? - https://youtu.be/KoOxTV3QIrM Read More: China’s Chang’
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The Largest River On Earth Is In The Sky

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Could a Planet Ever Collide With Earth?

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Planetary collisions may have helped shape our solar system, so could we expect another impact in the future? Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2w0YKD1 Read More: Planet-Shifting Collision Shaped Uranus’ “Rolling” Rotation https://www.nasa.gov/fea
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These Lost Apollo Tapes Reveal How Astronauts Changed the Moon

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For years, scientists have been trying to explain a mysterious rise in lunar temperature. Now, thanks to recovered tapes from the Apollo missions, we finally have an answer. We Could Live in Caves on the Moon, Here’s Everything You Need to Know - https://
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It's Surprisingly Hard to Go to the Sun

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The Sun contains 99.8 of the mass in our solar system. Its gravitational pull is what keeps everything here, from tiny Mercury to the gas giants to the Oort Cloud, 186 billion miles away. But even though the Sun has such a powerful pull, it's surprisingly
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Why Jupiter Has So Many Moons

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Our solar system is already teaming with nearly 200 moons, and we just got 12 more to add to the list. A team led by astronomer Scott Sheppard out of the Carnegie Institution for Science discovered the moons in 2017 using one of the most powerful digital
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What You Actually See During A Meteor Shower

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Whether it’s the Perseids meteor shower in August or the Orionids in October, meteor showers are one of those light shows we can always count on year after year. And that regularity has everything to do with what you’re actually seeing when you watch a me
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Is Jupiter the Reason for Life on Earth?

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Should we be thanking Jupiter for our existence? Here’s why some scientists believe the gas giant is responsible for the life-harboring oddity of our solar system. Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2w0YKD1 Read More: Wandering Jupiter accounts for
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Top 30 Weirdest Bikes You Won't Believe Exist

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Bikes are great, but believe it or not, they come in some very crazy forms you couldn't even think of. From flying bikes, to bikes that can cross rivers, here are the 30 Craziest Bikes You Won’t Believe Exist. Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄
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Space Volcanoes - Shelf Life 360

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Here on Earth, volcanic eruptions are dramatic manifestations of our dynamic planet. Elsewhere in our solar system, awe-inspiring extraterrestrial volcanoes—both active and extinct—provide clues to planetary formation and hints of how life may
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Why Are There Penguins At The Equator?

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Try Dashlane here: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Plus, here’s a 10% off promo code for Dashlane Premium: minuteearth When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive. Thanks also to our Patreon pat
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When Fish Wore Armor

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Check out Hot Mess: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaEBhRsI6tmmz12fkSEYdw 420 million years ago, some fish were more medieval. They wore armor, sometimes made of big plates, and sometimes made of interlocking scales. But that armor may actually have se
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What is the Speed of Gravity? The Deleted Sun Experiment

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In this video I show you what the speed of gravity is and then show you what happens if the sun suddenly disappeared. What would happen to the orbits of the planets? Then I talk about why some people say that gravity is instantaneous and some say it is no
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Why These Lasers Are Too Powerful to Use in Space

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Many countries have proposed developing giant lasers to shoot space junk into such tiny pieces so that they will no longer pose a threat to important spacecraft like the International Space Station. But, are space lasers really a thing? How Much Accelerat
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Jupiter's Invisible Planetary Rings, Explained

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Did you know Jupiter has planetary rings? Unlike Saturn's rings which reflect sunlight, Jupiter's rings are made of moon dust. They're practically invisible. They were first discovered in 1979 by the Voyager 2 and can only be seen from the strongest of te
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What Would It Take For Earth To Explode?

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The Death Star could destroy a planet, but what are some realistic ways it could happen. Watch more: Could We Build A Planet From Scratch? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fUO3Xjlohc&index=75&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&t=0s Sub
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The Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water

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This Massive Asteroid Is Headed for Earth…. What Now?

