Astronomy Movies

Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether...

The ancients hid the secrets of their incredible knowledge of astronomy in their temples and palaces, built to align with the sun, on the same day,...

Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked...

Blue Peter presenters Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood want to learn more about the solar system so they challenge scientists Helen Czerski and Jem...

BLACK SUNS: AN ASTROPHYSICS ADVENTURE is a documentary about chasing eclipses and science dreams. It chronicles the lives of two globetrotting...

Orson Welles — with contributions from scientists George Wald, Carl Sagan, and others — examines the possibility and implications of...

Faced with the risk of collision with the Earth, space agencies are refining their observations on the course of asteroids in our galaxy. A...

A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo's...

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

Following engineers and scientists on a groundbreaking mission as they build, test and launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful...

For more than 50 years, we’ve been unsuccessfully searching for any evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. But, the discovery of...

A series of programs designed for the adult layman who has a curiosity about the skies and the makeup of the universe in which we live. The terms...

A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is celebrating its 350th birthday. Place of discoveries...

Canada is leading the way when it comes to dark sky preservation and the fight against light pollution. See how dark sky preserves in Wood Buffalo,...

Documentary about the Griffith Observatory, shown at their Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater