I Slept Through Science

We've reached the last two planets in the solar system, Uranus and Neptune. We've seen some pretty interesting things on the planets we've visited, but there's still some unique things to learn about ...

6 Nov 202343min

Saturn is best known for its rings, but how much do you really know about them? How big are they? How many are there? What are they made of? Saturn also has the most moons of any planet in the solar s...

30 Okt 202338min

The big red spot. Super fast winds. The solar system's largest planet has a lot going for it and can be a dangerous place. Is Jupiter's big red spot more like a tornado or a hurricane? Is there lightn...

23 Okt 202325min

Cheryl has been confused by this for a while now: how can a planet be made only of gas? Does that mean there's no solid surface at all, or is the atmosphere just really thick? What would it be like to...

16 Okt 202320min

Between Mars and the gas giants are a bunch of small-ish rocks floating in space we call the asteroid belt. But what exactly is the asteroid belt and does it look like it does in Star Wars? More impor...

9 Okt 202335min

Of all the other planets in our solar system, we hear about humans living on Mars the most. Is that because it's the most similar to Earth? What challenges would still exist for humans to be able to l...

2 Okt 202333min

We've been working through the Solar System and have reached our home, the Earth! We already know lots of things that could kill us on Earth, but what about things out in space? Does a star exploding ...

25 Sep 202333min

Venus is farther away from the Sun than Mercury, but it's surface is 100 degrees hotter - how is this possible?! Does Venus have an atmosphere and if so, wouldn't have help it be cooler, not hotter? A...

18 Sep 202327min