Venus in Transit 5 min version

April 9-15, 2012 Venus will cross the face of the Sun in June. Here's how to see it.

Length 05:09 Premiere: 04/09/12

Recent Episodes

Two Astronomical Doggos | December 18 - December 24

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Celebrate the Birth of JWST! | December 25 - December 31

S46 E52 Length 01:00 Premiere Date 11/25/23

Find Gemini and See Some Meteors | December 4 - December 10

S46 E49 Length 01:00 Premiere Date 11/25/23

Do Conjunctions Actually Matter? | December 11 - December 17

S46 E50 Length 01:00 Premiere Date 11/25/23

Zelda’s Giant Rupee in the Sky | November 13 - November 19

S46 E46 Length 01:00 Premiere Date 10/30/23

You Can See Two Star Clusters Right Now | Nov. 27 - Dec. 3

S46 E48 Length 01:00 Premiere Date 10/30/23

Clips & Previews

"Does That Moon Look Super To You?" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 06/09/13

"Star Gazing On The Shortest Nights Of The Year" 1 Min versi

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 06/02/13

"That Lucky Old Sun"- 1 Min. version

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 05/26/13

"Oh, Venus!" 1 min. Version

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 05/19/13

"A Planetary Feast For May" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 05/12/13

"The Moon Kisses Winter And Jupiter Good-Bye" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 04/28/13

"Farewell To Orion, Look High For The Lion and Get Ready For

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 04/28/13

"There's Something Special About Saturn"- 1 Min. version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 04/21/13

"Take The Seven-Day Star Gazers" Challenge" 1 min. Version

Clip Length 01:01 Premiere Date 04/14/13

"Astronomy Day And More" 1 min. version

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 04/07/13

"Twin Stars Hang Out With The Twin Planets" 1 Min version

Clip Length 01:02 Premiere Date 03/31/13

"Jumpin' Jupiter"- 1 Min. version

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 01/28/13

The Planets Dance At Twilight And The Return Of The False D

Clip Length 01:00 Premiere Date 09/30/12

Specials

Pluto: The Rise and fall of Our Ninth Planet

Length 02:59 Premiere Date 01/12/24

Why is Halley's Comet So Famous?

Length 01:56 Premiere Date 01/12/24

Hubble vs. Webb: Who's More Powerful?

Length 02:18 Premiere Date 01/12/24

How to Spot Your Favorite Constellations

Length 02:21 Premiere Date 01/12/24

Hubble vs. James Webb Space Telescope: What's the Difference

Length 02:10 Premiere Date 11/09/23

How’s the Weather on the Moon?

Length 01:34 Premiere Date 11/02/23

The Science Behind the Northern Lights

Length 01:32 Premiere Date 11/02/23

What is a Meteor Shower? (Featuring The Leonids)

Length 02:55 Premiere Date 02/10/23

What is the Farthest Space Object We can See?

Length 01:11 Premiere Date 02/03/23

The Gold Mirrors of James Webb Space Telescope

Length 01:35 Premiere Date 01/27/23

The 5 Types of Nebulae

Length 02:41 Premiere Date 01/24/23

What is a Shooting Star?

Length 01:01 Premiere Date 01/11/23

Stargazing Like a Pro

Length 03:22 Premiere Date 01/04/23

"Planets of the New Year" Dec 28-Jan 3rd 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/28/15

"Behold the New Year's Eve Star" Dec 21-27th 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/21/15

"Orion in Perspective" Dec 14-20th 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/14/15

"Happy Winter Solstice" Dec 7-13th 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/07/15

"Finding a Planet in the Daytime" Nov 30th-Dec 6th 5 Min

Length 05:16 Premiere Date 11/30/15

"Celestial Shapes of the Season" Nov 23rd-29th 5 Min

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 11/23/15

"The Secret Lives of Stars" Nov 16th-22nd 5 Min

Length 05:17 Premiere Date 11/16/15

"Here Come the Leonids!" Nov 9th-15th 5Min

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 11/09/15

"Two Frogs Hopping and Two Planets Wandering" Nov 2-8th 5Min

Length 05:16 Premiere Date 11/02/15

"Planetary Ping Pong!" Oct 26th-Nov 1st 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/25/15

