Videos
Stunning New Timelapse: Storms and Stars at Joshua Tree
Here's another gorgeous timelapse by Gavin Heffernan, who returned to Joshua Tree National Park in California for his third look…
Watch: Ultimate Mars Challenge
The PBS special "Ultimate Mars Challenge" that aired this week in the US is now available on YouTube. The production…
SETI: The Search Goes On
In this new video, SETI founder Frank Drake and astronomer Jill Tarter about why the search of the cosmos is…
From Eternity to Here: The Amazing Origin of our Species (in 90 Seconds)
From the initial expansion of the Big Bang to the birth of the Moon, from the timid scampering of the…
Our Gorgeous, Graceful, Gradient Sun
Here's a mesmerizing video from the folks over at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's visualization studio showing the Sun in…
Space Station Reaches Warp Speed?
The International Space Station appears to go to warp speed -- a la Star Trek, Star Wars and almost every…
Watch: Incredible Headcam Video from Felix’s Freefall
Felix Baumgartner salutes his suit-mounted camera before stepping off his capsule's platform at 128,000 feet (Red Bull Stratos) Yesterday, October…
Searching for Life on Mars
Today, Mars is a barren desert. But millions of years ago could our planetary neighbor have been much more Earth-like…
Minute Physics: Real World Telekinesis
How do magnets affect things at a distance? How does the Sun heat our planet from 93 million miles away?…
What Happens When Supermassive Black Holes Merge?
Frame from a simulation of the merger of two black holes and the resulting emission of gravitational radiation (NASA/C. Henze)…