Astronomy Movies
- 2021
Living Worlds
Living Worlds02021HD
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...
- 2002
The Real Death Star
The Real Death Star72002HD
This documentary examines theories behind the creation of gamma ray bursts, destructive explosions in space that can wipe out entire star systems.
- 2021
The Silent Pulse of the Universe
The Silent Pulse of the Universe02021HD
Jocelyn Bell was a graduate student at Cambridge in 1967 when she pushed through the skepticism from her superiors to make one of the greatest...
- 2019
Black Hole Hunters
Black Hole Hunters6.8332019HD
A team of international scientists attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole.
- 2016
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos02016HD
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.
- 2022
Margherita. La voce delle stelle
Margherita. La voce delle stelle02022HD
- 2016
Apple Pie
Apple Pie22016HD
Shot on 16mm celluloid across parts of New Zealand and Samoa, interdisciplinary artist Sam Hamilton’s ten-part experimental magnum opus makes...
- 1970
Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure
Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure01970HD
BLACK SUNS: AN ASTROPHYSICS ADVENTURE is a documentary about chasing eclipses and science dreams. It chronicles the lives of two globetrotting...
- 2010
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Astronomers From My Neighborhood72010HD
A short documentary of filmmaker Patricio Guzmán interviewing local astronomers.
- 2000
Shadow Chasers
Shadow Chasers02000HD
This feature-length documentary is a portrait of eclipse chasers, people for whom solar eclipses - among nature's more spectacular phenomena –...
- 2022
Destination astéroïdes
Destination astéroïdes02022HD
- 2012
The City Dark
The City Dark7.5452012HD
THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question -...
- 2021
FAST: The Celestial Eye
FAST: The Celestial Eye02021HD
China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) can detect radio signals emitted tens of thousands of light-years away, and engineers...
- 2015
Star Men
Star Men7.22015HD
Four exceptional astronomers celebrate 50 years of work and friendship on a return road trip in the southwestern United States, recapturing youthful...
- 2017
Black Holes: Messages from the Edge of the Universe
Black Holes: Messages from the Edge of the Universe52017HD
It is the birth of neutrino astronomy. For the first time, astrophysicists can detect extra-terrestrial neutrinos in ice on the South Pole. The...
- 2017
The Hunt for Dark Matter
The Hunt for Dark Matter62017HD
CERN and the University of California-Santa Barbara are collaborating in the search for the elusive substance that physicists and astronomers believe...
- 1959
Astronomy for You
Astronomy for You01959HD
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...
- 2021
The Biggest Dream
The Biggest Dream02021HD
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...
- 2005
A Sidewalk Astronomer
A Sidewalk Astronomer02005HD
John Dobson, an 89 year old with a white ponytail and knack for comedy, is the inventor of the Dobsonian telescope mount, which revolutionized...
- 2013
The Secret Life of the Sun
The Secret Life of the Sun72013HD
Kate Humble and Helen Czerski reveal the inner workings of the sun and investigate why scientists think changes in the sun's behaviour may have...