"Monsters In The Sky" Oct 19th-25th 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/18/15

"Solar System Samba!" Oct 12th-18th 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/11/15

"Planets Before Sunrise" Oct 5th-11th 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/04/15

"Cygnus The Spectacular Swan" Sept 28th-Oct 4th 5 min

Length 04:59 Premiere Date 09/27/15

"Super Moon, Harvest Moon, Lunar Eclipse" Sept 21-27th 5 min

Length 04:59 Premiere Date 09/20/15

"The False Dawn of Omar Khayyan" Sept 14th-20th 5 min

Length 04:59 Premiere Date 09/13/15

"Star Hoping In The September Sky" 5 min version

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 08/30/15

"Ta-Ta Tetrad" Sept 7th - Sept 13th 5 min

Length 04:59 Premiere Date 08/30/15

"Sizing Up The Stars In The Summer Triangle" 5 min version

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 08/23/15

"Yay! Winter's Back! Well, Almost" 5 Min version

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 08/16/15

"The Moon Sure Gets Around" 5 Min version

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 08/09/15

That's It! We're Off To Vega

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 08/02/15

"Plan Now For The Perseid Meteor Shower" 5 min version

Length 05:14 Premiere Date 07/26/15

"Measuring The Cosmos" 5 Min version

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 07/19/15

"Along The Milky Way" 5 Min version

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 07/12/15

"It's Zubeneschamali And Zubenelgenubi Time" 5 min. version

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 07/05/15

"Independence Day Constellation Fest" 5 min

Length 05:14 Premiere Date 06/28/15

"The Evening Star Meets The King Of The Planets" 5 min

Length 05:14 Premiere Date 06/21/15

"What A Line Up!" 5 Min

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 06/14/15

"Day Star Day" 5 Min

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 06/07/15

"Venus And The Super Duper Jupiter Conjunction" 5 min

Length 05:14 Premiere Date 05/31/15

"Venus, Venus, Burning Bright, First Star I See Tonight" 5 m

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 05/24/15

"The Wanderers" 5 Min version

Length 05:06 Premiere Date 05/17/15

"Saturn, Simply The Best" 5 Min version

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 05/10/15

"Something's Moving Out There" 5 min. version

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 05/03/15

"Connecting The Dots The Star Gazers Way" 5 min version

Length 05:17 Premiere Date 04/26/15

"A Lion At Night With Plenty Of Planetary Light" 5 Min versi

Length 05:16 Premiere Date 04/19/15

"Albedo" 5 Min version

Length 05:16 Premiere Date 04/12/15

"Venus Between The Clusters" 5 min. version

Length 05:19 Premiere Date 04/01/15

"Bye-bye Mars & Venus vs The Pleiades 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 03/29/15

"3 Lunar Eclipses In Less Than A Year" 5 min version

Length 05:06 Premiere Date 03/22/15

"Leo the Lion Chases Orion" 5 Min version

Length 05:06 Premiere Date 03/15/15

"Go Find Some Dark" 5 Min version

Length 05:06 Premiere Date 03/08/15

"I Eat Green caterpillars, Again?!" 5 min. version

Length 05:04 Premiere Date 03/02/15

"Seeing Double This Winter: Twin Stars and Planets" 5 Min

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 02/23/15

"The God of Love Vs. The God of War" 5 Min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 02/16/15

"Brightest of the Bright" 5 Min Version

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 02/09/15

"The Valentine's Day Stars" 5 Min Version

Length 05:05 Premiere Date 02/02/15

"Perfectly Positioned Polygons" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 11/24/14

"Cassiopeia: Queen Of The Northern Sky" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/17/14

"Capella And Vega: Bright Stars In The North-ish Sky" 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/10/14

"Look For The Leonids Next Week" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/03/14

"Mercury And The Maiden Vs Mars And The Teapot" 5 min versio

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/26/14

"Trick Or Treating With The Seven Sinister Sisters" 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/19/14

"A Partial Solar Eclipse, And Say Good-bye To Saturn" 5 Min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/12/14

"The Fall Sky Saga" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 10/05/14

"I See A Pattern Here" 5 min version

Length 05:03 Premiere Date 09/28/14

"Season Without Giants, Or, Time Of The Quiet Sky" 5 min ver

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 09/21/14

"Mars Meets His Rival" 5 Min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 09/14/14