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This is how NASA intends to stop an asteroid before it slams into our planet, potentially ending civilization as we know it. Watch More Space Crafts! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW-YrNaxJFU&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X62DlXwags4wik2cK8k6FrM Read More: Planetar
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Sunshields & Nukes: What We Need to Terraform Venus and Mars

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Our nearest planetary neighbors, Venus and Mars, might possibly host human life in the future. So which of these planets is a better candidate for terraforming? And what would we have to do to make it hospitable? High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (H
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Planetary Ring Formation is Still a Mystery, Here’s Why

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Many of our favorite planets have rings, but how did they get there? These are the competing theories trying to solve this space mystery. Jupiter’s Iconic Red Spot is Shrinking, What Could Happen Next? | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW-YrNaxJFU Read Mo
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These Alien Worlds are the Hottest in the Cosmos, Here’s What We Know About Them

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Hot Jupiters are popping up across the universe. Each one is more extreme than the last which is why they're the source of a lot of speculation in the science world. Read More: Star "Eating" Superhot Planet's Atmosphere https://news.nationalgeographic.com
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How Do We Keep Our Bacteria From Contaminating the Galaxy?

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There are laws requiring government spacecraft to be decontaminated, but are private companies under the same regulations? Clues to Life on Mars Could Be Found in the Driest Place on Earth - https://youtu.be/8zQXvT_FIhs Read More: How NASA Prevents a Spac
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The Most Useful Fossils in the World

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/eons For decades, one of the most abundant kinds of fossils on Earth, numbering in the millions of specimens, was a mystery to paleontologists. But geologists discovered that these mysterious fossils c
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How Much Money Could We Sell The Earth For?

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If aliens came to Earth and offered to buy it, how much should we sell it for? Watch more: How Much Money Is Space Worth? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT11_2h6_LY&t=0s&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=57 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLif
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A Brief History of Geologic Time

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By looking at the layers beneath our feet, geologists have been able to identify and describe crucial episodes in life’s history. These key events frame the chapters in the story of life on earth and the system we use to bind all these chapters together i
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Why is NASA sending a spacecraft to a metal world? - Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-nasa-sending-a-spacecraft-to-a-metal-world-linda-t-elkins-tanton In 2026, an unmanned NASA spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at 16 Psyche, a mass
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The Most Extreme Life Forms On Earth… And Beyond?

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Life, uh… finds a way Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ What have we learned from exploring Earth’s harshest locations? That pretty everywhere we look for life, we find it. From smoking ho
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Why the solar system can exist

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If gravity is so attractive, why doesn't the earth just crash into the sun? Or the moon into the earth? The answer: Stable Orbits hyperbolic funnel video: http://bit.ly/r5xhng minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://fa
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Pluto’s Mysterious Atmosphere Could Help Us Fix Global Warming

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Pluto’s haze is incredibly effective at cooling the planet and scientists think we can apply its principles on Earth to fight climate change. Do you think it could work? Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies - https://y
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The Unreasonable Efficiency of Black Holes

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Automatic Transmission, How it works ?

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We thank our current patrons for saving LE from death. To achieve our goal of 2 video release/ month (addition of one more team member), please support us at Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/LearnEngineering The working of an automatic transmission is bes
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‘Winking’ Star May Be Devouring Wrecked Planets

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Astronomers studying the star RZ Piscium have found evidence suggesting its strange, unpredictable dimming episodes may be caused by vast orbiting clouds of gas and dust, the remains of one or more destroyed planets. Young stars are often prodigious X-ray
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How Would We Communicate with Alien Life? - with Carl Sagan

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If life exists elsewhere in the Universe, would we be able to communicate with it? In this clip from the 1977 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "The planets", Carl Sagan demonstrates how we could send a signal that would make sense to intelligent beings that have evolve
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HIRMES: SOFIA's latest high-resolution Mid-infrared Spectrometer

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A team from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is developing a new, third-generation facility science instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. The High Resolution Mid-InfrarEd Spectrometer (HIRMES
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What Does It Take to Be a Planet and Why Pluto Does Not Belong?

