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- CreatorAnn DruyanCarl SaganSteven SoterStarsCarl SaganJaromír HanzlíkJonathan FahnAstronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
- StarsNeil deGrasse TysonChristopher EmersonKeythe FarleyAn exploration of our discovery of the laws of nature and coordinates in space and time.
- StarsNeil deGrasse TysonSeth MacFarlaneSasha Sagan"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
- StarsPhil PlaitMichelle ThallerRichard LinternA users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
- StarsErik ThompsonAlex FilippenkoLaura DanlyThis educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.
- StarsMorgan FreemanSean CarrollMichio KakuHosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race.
- StarsDavid O'BrienMichelle ThallerHakeem OluseyiThe stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchStephen HawkingBill HutchensIn this documentary, Stephen Hawking tries to explain what science can tell us about the meaning of life through physics, philosophical discussion,and Hawking's own unique scientific perception, he attempts to shed light on humanities most profound question.
- StarsBenedict CumberbatchStephen HawkingMelissa RicciIn this comprehensive cosmology series Stephen Hawking looks at the entire universe, from the Big Bang to the end of time.
- DirectorGeoffrey SharpStarsStephen HawkingMichael C. HallKrstin BaldwinLed by a pioneer in the science world, Stephen Hawking, this special takes us on a journey which delves into the subjects of stem cells both embryonic and adult to explore what these wondrous and baffling mechanisms are capable of, what exactly stem cells are and if they are the key to our future or a ticking time bomb waiting to detonate?
- StarsWill SmithChris HadfieldJerry LinengerThe extraordinary story of Earth and why it is special and uniquely brimming with life among a largely unknown but harsh cosmic arena; astronauts tell the story of Earth through a unique perspective.
- CreatorDaniel HartAlan KwanTacita MorwayStarsJay O. SandersCraig SechlerStacy KeachScience documentaries about various topics.
- CreatorKevin BurnsStarsRobert ClotworthyGiorgio A. TsoukalosDavid ChildressScience and mythology - and how they are the same thing.
- DirectorLars Lindberg ChristensenStarsRobert FosburyCovers all aspects of the Hubble Space Telescope project - a journey through the history, the troubled early life and the ultimate scientific successes of Hubble.
- StarsNeil deGrasse TysonEverything we now know about the universe-from the behaviour of quarks to the birth of entire galaxies-has stemmed from scientists who've been willing to ponder the unanswerable.
- StarsMorgan FreemanRobert ThurmanAmir HussainMorgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
- DirectorYavar AbbasStarsAlec BaldwinSean PertweePaul EssiembreA journey through space and time.
- StarsBill ClintonJohn KiriakouMorgan FreemanMorgan Freeman will take viewers on a global journey to meet with people from all cultures whose lives are shaped in surprising ways by different fundamental forces, this time exploring themes that unite us all. Each episode will explore a single fundamental force or topic, including love, belief, power, war and peace, rebellion and freedom.
- DirectorKatheryne ThomasStarsJulian BarbourRobert J. BennettJohn BylThe Principle" brings to light astonishing new scientific observations challenging the Copernican Principle; the foundational assumption underlying the modern scientific worldview.
- DirectorPierre de LespinoisStarsWayne D. BarloweCurtis ClarkJames GarvinThe CGI or computer animated drama/documentary takes place on Darwin IV, a planet 6.5 light years from earth, with 2 suns and 60% of Earth's gravity. Having identified Darwin as a world that could support life, Earth sends a pilot mission consisting of the Mothership Von Braun and three probes: Balboa, Da Vinci, and Newton. This robotic fleet is responsible for finding and assessing any life forms on Darwin IV. Initially, the expectation is to find microscopic life, but the probes soon find themselves in the middle of a developed ecosystem teeming with diversity of life of all sizes. The drama on Darwin IV is motivated by real science missions, such as the NASA Origins Program and the NASA / JPL Planet-Finder Mission, as well as the European Space Agency's Darwin Project. "Alien Planet " is a cosmic expedition along side Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Jack Horner, Craig Venter, and George Lucas, and NASA's Chief Scientist Jim Garvin. No longer just the domain of science fiction, "Alien Planet" dramatizes an exciting and possible answer to what alien life really looks like and when we'll find it.
