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Stars and Interstellar Objects
Videos here should concern objects and phenomena outside the solar system, but at a scale smaller than a galaxy, generally located between stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. This includes things like stars and their types, and also star clusters, nebulae, etc. Constellations have their own category.
There are 10 videos in this category and 97 videos in 7 subcategories.
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Ages: 6 - 18
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Stars Song
From vimeo.com, produced by Simple Science
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This three minute animation and song explain what stars are and how they "work."
January 11, 2012 at 08:45 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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This is an animation illustrating the size of stars in comparison with Earth and the other planets. This clip shows the vast sizes in an extremely graphical way. (02:34).
January 4, 2011 at 05:50 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 3 - 18
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This is the first video from a list of 12. You may wish to explore all of them. The Seeing Stars video is 4:25 and shows some stars and what colors mean as well as other facts that should provide students a good introduction into astronomy. Good imag...es.
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May 15, 2011 at 11:42 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 8 - 18
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Far beyond Earth in the endless expanses of space, mysterious objects are hiding: black holes, quasars and dark matter. (04:57)
June 8, 2011 at 11:23 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 12 - 18
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Scientists have further narrowed the search for a hypothetical particle that could be dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up 80 percent of all the mass in the universe. This video from NASA Astrophysics presents the new results, compiled fro...m two years' worth of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. (03:03)
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April 5, 2012 at 07:17 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 7 - 18
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Here's the next installment of amazing night sky scenes, filmed in and around Santa Clarita, California during the latter half of 2011. Students will love the real life footage of these amazing scenes. This is a great resource to help build backgroun...d knowledge and to help make real world connections between space and the classroom. (5:18)
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July 13, 2012 at 08:33 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 13 - 18
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Today Hank brings us the news of a unique astronomical discovery - a rogue planet. He also allays our fears of an apocalyptic collision with Earth. So, this new planet is awesome, but it needs a different name - CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9 isn't reall...y cutting it. Suggestions? (03:32)
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November 14, 2012 at 08:22 PM
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Ages: unspecified
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In 2:40 this video interview is about the shooting lights in the night's sky and what they are and when is the best time of year to see them. A good video to get students interested in studying the night sky.
April 5, 2011 at 12:14 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 6 - 18
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This 2:50 video explains how supernovas are formed when stars explode. But what happens to these stars that went supernova? MIT scientists now believe that even dead pulsars could form new planets. This video uses a narrator and graphics to help expl...ain this event.
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June 12, 2011 at 10:48 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 6 - 18
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This two minute video suggests what could triggers a star-making process. It explains the importance of gravity and what happens when space objects collide.
August 14, 2011 at 02:27 PM
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