NASA's Newest Space Telescope Practices Unfolding Itself
This is a video of NASA's next generation space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, testing the deployment of its secondary mirror support system. NASA hopes to...
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Whoa: Video Of T-Handle In Space Spinning And Changing Direction
This is a video of a t-handle aboard the International Space Station free-spinning and constantly changing direction back and forth. Why? According to the video's description, because...
NASA Captures Photo Of Asteroid From Spacecraft Orbiting It From 0.4-Miles, The Closest Space Object Orbit Yet
This is a shot from NASA's asteroid studying spacecraft OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) of asteroid Bennu, taken from orbit around the space...
Problem Solving: How To Fill A Pool With 15 Tons Of Jello
This is a video of former NASA engineer Mark Rober discussing and then tackling the challenge of filling a pool entirely with Jello, which all needs to...
Guy Creates 'Cold Fire' You Can Touch And Not Get Burned
This is a video from The Action Lab of the creation of a 'cold fire' (plasma) torch that you can touch and not get burned, and doesn't...
University Of Maryland Successfully Completes First Autonomous Drone Delivery Of Organ For Transplant
This is a video from the University Of Maryland's School Of Medicine documenting the first successful drone delivery of an organ for transplant. The kidney, which was...
Recording The Speed Of Light At 10 Trillion Frames/Second
Note: picosecond= one-trillionth of a second. A picosecond is to one second as one second is to approximately 31,689 years. This is a video of the Slow...
What The?: Water Flowing So Smoothly It Looks Frozen
This is a video of water flowing so smoothly it appears frozen. Apparently this is known as a Laminar flow, which is characterized "by high momentum diffusion...
A Closeup Of The Sun Taken By The Closest Probe We've Sent
This is a 'closeup' of the sun taken by the Parker Solar Probe, the closest object we've ever sent to the sun (at least until I blast...
Learning By Looking: An Animated Timeline Of 7 Million Years Of Human Evolution
This is an informative video created by the American Museum Of Natural History detailing 7-million years of human evolution, based on the fossil records found in present-day...
Sorcery: Guy Produces Black Fire That Casts A Shadow
This is a video of Youtuber The Action Lab producing a black fire that casts a shadow by exposing an alcohol flame to salt water that's all...
Fascinating: A Reverse Filter That Lets Larger, Heavier Objects Through, Traps Smaller Ones
This is a video discussion and demonstration of the reverse filter developed by scientists that allows larger, heavier objects to pass through, while trapping smaller, lighter ones....
'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid To Fly By Earth (At A Distance of 3,000,000 Miles)
Note: Artist's rendition above 100% inaccurate in regards to distance to earth. NASA has announced a 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will pass by earth on August 29th, at...
Ex-NASA Engineer Builds The Perfect Rock-Skipping Robot
This is a video of ex-NASA engineer and inventor Mark Rober using the engineering design process to build and adjust a robot (arguably not actually a robot)...
Valuable Information: How To Pour A Glass Of Beer To Prevent Stomach Bloating
Do we though, Max, DO WE? This is a video of beer expert Max Bakker (great name) discussing how to pour a glass of beer to minimize...
Video Of Two Fluid Vortex Rings Colliding Perfectly Head-On In Slow Motion
This is a video over four years in the making of Destin from Youtube channel SmarterEveryDay and his quest to recreate this previously posed old scientific video...
Video From A GoPro Inside A Bowling Ball Shot Out Of A Cannon
This is a video of Youtuber gabenandee's daughter's 7th grade science fair project (with a fair amount of help from her father) whose hypothesis was presumably, "I...
Man Does The Japanese Aluminum Foil Ball To Shiny Sphere Challenge, Smashes It With Hydraulic Press
This is a video of Youtuber The Action lab taking the Japanese aluminum foil ball challenge (previously posted HERE), then smashing the ball with a hydraulic press....