Asteroid Belt Courses and Certifications

Spahn's Science Lectures

Earth Science - The Jovian Planets and Small Solar System Bodies

Explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and smaller celestial bodies in our solar system, including moons, asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets like Pluto.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Spahn's Science Lectures

General Astronomy - The Formation of the Planets

Explore planetary formation, from condensation temperatures to migration, covering inner and outer regions, frost lines, and the origins of asteroid and Kuiper belts.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Spahn's Science Lectures

General Astronomy - A Tour of the Solar System

Explore our solar system's diverse planets and celestial bodies, from the scorching Mercury to the icy Kuiper Belt, in this comprehensive astronomical tour.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Gresham College

Asteroid Adventures

Explore the evolving significance of asteroids in astronomy, from "celestial vermin" to crucial elements of our solar system's history, through NASA's Lucy and OSIRIS-ReX missions with Professor Chris Lintott.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Dawn Explores Vesta III - Fall Meeting 2011

Explore the latest findings from NASA's Dawn mission to Vesta, including detailed surface analysis, geological features, and insights into the asteroid's formation and evolution.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Dawn Explores Vesta II - Fall Meeting 2011

Comprehensive exploration of Vesta, the second-largest asteroid, featuring latest findings from NASA's Dawn mission. Insights into asteroid's geology, composition, and formation history.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Dawn Explores Vesta I - Fall Meeting 2011

Explore the latest findings from NASA's Dawn mission to Vesta, including its geology, composition, and evolution. Gain insights into this fascinating protoplanet and its role in understanding solar system formation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

Dawn Mission Findings from Mapping Vesta - AGU Fall Meeting 2012

Explore Dawn mission's comprehensive mapping of Vesta, including impact basin morphologies, surface mineralogy, and large-scale troughs. Gain insights into asteroid differentiation and comparative planetology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Lucy Mission: Exploring Jupiter's Trojan Asteroids

Explore NASA's Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, uncovering secrets of our solar system's formation and the spacecraft's journey so far.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

SETI Institute

Hidden Habitability - What Dawn Discovered Beneath Ceres' Icy Crust

Discover how NASA's Dawn mission revealed Ceres may have sustained habitability far longer than expected, with persistent geologic activity and brine movement beneath its icy surface.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

SETI Institute

How Ceres Froze Over - Modeling the Ice-Rich Crust of an Evolving Dwarf Planet

Explore how Ceres' subsurface ocean froze from top down, creating ice-rich surface layers through groundbreaking simulations and deformation models of this unique dwarf planet.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

SETI Institute

Tiny Asteroids, Big Threats: JWST Reveals a Hidden World of Mini Asteroids

Discover how JWST detected 138 tiny asteroids as small as 10 meters, revealing insights about asteroid behavior and potential Earth threats. Learn about the significance of these findings for planetary defense.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video