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As of 2006, there are three criteria a celestial body has to meet to be considered a planet. Pluto meets two of them. So what was the real reason Pluto got demoted? And will the planet ever get redemption? Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 10
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Asteroid Mining: Our Ticket To Living Off Earth?

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Engines of Destruction: The Science of Hurricanes!

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How the Universe is Way Bigger Than You Think

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Check out Squarespace! http://www.squarespace.com/reallifelore 10% Off Code: REALLIFELORE The Universe is so enormous we can't really comprehend it all. I try my best to visualize it in this video. This video had without a doubt the most complicated math
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When Is It Winter On Other Planets?

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Try CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/smart Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Earth has seasons, but what about the rest of the planets in the solar system? Let’s take a to
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Voyager 2's 11 billion mile journey at a human scale

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40 years later, Voyager 2 is really, really, really far from Earth. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO /// Sources: NASA measurements for planetary distances (averaged due to elliptical orbit): https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/p
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Evidence for relativity effects in stars orbiting supermassive black hole

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This artist's impression shows the orbits of three of the closest known stars to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way (marked with a red cross). Analysis of data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other telescopes hint that the orbi
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TIL: Choosing a Mars Landing Spot is Harder Than You Think | Today I Learned

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MARS AIRS MONDAYS 9/8c ➡Get More MARS: http://bit.ly/NatGeoMARS ➡Watch all clips of MARS here: http://bit.ly/WatchMARS When you have an entire planet to explore, how do you decide where to land the rover? There’s no wrong place to start, according to plan
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How Do We Protect Earth From Asteroids? Part 2 - Stopping Them

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Once we know where all the dangerous asteroids are, how do we prevent one from hitting Earth? Read the supporting article from Nancy Atkinson: https://www.universetoday.com/90798/every-way-devised-to-deflect-an-asteroid/ Support us at: http://www.patreon.
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Flying Into the Sun? NASA's Parker Solar Probe Mission

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NASA is planning a mission to get as close as possible as we can to the Sun and reveal its mysteries. Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebo
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What Happens During a Solar Eclipse? Get Ready for the Great American Eclipse on August 21, 2017

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North America is preparing itself for the August Eclipse, so we thought it would be a good time to explain how eclipses work and what’s going on as the Moon briefly destroys the Sun. Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: htt
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Why So Many Meteorites Come From The Same Place

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Because of space physics, one faraway asteroid is likely the progenitor of almost a third of all the meteorites on Earth. Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video: http://skl.sh/MinuteEarth Jorge and Daniel's awesome new book, "We Have No Idea": htt
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A Tenth Planet Could Be Warping Our Outer Solar System

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Scientists have just found warping in the Kuiper Belt that suggests there might be a tenth planet. How The Mysterious Planet 9 Is Tilting Our Solar System - https://youtu.be/Yo0Bz-8ZeR8 Proof We Landed on the Moon is in the Topography - https://youtu.be/f
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The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons

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Large chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative? Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies - https://youtu.be/76hv6KOB-AI
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How to mathematically calculate a fall through the Earth

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Huge thanks to the Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this video. Click here to check out the free trial: http://ow.ly/gSm4302OFJw Watch the full integration! Worth it even just for the Simple Harmonic Motion which drops out at the end. https://www.youtube
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Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies

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This proposed new definition of "planets" would bring back Pluto, but would also reclassify over a hundred other celestial bodies -- including our moon! Do You Know What Color Pluto Really Is? - https://youtu.be/8beVI8wdkZg Sign Up For The Seeker Newslett
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Everything you should know about TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets

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The TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system has seven earth-like planets and is only 39 lightyears away! I am joined by Professor Adam Burgasser and Dr. Katherine Deck, both astrophysicists on the Nature paper to discuss the discovery of this planetary system. Check
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A Tasty Trove of Exoplanets at TRAPPIST-1

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A baker’s half-dozen of Earth-size worlds is orbiting a (relatively) nearby star—and some could be habitable Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/SciAmerican TRANSCRIPT: There's big news this week from 40 light years away, a star system calle
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NASA has found a planetary system with 7 Earth sized planets, all of which could have liquid water.