- DirectorJeremy Kenyon Lockyer CorbellStarsEdgar D. MitchellJeremy Kenyon Lockyer CorbellGeorge KnappOnly twelve humans have ever walked on the surface of another world. Astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell was the sixth man to do so. He also wanted to reveal the secret organization that covers up the extraterrestrial presence engaging humanity.
- DirectorAl ReinertThe ISS has been continually inhabited for nearly twenty years by more than 220 people from over 20 nations. Five different space agencies from the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada came together to build the ISS over the course of more than 100 spaceflights. It is the model for the future of human space exploration, as well as a reason to believe we can solve intractable problems on Earth. Above It All tells how the ISS came into being, how it was built, maintained, and brought together all of those people in the spirit of cooperation -- with the intention of exploring our solar system and our universe together.
- DirectorMegan O'HoweStarsMegan O'HoweWe can speed up the development of space allowing more renewable energy to compete, heal the environment and develop more efficient antimatter propulsion at a cheaper cost. Warp drive research is based in nature and theory.
- DirectorTheofanis N. MatsopoulosTelescopes are high technology scientific instruments which collect light from distant celestial objects. With these noble instruments humans managed to dive into the deep space and collect valuable scientific information about the formation, life and death of planets, stars and galaxies. All this knowledge helps us to understand how nature works in the large scale and determines our place in the magnificent Cosmos. In this 30 min fulldome documentary, the Greek director Theofanis Matsopoulos, describes in a simple and understandable way, how telescopes work, their historical evolution and also travels the audience to some of the most important observatories in the world. The immersive experience of the documentary is breathtaking , due to the extensive use of real 4k fulldome video footage of the observatories and telescopes.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsMartín CalderónCristinaPatricio GuzmánDelving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
- DirectorTheofanis N. MatsopoulosAfter almost 20 years in space, Cassini spacecraft concluded the final chapter of its remarkable story of exploration.
- DirectorTheofanis N. MatsopoulosThis stunning, 30-minute voyage through space and time - a full-dome planetarium movie - conveys, through sparkling sights and sounds, the Universe revealed to us by science.
- DirectorChristopher RileyStarsCharles F. Bolden Jr.Chris BurrowsMichael GriffinSince its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured thousands of stunning images of space, revolutionized our understanding of the universe and become a global icon. To mark its 25th anniversary, National Geographic Channel tells the definitive story of NASA's most successful science project ever, in Hubble's Cosmic Journey, narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
- DirectorRon de MoraesStarsRick MastracchioDermot O'LearyKoichi WakataHere for the first time, filmed by themselves and in their own words, is the incredible story of their out-of-this world experiences of living in space. From eating, sleeping and performing science experiments to the life-threatening consequences of a broken valve on the ISS.
- DirectorJean-Christophe JeauffreStarsZachary QuintoCharlotte RamplingPascal LeeA NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.
- StarsBrian CoxSteven MackintoshProfessor Brian Cox visits some of the most dramatic parts of the globe to explain the fundamental principles that govern the laws of nature - light, gravity, energy, matter and time. With the world's most profound science at its heart, Wonders Of The Universe reveals how the story of humanity is intimately entwined with that of the complex story of the origins of the universe.
- DirectorDavid KennardPatsy NorthcuttStarsBrian Thomas SwimmeThe Emmy Award winning JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE tells an epic story of cosmic, Earth and human transformation from The Big Bang to today. Evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and Yale historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker have crafted an elegant narrative that both illuminates and celebrates the profound role humans play in the flourishing of the Earth.
- DirectorEvheniy KovalenkoPavel TupikStarsD. BelyaevSergey ChonishviliM. DoroninHistory of the Soviet space flight - from Tsiolkovsky, early rockets of 1930's to detailed accounts of first manned flights, the Moon race, orbital space stations - and future plans of expedition to Mars.
