This is a video from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) planetary astronomer Dr. James O’Donoghue (previously), detailing how far you’d be able to throw a ball on other planets compared to on earth. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that I’m not convinced I could even throw a

This is a beautiful and well-edited timelapse video captured by amateur astronomer and Youtuber k2qogir featuring the James Webb Space Telescope passing in front of Alnilam, the middle and brightest star in Orion’s Belt, part of a nebula some 2,000 light years away. In k2gogir’s own words while I pound

This is a video of the Ingenuity rotorcraft (upper middle of screencap) flying above the Martian surface. Ingenuity, the first flying craft deployed by humans on another planet, flew approximately 700-feet at an altitude of 26-feet before landing. The footage, albeit relatively unimpressive to watch if you pretend this is

Presumably because the prom king of the Planetary Science Institute has to look the part, this is a video of some guy getting a very impressive hair coloring of a solar system as executed by New York City based hairstylist Cassie Carey. Now that, that is a look. One that

This is a video captured by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the current crew aboard the International Space Station throwing a good old fashioned pizza party, where each space ranger got to customize their own personal pizza with toppings. Fun! And by fun I mean I would have been too

This is another visual comparison video created by MetaBallStudio (previously), this time comparing the average distance traveled in one minute by various objects in the universe, including animals, machines, planets, etc. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that I’m slower than a tree sloth or Galapagos tortoise. I

This is a clip from inside the cabin tip of Jeff Bezo’s penis rocket (aka cocket), showing how the four-person crew spent their brief few minutes of weightlessness. As you can see, it was mostly spent oh wowing, doing flips, and tossing pingpong balls around. So, was it worth the

Gravity: I wish it wasn’t so strong on earth. But only for me, I wish it was doubly strong for everyone else. But enough daydreaming about me leapfrogging over everyone all day, this is a visualization created by planetary space scientist James O’Donoghue comparing the gravity on various bodies of