Since the 1995 confirmation of exoplanet 51 Pegasi b, the word exoplanet—a planet orbiting another star—has become a part of the vernacular. And thanks to technologies like the 2009-launched Kepler spacecraft, we've c...
Using images captured by Google Earth, Ireland-based artist Páraic McGloughlin speeds through scheme after scheme of human-made shapes and structures from high above in the experimental film short Arena. From McGlough...
Take a virtual tour of the Moon in all-new 4K resolution, thanks to data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. As the visualization moves around the near side, far side, north and south poles, we...
For the first time, scientists have ground and satellite views of STEVE (short for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement), a thin purple ribbon of light. Scientists have now learned, despite its ordinary name, ...
What are black holes? What's happening inside of them? You can't tell from the outside... but could you travel through one to find out? From his BBC Reith Lecture and animated by Aardman Studios for BBCRadio4, British...
On February 6, 2018, SpaceX successfully launched a heavy-lift rocket called Falcon Heavy, making it "the world's most powerful booster since NASA's Saturn V." For dummy payload, a Tesla Roadster belonging to SpaceX f...
A super blue blood moon eclipse reveals the aurora borealis—auroras over the northern auroral zone—in this stunning 8K 360º time lapse video. The combination of celestial delights was filmed by William Briscoe Photogr...
Tour Mars' Gale Crater from the vantage point of NASA's Curiosity Rover at Vera Rubin Ridge. In this video, project scientist Ashwin Vasavada points out geographical features and the rover's path within this composite...
Notes appear as jazz music is played in these two Animated Sheet Music videos by Dan Cohen. The sheet music was taken from Charlie Parker - Omnibook: For B-flat Instruments (Jazz Transcriptions). The music itself: Con...
Explore the Orion Nebula, as seen with both visible light from the Hubble Telescope and infrared light via the Spitzer Space Telescope, with the help of this three-dimensional fly-through. The computer-generated visua...
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