Stargazing Challenges

Baikonur, Earth

Over the centuries only few caravans dared to cross the northern route of the silk road that today lies in the territory of Kazakhstan. In this portio

2019

La Fusée Ariane : Le Défi français

2018

Silicon Valley Goes to Space

Discover how the big, bold ideas of Silicon Valley are helping launch a new era of private space exploration in this half-hour KQED Science documentar

2013

Anne Virkki: Near Earth Asteroids

At Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, "Anne Virkki: Near Earth Asteroids" tells the story of Research Scientist Anne Virkki and her ongoing studies o

Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars

A short documentary about an engineer in a Chilean observatory.

2010

José Maza, Sky Traveller

A short documentary interviewing a renown astronomer and astrophysicist.

2010

María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf

A short documentary interviewing an astronomer.

2010

Astronomers From My Neighborhood

A short documentary of filmmaker Patricio Guzmán interviewing local astronomers.

2010

The Real Death Star

This documentary examines theories behind the creation of gamma ray bursts, destructive explosions in space that can wipe out entire star systems.

2002

Searching for Planet 9

At the edge of our solar system supposedly lies an immense planet. Five to ten times the size of the Earth. Several international teams of scientists

2022

Infinitude

Infinitude is a meditation on the cosmic evolution of matter and energy over time. Experimental filmmaking techniques such as time-lapse, high-speed,

2016

Telescope

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 beginni

2016

In the Shadow of the Moon

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including

2007

Universe the Cosmology Quest

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

2004

Tma nad zlato

2022

Beyond Hubble: Launching the Telescope of Tomorrow

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

2021

Living Worlds

What forms might life take in the Solar System and beyond? In the Academy's newest original planetarium show, see how a deeper understanding of Earth

2021

The Biggest Dream

The loss of the Bill E. Gordon radio telescope has left a void in the world of radio science, the mountains that cradled it, and the hearts of many vi

2021

Destination astéroïdes

2022

Road to the Stars

This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky; the second describes t

1957