From youtube: We think of the moon as orbiting the earth, following a spiraling trajectory as the earth itself orbits the sun. But this is wrong. Not only is the moon's orbit NOT a spiral... there's an... continue reading

posted by noims 1 month 2 weeks ago • 32 views • 5:30

"Repeat after us: ... The. Sun. Is. Not. Yellow. !!!!!! ..."

posted by ant 3 months 3 weeks ago • 56 views

"... Over the last year, we at MinuteEarth and MinutePhysics have had the privilege of working with NASA's Heliophysics Education Activation Team make a series of videos about the awesomeness of solar... continue reading

posted by ant 7 months 3 weeks ago • 4 views • 27:10

From YouTube, "The Earth is a gigantic ball of semi-molten rock, with a heart of iron as hot as the surface of the Sun. Titanic amounts of heat left over from its birth and the radioactive decay of trillions... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 354 views • 11:59

What If you took the celestial bodies that have elements names for them (Mercury, Ceres, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto), and made them entirely composed of those elements? Minute physics animates and presents... continue reading

posted by noims 2 years 2 months ago • 29 views • 3:41

"How can it be summer in North America and winter in Australia at the same time?! ..."

posted by ant 2 years 3 months 1 week ago • 51 views • 5:39

From Youtube, "The night sky seems peaceful and orderly. But in reality, stars are careening through the galaxy at speeds of hundreds of thousands of kilometers per hour. Not bound by static formations... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 326 views • 9:46

"Take a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood.... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 3 months ago • 16 views • 5:23

From Youtube, "The sun. Smooth and round and peaceful. Except when it suddenly vomits radiation and plasma in random directions. These solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs can hit earth and... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 135 views • 9:43

YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 808 views • 11:36

From Twitter: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Astrophysicist In the tropics, the Sun sets vertical to the horizon; Twilight doesn’t last very long; and the Full Moon rises shortly after sunset,... continue reading

posted by BSR 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 49 views • 30 secs

YT - ThePanthNetwork Published on Feb 20, 2012 This video answers the questions "What is Pantheism?" and "What do Pantheists believe?" Please watch this video with your volume up, as it does not... continue reading

posted by Buck 6 years 10 months ago • 67 views • 3:26

How the Sun affects the Earth.

posted by bobknight33 7 years 1 month ago • 99 views • 4:19

What if the Sun was here on Earth?

posted by w1ndex 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 657 views • 7:01

Destin and friends calculate where best to catch the ISS transitting the sun during the 2017 eclipse.

posted by nanrod 7 years 3 months ago • 754 views • 8:39

YT: A total eclipse of the sun is an awe-inspiring sight, but throughout history it has also inspired scientific research. Studying eclipses has led to discoveries about the composition of the sun, the... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 46 views • 4:29

https://youtu.be/Zm6X77ShHa8 Beavers have done more to shape North American landscapes than any animal beside humans. We don’t notice them much today because there aren’t many left, but before colonization,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months ago • 1,121 views • 5:19

Sometimes, it seems hard to go outside and face the day. But what would happen if you never saw sunlight?

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 3:32