Astronomy Filmes

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

The Great Year is a compelling documentary that explores the possibility that the fall of ancient civilizations around the globe, and the rise of...

For every child who has ever looked up at the stars and asked, 'What are they?' comes the story of a curious boy who never stopped wondering.

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or...

Man has always sought to seek further afield. After the seafaring explorers of the 16th century, 21st century cosmologists today navigate more...

Martinique Island, 1974. Inspired by the writings of the Martiniquais poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913-2008), the dreamer Robert...

The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with six suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient...

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

A group of renowned cosmologists and astrophysicist are in search of a realistic picture of the universe. Their research and observational...

A history of the telescope and a look at the James Webb telescope, and at the universe through the eyes of scientists and telescopes since the...

Part of the Almost Famous series. Jocelyn Bell was a graduate student at Cambridge in 1967 when she pushed through the skepticism from her superiors...

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

The film traces the story of the Chicago-born astronomer George Ellery Hale, considered the father of astrophysics, as he struggles personally and...

The first feature from Alison McAlpine is a dialogue with the heavens—in this case, the heavens above the Andes and the Atacama Desert in...

China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) can detect radio signals emitted tens of thousands of light-years away, and engineers...

The story of Benjamin Banneker, the early American patriot whose achievements rival those of Benjamin Franklin!! Risking his life, working with the...

A short documentary interviewing an astronomer.

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...