First Aired: April 1st, 2014
Status: Continuing
Network: YouTube
Summary: Every Tuesday and Friday, SciShow Space explores the universe a few minutes at a time.
Hosts Hank Green, Caitlin Hofmeister, and Reid Reimers share everything from just after the beginning of time to the most recent breaking news in space exploration.
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Season 2014
Episode 1: Kepler's Planetary Bonanza
Air Date: April 2nd, 2014
Summary: You've know that the Kepler Space Telescope has discovered HUNDREDS of new planets outside our solar system -- but how does it find them? And how do scientists tell the real planets from the celestial fake-outs? It involves a lot of patient searching -- and math!
Episode 5: Why Is Pluto Not A Planet?
Air Date: April 16th, 2014
Summary: Pluto's not a planet. We're sorry, but we think it's time you move on. If you've gone through all your breakup music and Meg Ryan movies, and you still can't get over it, then SciShow Space will get out the ice cream, cuddle up with you on the couch, and talk about how this could have happened.
Episode 10: Microbes From Space and Bits of Halley's Comet
Air Date: May 2nd, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space gives you the latest in Space News, including fascinating facts about the latest visitors to the ISS, how to spot the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, and a new discovery in our own celestial neighborhood.
Episode 13: The History, and Future, of Space Suits
Air Date: May 14th, 2014
Summary: Reid Reimers explains one of the often-overlooked technologies that humans need to live in, and explore, space - space suits. Learn about the hundred-year history of the pressurized suit, and see what the future of space couture might look like.
Episode 15: The Asteroid Belt - Not What You Think!
Air Date: May 22nd, 2014
Summary: Buckle up for a trip to the asteroid belt -- though it's not nearly as dangerous out there as you might think. But there's a LOT waiting to be discovered, including some crucial clues about the formation of the solar system itself.
Episode 16: Space Station Science and NASA's Flying Saucer
Air Date: May 24th, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space shares the latest news from around the universe, including a wrap-up of the experiments conducted in the last space station mission, a test of a new "flying saucer" device from NASA, and new life for our old friend, the Kepler Space Telescope!
Episode 26: The Great Attractor - A Truly Massive Mystery
Air Date: July 3rd, 2014
Summary: There's something out there SO massive that it's pulling on every object within hundreds of millions of light years. But we can't see it! So what DO we know? Today on SciShow Space, Reid Reimers tells us more about the Great Attractor.
Episode 29: Water Weirdness - Sweaty Comets, and Titan's Hidden Oceans
Air Date: July 12nd, 2014
Summary: SciShow News gives you some wet and weird developments from around the solar system, including new insights about what liquid lurks under the surface of Titan, and a sweaty comet that's been spotted on its way toward the sun.
Episode 30: Rogue Planets, Loners of the Universe
Air Date: July 16th, 2014
Summary: Meet one of the newest celestial bodies to be discovered - rogue planets, worlds that hurtle around the galaxy without any parent star. Caitlin Hofmeister explains how we found them, and where we think they might have come from.
Episode 33: Watch the Delta Aquarids, and Meet NASA's 'Aquanauts'
Air Date: July 25th, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space preps you for the Delta Aquarids, a meteor shower, and explains what makes them so unique. Plus, join “aquanauts” on one of NASA’s least-known missions, a nine-day tour in its NEEMO undersea laboratory.
Episode 37: Our Next Mission to Mars, and How the Sun Will Kill the Internet
Air Date: August 8th, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space shares the latest news from around the universe, including new details about our next mission to Mars, and a study that predicts a catastrophic solar storm may be more likely than we thought.
Episode 41: Stardust Discovery, and 2 Planetary Conjunctions
Air Date: August 22nd, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space shares the latest developments from around the universe, including news about the first material ever collected from outside the solar system, and a backyard astronomers’ guide to two upcoming planetary conjunctions.
Episode 45: The Most Powerful Rocket Ever, and Gecko Sex in Space
Air Date: September 5th, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space News shares the latest developments from around the universe, including NASA’s plan to build the world’s most powerful rocket, and the fate of Russian geckos sent to have sex in space.
Episode 47: Our New Galactic Neighborhood, and a Tar Comet?
Air Date: September 12nd, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space shares the latest news from around the universe, including new insights into the giant supercluster of galaxies that we call home, and the first “data baby” from Rosetta’s rendezvous with a comet.
Episode 49: Curiosity's Sequel, and the Key to Finding Alien Life
Air Date: September 19th, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space News shares the latest developments from around the universe, including the Curiosity’s arrival at its final destination, and new insights into what clues we should really be looking for in our search for alien life.
Episode 51: 2 Weird Experiments in Human Space Flight
Air Date: September 26th, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space News reveals two weird experiments in human spaceflight - one showed us what it really feels like to walk on the moon, the other put ordinary people through space flight simulation to see how they did. Find out inside!
Episode 59: Saturn's 'Death Star' and Hubble's Latest Masterpiece
Air Date: October 24th, 2014
Summary: SciShow Space News takes you to the solar system’s own Death Star -- Saturn’s moon Mimas, where something mysterious is going on. Plus, we share a stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope that holds a few surprises!
Episode 70: The Gamma Ray Burst of 775
Air Date: December 4th, 2014
Summary: About 1200 years ago, Earth may have experienced one of the rarest and most powerful cosmic events a planet can be exposed to - a gamma-ray burst. If it did, well, let’s just say that we, as living things on Earth, are lucky it wasn’t worse.
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