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ScienceCasts: August 2017: A Big Month for Astronomy

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. The Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 11, 12, and 13, and a Total Solar Eclipse will be visible in the United States from coast to coast on August 21. (This video is from 2017)

Was The Wow! Signal From Aliens?

Back in 1977, Jerry Ehman detected what he thought could have been radio signals coming from an alien civilization. This signal, called the “Wow” Signal after the notes written in Ehman’s findings, has for decades been used as evidence that there is other intelligent life out there. But was this act

What Would It Take For Earth To Explode?

The Death Star could destroy a planet, but what are some realistic ways it could happen. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Follow Life Noggin! Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifenoggin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifenoggin Official Website: https://lnstudios.co/ We

Why Does Saturn Have Rings?

Saturn is unique. Unlike the other 8 planets in our solar system Saturn has one thing going for it the others are lacking. Rings! Beautiful, multicoloured rings, make the 6th planet from the sun a cosmic marvel, but how and why are they there? Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/Life

The Nebra sky disk

The Nebra sky disk is the world's oldest known concrete representation of astronomical phenomena and is more than 3600 years old. It shows a crescent moon, the full moon - sometimes interpreted as the sun - and a total of 32 stars. Author: ZDF/Terra X/SPIEGEL TV/Christopher Gerisch/Tilman Remme/Rei

Galileo Galilei's discoveries

Galileo Galilei's telescope was a milestone for his astronomical observations. One major finding: The Milky Way is not a nebula, but consists of millions of stars. However, he was wrong about the cause of the tides. Authors: ZDF/Terra X/S. Hillmann/B. v. Dadelsen/S. Utzt/C. v. Westphalen/M. Mohr T

What If The Earth Was Bigger Than The Sun

In case you didn’t know, the sun is bigger than the Earth. Yes, form here, the sun looks like its no bigger than the Moon. But that’s because of how far away it is from the Earth. 150 million kilometers to be exact. So how big is the Sun? The Sun’s radius is 695700 km. The Earth’s radius is 6371 kil

Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

Are we alone in the Universe? You have probably asked yourself this question at some point. We will show you how planetary scientists are looking for signs of life in other planets, using our very own Earth a laboratory. Europlanet 2020 RI http://www.europlanet-2020-ri.eu/ Europlanet Outreach http:

Why Do We Have Leap Years?

Every four years, we get an extra day in February. Who decided this, and what's the point? Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's scie

ScienceCasts: NASA's Next Great Space Telescope

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Assembly of NASA's next great space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, is underway. It will show researchers the first stars and galaxies that formed in the early universe. JWST WebbCam: http