"Super Sights On Autumn Nights" 5 Min version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 09/07/14

"Flying Along The Milky Way" 5 min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 08/31/14

"The Scorpion's Mad Tea Party" 5 min version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 08/24/14

"A Busy Day In The Sky At The End Of August" 5 Min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 08/17/14

"Pairs Of Pairs Of Planets" 5 Min version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 08/10/14

"Looking North And South In The Summer Sky" 5 min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 08/03/14

"Super Moon? Not So Much" 5 min version

Length 05:03 Premiere Date 07/27/14

"It's Just a Phase I'm Going Through - PART TWO" 5 Min

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 07/20/14

"Leo Is Leaving And Orion Returns" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 07/13/14

It's Just a Phase I'm Going Through" 5 Min version

Length 04:59 Premiere Date 07/06/14

The Dragon And The Scorpion"

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/29/14

"A Very Special Sky For The 5th of July"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/22/14

"The Lost Jewel In The Northern Crown" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/15/14

"Day Star Day, 2014" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/08/14

"A Late Night Line-Up" 5 Min version

Length 04:59 Premiere Date 06/01/14

"Those Short But Starry Nights Of Summer Are About To Arrive

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 05/25/14

"Triangles, Triangles - Part 2!" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 05/18/14

"Two Queens In The Morning Light And Watch The Wanderers" 5

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 05/04/14

"Astronomy Day And More"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 04/27/14

"May Is Your Month To See Mercury" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 04/21/14

"Follow The Arc To Arcturus" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 04/20/14

"The Tax Day Lunar Eclipse" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 04/06/14

"Planet Hopping All Night Long" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 04/06/14

The Martian Opposition Of 2014" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 03/30/14

"The Strange Case Of The Brightest Star We See Most Often"-

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 03/23/14

"The Winter Hexagon Plus Jupiter" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 03/16/14

"The Celestial Super Highway" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 03/09/14

"In Like A Lion Out Like A Lamb" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 03/03/14

"Jupiter And The Gemini Twins"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 02/24/14

"You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog" 5 min version

Length 04:56 Premiere Date 02/17/14

"The False Dusk And The Moon Finds Four Fabulous Planets" 5

Length 04:55 Premiere Date 02/10/14

"Happy Birthday Galileo" 5 Min version

Length 04:57 Premiere Date 02/03/14

"The Great Orion Nebula"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/27/14

"A New Perspective On Orion" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 01/20/14

"Spica And Mars Sandwich The Moon" 5 min. version

Length 04:56 Premiere Date 01/13/14

"The Wimpy Moon Points The Way To The Biggest Planet And UFO

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/06/14

"Here Comes The Sun" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/30/13

"Bye-bye Venus, Good-bye And Celebrate The New Year With The

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/23/13

"Off To The Races With Venus And Jupiter" 5 min version

Length 04:57 Premiere Date 12/16/13

"Tis The Season For Crescent Venus" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 12/09/13

"Good-bye Summer Triangle, Hello Winter Hexagon" 5 Min versi

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/02/13

"The Celestial Sign Of Winter And The Brightest That Venus C

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 11/25/13

"I See Icy Comet ISON" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 11/18/13

"Double Your Cluster, Double Your Fun And The Farthest You C

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 11/11/13

"Good-bye Summer Triangle, Hello Orion" 5 Min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 11/04/13

"How To Spot A Planet In The Daylight"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 10/27/13

"Monsters In The Sky" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 10/20/13

"Autumn Star And Planets : And Why The Stars Change With The

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/13/13

"The Little King Meets The God Of War And Venus Meets The Ri

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 10/06/13

"How To Find The False Dawn Of Omar Khayyam"

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 09/29/13

"The Curious Case Of The Wandering Stars"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 09/15/13

"All Night With The Harvest Moon" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 09/08/13

"The 2 Days Of The Year When The Sun Rises East And Sets Wes

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 09/08/13

"Star Hopping In The September Sky" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 09/01/13

"Where Did All These Constellations Come From?"- 5 Min. ver

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 08/25/13

"A Preview Of Winter's Stars In August" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 08/18/13

