How Does The James Webb Space Telescope Work? – Smarter Every Day 262
– This is my dad, and he’s about to finish this major job you’ve been working on, which is the James Webb Space Telescope? – Sun shield for the James Webb Space Telescope. –...
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10 Mind-blowing Interstellar Propulsion Systems
If we’re ever going to explore and eventuallycolonize the galaxy, we’re going to needfunctioning propulsion systems to do it. This goes for the nearest star, or the otherside of the Milky Way. So here...
The Spaceship Propulsion Compendium
Today’s episode, the Spaceship PropulsionCompendium, is going to be a long one, sinceI am going to try to touch at least brieflyon every system including some of the moreunlikely ones. I will leave out...
Photonic Propulsion: Mars in 3 Days?
There’s been all kinds of buzz lately aboutsome new space tech that could send a spacecraftto Mars in 3 days, and maybe even get spaceshipsto exoplanets that are light-years away. Which kind of sounds...
Juno Spacecraft: Exploring Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter on July 4th, 2016. Since this bright giant has always been intrigued humans, scientists hope to get answers to many questions regarding its climate, atmosphere,...
Miraculous Aurora Borealis, Seen from Alaska
This time-lapse video shows us the images that portray miraculous Aurora Borealis captured from Fairbanks, Alaska. The photographies were taken by an astrophotographer Miranda Schultz on March 11th this year.
Planets, Constellations, and Events in the March’s Night Sky
During the following month, Jupiter will reach the place of so-called opposition with the Sun. It is a pretty rare phenomenon that enables us to see Jupiter in all its magnificence. Namely, when Jupiter...
The Meteor Shower, Seen from Poland
In this video, bright fireballs in the night sky in Poland lit up the whole night sky and turned night into day yesterday. According to astronomers, it seems that the annual Taurid meteor shower...
Stunning New View of the Veil Nebula, a Supernova Remnant
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured spectacular new images of one part supernova remnant, called Veil Nebula. This nebula is the part of the largest nebula – Cygnus Loop or the Swan. It had...
Haze on Ceres Is Another Mystery for Scientists
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed a haze that occasionally appears on Ceres’ mysterious bright spots. Scientists try out to find an answer for the appearance of the white spots and discovery of the haze...
Pluto Has Mysterious Dark Spots on Its Surface
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has captured new images of the dwarf planet, Pluto. The images have shown a few equal dark spots along the dwarf planet’s equator. Every spot spreads around about 300 miles...
The Shortest Lunar Eclipse of the Century
What makes today’s total lunar eclipse unique is its duration. Namely, it is the shortest lunar eclipse in this century, which lasted less than 10 minutes at its peak.
Exploration of the Glowing Band of the Milky Way
This video shows us how our galaxy looks like through the lens of a telescope. It enables us to travel to the center of the Milky Way, where the mysterious black hole is hiding.
Astronomy for Development
Astronomy for Development This video is discussing learning astronomy for development and the special guest is Kevin Govender, from the Office of Astronomy Development.
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