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Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone. Over 21 days, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope measured t
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Searching for Earth’s Trojan Asteroids

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Trojan asteroids are common at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of other planets, leading or following the planet in its orbit. But detecting our own Trojan asteroids from Earth is difficult since they appear close to the sun from our perspective. In mid-Feb
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The Search for Life

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Are we alone in the universe? This is a fundamental question that intrigues us all. On September 21, 2016, NASA scientists and stakeholders came together at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for a presentation on the agency’s search for life b
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NASA Solved The Mystery Of The Moon's Strange Glow!

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A recent NASA study on lunar dust may have found the reason behind the moon's strange glow, and it's not what scientists expected. The Air On Mars Has A Mysterious Glow. Here's Why - https://youtu.be/wHiV2bOQVUw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - ht
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Did The Sun Steal Planet Nine From Another Solar System?

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Outer space is full of free-floating orphan planets searching for a new home. What would happen if one flew into our solar system? Would NASA Tell Us About Alien Contact? - https://youtu.be/YW3KPiPeKYg How The Mysterious Planet 9 Is Tilting Our Solar Syst
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Is It Okay to Touch Mars?

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Watch Nat Geo's MARS Monday 11/14 at 9/8c: http://makemarshome.com/ Watch Kevin and Jake's videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_MhErD-EA0&index=2&list=PLiyjwVB09t5xDxwO8KpwJA2HTA13xarpf *Thanks to Nat Geo for sponsoring this video* Earth and Mars si
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Mercury retrograde, explained without astrology

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The science buried under the pseudoscience. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sources: Mars photography by Tunç Tezel: http://www.twanight.org/newtwan/galleries.asp?Sort=Photographer&Value=Tunc%20Tezel&page=1 Mars visualization from Nooch 86:
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There Are Oceans In Our Solar System That Could Contain Life

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Where else in our solar system is there water? How are oceans in outer space different than ours? Is The Moon A Star? - https://youtu.be/tYYgHq1FfDk Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Sa
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The Big History of Civilizations | The Great Courses

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https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/ What makes the Big History approach so unique? Whereas a traditional survey might take you through the major events of a period and introduce you to key dates and people (the “kings and battles” approach), Big History
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Life on Europa? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

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The Hubble Telescope found more evidence of vast plumes of water bursting through the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. What does this tell us about the potential for life on Europa? Get your own Space Time tshirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBi Tweet at us
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There Could Have Been Life On Venus!

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You don't need a spaceship to shoot through space. We're actually doing it all the time. We live on a rotating planet, that orbits a star, that moves around a galaxy, that rockets through the universe constantly. But how fast are we moving, exactly? Subsc
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The Faint Young Sun Paradox!

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Have you ever thought about what’s beyond our solar system? Think real big, because we’re about to explore galaxies! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check
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Juno Has Arrived At Jupiter! Now What?

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Capturing Space Rocks In Antarctica

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Planetary scientist Constantine Tsang is trying to answer the great mystery of the universe: where did we come from? To do so, Tsang and his NASA-funded team spent two months searching for meteorites on the ice shelves of Antarctica. Daunting as it sounds
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What Are Alien Megastructures?

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How Do We Know There’s A Planet 9?

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Are you having trouble keeping track of all the planets in the Solar System? Good news! Astronomers have found evidence that there’s another huge planet far out in the Solar System. Textbooks will need to be rewritten again. You’re welcome. Support us at:
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Why Does Neptune's Moon, Triton, Orbit Backwards?

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Neptune's largest moon, Triton, orbits the opposite direction of all other moons in our solar system, and no one is sure why. No, Triton is not a "Death Star" or an artificial object, but it may not have originated near Neptune. NASA'S UNEXPLAINED FILES T
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Can Anyone Own Outer Space?

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Observations of the orbits of six small objects have led researchers to propose a very large 9th planet--100s of astronomical units (AU) away from the sun. Far enough away that this Neptune-sized planet takes ~15,000 years to complete one orbit. Read more
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