Topic 3 Waves and the Universe

P1.11 The Universe

Video - Crash Course - The History of the Universe

Video - Minute Physics - What is the Universe?

Video - TED - The beginning of the Universe

Video - How big are other planets?
Simulation - Size of the Universe
Video - Galaxy Song
Video - The power of ten
Video - The size of the universe
Video - Beautiful power of ten video
Video - Size of Stars!

BBC Resources - Discover the mysteries of the Universe

How long would it take to get to the stars?

P1.13 Exploring the Universe

Video - TED Ed - How do we study the Stars (great intro)

Gaia Space Telescope

Hubble space telescope
ALMA - radio telescope array (nearly completed and partially built in Heanor!)
Video - Next Generation Telescopes

Video - PhD Comics - Telescopes of Hawaii
Video - Eyes on the Skies
Video - Eyes on the Skies - observing different sections of the spectrum
Video - Eyes on the Skies - Beyond the earth

Video - IOP - Observing using the EM Spectrum

Video - Time lapse the Very Large Array
Video: why is the night sky dark?

Video - ALMA opens its eyes

Video - Hubble's successor, the James Webb Telescope

Video - The James Webb Space Telescope

Video - Exploring the Universe with Infrared light

Video -Spitzer observes the Orion Nebula

Video - ESO Song

P1.14 Alien life

NASA - Did Mars ever have what it takes to support life?

Video - TED - Why can't we see evidence of alien life?

Video - TED - Astrobiology

Video - Universe Today - Where are all the aliens?

Video - Veritasium - Does Alien Life Exist
BBC Resources- Life on Mars?
Video - Searching for life on Mars
Mars rovers
SETI - The search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Podcast - The Drake Equation
Podcast - Fermi Paradox
Curiosity - Mars Lander Interactive
Video - Curiosity Lift off
Video - Curiosity animation
News - New planet in habitable zone
Video - Why Mars Died and Earth Lived

Video - VSauce - Are we ready to meet aliens?

Video - Fraser Cain - How could we find aliens?

Video - Sci Show - Finding life on exoplanets

P1.15 Life cycles of stars

Prezi - Life Cycle of stars

Star in a Box

Video - Crash Course - Formation of the Solar System

Video - BBC seven ages of starlight

Video - IOP the life cycle of stars

Video - charliessocoollike- stars

Video - Steven Hawking - Supernova

Video - Steven Hawking - Birth of a star
Video - A Star's Life Cycle
Video - Life Cycle of Stars

Video - Deep Astro - First Light

Video - Minute Physics - Why is the Solar System flat?

Podcast - Stellar Classification

Podcast - Life of the Sun
Podcast - Life of other stars

Blog - The birth of a star (amazing pictures!)

Revision Video - Life cycle of stars

Video - Kurgestagt - Neutron Stars Explained

P1.16 Theories about the Universe

Video - It's OK to be smart - afterglow

Video - In a Nutshell - The Big Bang

Video - Big Bang the musical!

BBC - Evidence for the Big Bang
The Big Bang Registry
Video - Eyes on the Skies - expanding universe
Video - Stephen Hawking - Expanding Universe
Video - Expanding Universe
The size of the universe
Video - Where is the centre of the Universe (ask an Astronomer)
Video - How inflation saved the Big Bang Theory
Video - Punk Science - The end of the Universe
Evidence for the Big Bang
Video - Minute Physics - Cosmic Microwave Background

Video - Deep Astronomy - What is the universe expanding into?

Video - Minute Physics - Do we expand with the Universe?

Video - Deep Astronomy - What caused the Big Bang?

P1.17 Red shift

Video - Spectra from Hubble
Video - charliessocoollike- light
Podcast - The Doppler Effect
Brian Cox explains Red Shift
Red shift rap
Video - Red Shift Explanation
Video - Red Shift (ask an Astronomer)
Video - Red Shift Class Experiment

YouTube Video

The fingerprints of stars

Video - kurzgesagt - The Big Bang

Subpages (4): Expanding Universe life on Mars Red Shift activity Search for Extra terrestrial Intelligence