"Sizing Up The Stars In The Summer Triangle" 5 min. version

Length 05:03 Premiere Date 08/11/13

"Don't Miss Next Week's Perseid Meteor Shower" 5 Min version

Length 05:20 Premiere Date 08/04/13

Plan Now For The Perseid Meteor Shower"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 07/28/13

"Let Sagittarius Be Your Guide"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 07/21/13

"As Planets Align A Wonderful Star Reawakens" 5 min version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 07/14/13

"Asterisms of the Summer Sky" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 07/07/13

"A Distant Sun And Proximate Planets" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/30/13

"The Wonderful Stars of Summer"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/23/13

"Comet Report" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/16/13

"Does That Moon Look Super To You?" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/09/13

"Star Gazing On The Shortest Nights Of The Year" 5 Min versi

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 06/02/13

"That Lucky Old Sun"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 05/26/13

"Oh, Venus!" 5 min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 05/19/13

"A Planetary Feast For May" 5 min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 05/12/13

"Farewell To Orion, Look High For The Lion and Get Ready For

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 05/05/13

"The Moon Kisses Winter And Jupiter Good-Bye" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 04/28/13

"There's Something Special About Saturn"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:02 Premiere Date 04/21/13

"Take The Seven-Day Star Gazers' Challenge" 5 min version

Length 05:26 Premiere Date 04/14/13

"Astronomy Day And More" 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 04/07/13

"Twin Stars Hang Out With The Twin Planets" 5 Min version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 03/31/13

"The Truth About The North Star"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 03/24/13

"Happy Spring Of The Leaf And Happy Spring Of The Year!" 5 m

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 03/17/13

"Two Dogs And One Really Big Cat" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 03/10/13

"Three Stars With Nifty names And A Comet Alert! " 5 Min ver

Length 05:15 Premiere Date 03/04/13

"I Eat Green Caterpillars When Looking At Jupiter"- 5 Min.

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 02/25/13

"The Four Brightest Stars Of Orion The Hunter" 5 min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 02/18/13

"Two Clusters Get Some Company" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 02/11/13

"The Three M's Of February " 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 02/04/13

"Jumpin' Jupiter"- 5 Min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/28/13

"Meet The Orion Family" 5 min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/21/13

"Don't Worry About Winter, It's The Shortest Season" 5 min.

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/14/13

"The Changing Stars When You Head South Or North " 5 Min ver

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 01/07/13

"Four Cold Planets For January" 5 min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/31/12

"Celebrate New Year's Eve With A Sirius-ly Bright Star!"- 5

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/24/12

"The Moon Of The Short Shadows" 5 min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/17/12

"The Geminid Meteor Shower and Comets Are A Comin', Maybe" 5

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/10/12

"Follow The Orbiting Moon" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 12/03/12

"The Surest Sign Of Winter And Why The Shortest Day Of The Y

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/26/12

"Perseus And The Pleiades" 5 min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/19/12

"Planet Show In The Morning Plus The Leonid Meteor Shower" 5

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/12/12

"Two Frogs Hopping, Two Planets Wandering" 5 Min version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 11/05/12

"Cassiopeia, You're So Vain!"

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/28/12

"Ares Meets Antares and Hold Your Pinkie Over The Moon" 5 mi

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/14/12

"Heads And Tails Of The Sky" 5 min. version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 10/07/12

"The Planets Dance At Twilight And The Return Of The False D

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 09/30/12

Find the North Star with A Spoon And A 'W' - 5min

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 08/30/12

A Most Agreeable Spectacle-Venus Transits The Sun 5 Min....

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 05/28/12

Triangles, Triangles 5 min. version

Length 04:56 Premiere Date 05/21/12

Venus And 4 Bright Stars in The Evening Sky 5 min. version

Length 05:01 Premiere Date 05/14/12

Sunday Solar Eclipse For Some 5 Min Version

Length 05:00 Premiere Date 05/07/12

Arc to Arcturus,Then Speed On To Saturn And Spica-5 Min.

Length 05:08 Premiere Date 04/30/12

Time Traveling With The Big Dipper-5 Min. version

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 04/23/12

Astronomy Day Promises Plenty Of Planets 5 min. version

Length 05:09 Premiere Date 04/16/12