Science Matters is designed to educate and inform viewers about science topics relevent to their lives and the world in which we live. Each Science Matters program focuses on essential core concepts, helping bridge conceptual development from the elementary to secondary level. Science Matters helps to prepare today's students for the science careers of tomorrow. Beyond Earth shows how the Earth fits in the universe. Humans have learned a great deal about the cosmos through the use of technological tools and science.

Originally released by BECON, 2013. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 17, 2016.

Beyond Earth: Introduction (1:28); --Our Place in the Universe (4:16); -- Exploring Space (1:29); -- NASA Inventions (2:45); -- Interterrestrial Planets (4:55); -- Jovian Planets (2:21); -- Solar System Model (2:50); -- Moons (1:55); -- Observing the Sun (1:43); -- Stars in the Universe (1:49); -- Galaxies in the Universe (2:23); -- Credits: Beyond Earth: Science Matters (0:27); .