EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2012: 1st and 2nd Contact (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:00

Watch the beginning of Venus’s transit across the disk of the sun, one of the rarest astronomical events.

Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All

Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2012: 3rd and 4th Contact (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:00

Watch the conclusion of Venus’s 6.5-hour journey across the disk of the sun, one of the rarest astronomical events.

Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All

Date: June 5, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Exploratorium Audio Salon: Dr. Paul Coleman-Goddesses and Telescopes (podcast)

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08:57

Astrophysicist and native Hawaiian Dr. Paul Coleman is used to operating in the worlds of both science and spiritual tradition. But in this short podcast, he tells a story of one time when those two worlds clashed, and he was reminded of the importance of remembering his native roots.

Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All

Date: August 11, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Saturn: Saturn/Cassini Update: Looking Back at Saturn (webcast)

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00:27:05

Paul Doherty and Ron Hipschman discuss some of Saturn's interesting history.

Project: Saturn: Jewel of the Solar System | Browse All

Date: August 21, 2004
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Origins: Astrobiology: Is There Life Elsewhere? (webcast)

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00:58:53

How can a mathematical equation frame the question of life in the universe? We’ll talk with Frank Drake, one of the founders of the SETI Institute, about his famous equation and how it frames the search for signs of intelligent life in the universe.

Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All

Date: November 15, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Hubble: A New View of the Universe (webcast)

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00:30:43

Join us as NASA releases the first images from the Hubble Telescope's new camera, NICMOS (the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer). We'll discuss the significance and beauty of these pictures of our galaxy with the NICMOS' Lead Scientist, Keith Noll.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: June 5, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: AMANDA Neutrino Detector (webcast)

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0:26:41

Today from the South Pole, Mary Miller speaks to Kathryn Rollins, who will tell us about the AMANDA Neutrino Dectector.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 21, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Live from the South Pole (webcast)

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0:20:22

Today we connect with Mary Miller and Noel Wanner, who are at the South Pole, and find out about the science going on there.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: DASI Telescope (webcast)

Running Time:
0:41:11

Learn more from the South Pole, as Mary and Noel speak to scientists about the DASI telescope

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics, Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Check-in with Paul and Physicist Nils Halvorson (webcast)

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0:22:47

Dr. Nils Halvorson is in the Live@ studio and sheds light on the DASI telescope at the South Pole.

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology