Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics. Here it is, folks: the end. In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at ...

Active galaxies pour out lots of energy. Active galaxies pour out lots of energy, due to their central supermassive black holes gobbling down matter. Galaxies tend not to be loners, but instead exist ...

Hank squares off against Crash Course Astronomy host Phil Plait in our special Valentine’s/Old Timey Medicine edition of ...

One of the (many) reasons I wanted to make the Crash Course Astronomy series was to create a resource for people. The series is set up like a supplemental astronomy class covering the same sorts of ...

In 2011, brothers John and Hank Green created an educational YouTube channel called “Crash Course” with the goal of spreading high-quality educational videos for everyone, free of charge. A year later ...

Astronomy isn’t just for “Big Bang Theory” enthusiasts. But unfortunately, so many of us take for granted the endless swath of protection and ever-changing colors and shapes over our heads, until ...

Forty-eight episodes, more than eight hours of content, 100,000 words, a year and a half of work, topics ranging from quantum fluctuations to the death of the Universe, and 12 million views … finally, ...