- DirectorBen Hayoun- StépanianStarsManny AngelRalph BachJanice BishopJoin the International Space Orchestra - an assembly of star-spangled space scientists from NASA Ames Research Center and SETI Institute, Singularity University and the International Space University - in the adventure of performing a unique drama of non-terrestrial communication and the techno-wonders of mission control rooms. Featuring original music by Arthur Jeffes of Penguin Café and music written by Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, singer Bobby Womack and producer Richard Russell; and Japanese superstar and Otamatone inventor, Maywa Denki. With lyrics by science fiction author Bruce Sterling and writer Jasmina Tesanovic. Musical director: Two time Grammy award winner Evan Price. Space Scientists of NASA Ames Research Center and SETI Institute believe that understanding the crucial and elemental necessity of embracing both music and science will enable us to endure and thrive on our journey into space. Experience the surrealism of this production merging science, technology, design and opera, this film captures all the behind-the-scenes action during the creation of the International Space Orchestra. The International Space Orchestra's film features: -NASA Astronaut Yvonne Cagle as International Space Orchestra's percussionist, -Founder of SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and Voyager Golden Record's supervisor Frank Drake -Lewis S.G. Braxton III, Deputy Director of NASA Ames Research Center as International Space Orchestra's gong player, -Cyberpunk Science fiction author and design critic Bruce Sterling, -Composer Arthur Jeffes of Penguin Café, -Musical director Mike Smith of Gorillaz Live -Leslie Ann Jones, Director of Music and Recording at Skywalker Sound, George Lucas' studios -Two time Grammy Award International Space Orchestra's Musical Director: Evan Price and much more!....
- DirectorToni MyersStarsLeonardo DiCaprioScott D. AltmanMegan McArthurAn IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
- DirectorPatricio GuzmánStarsGaspar GalazLautaro NúñezLuís HenríquezA documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.
- DirectorDana BerryTchavdar GeorgievStarsSara SeagerTeresa SeguraJoin astronomers as they enter the final lap in a race to find a planet capable of sustaining life, a world like ours, the next Earth. See the launch of Frances CoRot and Americas Kepler missions, and the smoking hot worlds they discover. See a controversial and tantalizing discovery of a planet where life could exist in a strange twilight zone, that is, if the planet really exists. Astronomers are working to determine what conditions are necessary for life to exist, and they are building the radical James Webb Space Telescope, a spacecraft that can look at the atmosphere around a planet and reveal whether or not life as we know it actually exists. It could be the greatest discovery in human history and it could change how we see ourselves.
- StarsBrian CoxCarolyn PorcoRichard HooverIn this spellbinding series Professor Brian Cox visits the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural wonders across the solar system.
- DirectorRichard DaleA documentary about the courage, bravery and triumph of the "Rocket Men" of the U.S. manned space program.
- StarsRichard RoxburghHave you ever wondered what it would be like to leave Earth? To lose sight of our home planet and go where no human has gone before? Blast-off with Voyage to the Planets: a 6 x 50 minute documentary series exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of travel to the very alien planets of our own Solar System. What strange sights await you? What dangers must you avoid? Voyage to the Planets visits the planets from two very personal perspectives: the direct experience of the people who have sent probes hurtling to all our cosmic neighbours, and the viewpoint of any one of us who might dream of making a trip ourselves. Take a ringside seat to the splendours of the Solar System with Voyage to the Planets: an astronaut's guide to whole new worlds of possibility.
- DirectorLars Lindberg ChristensenStarsJoe LiskeThe invention of the telescope has been by far the most revolutionary development in the history of astronomy. For thousands of years, astronomers had to rely on their eyes in unraveling the mysteries of the Universe. Then, 400 years ago, something entirely new happened: Galileo turned a homemade arrangement of magnifying glasses to the skies. The telescope revealed a wealth of astronomical riches, and led to a dramatic increase of knowledge about the wider world we live in. In 2009, the International Year of Astronomy, we are celebrating Galileo's legacy and all the discoveries that have taken place in the intervening years, as well as the explosion of knowledge that we are witnessing now, made possible by new technologies. This movie explores the saga of the telescope over 400 years - the historical development, the scientific importance, the technological breakthroughs, and also the people behind this ground-breaking invention, their triumphs and failures.
- DirectorDon DixonChristopher SheltonStarsBever-Leigh BanfieldShaula ChamblissSteve CoopermanUsing immersive fulldome video, Centered in the Universe explores our evolving ideas about the universe, from the earth-centered cosmology of ancient Alexandria to Edwin Hubble's discovery of the Big Bang.
- DirectorBecky NeimanMichael PotterJoin this band of rebels out to change the course of history in space, as they board a private Gulf Stream jet, fly to Russia, negotiate one of the most remarkable business deals of the final frontier.
- DirectorMark CowenStarsTom HanksJohn CorbettAndrew HusmannThis program strives to give the viewer an impression of what it is like to actually be on the moon. It provides a romantic, inspirational depiction of the Apollo astronauts travels on the moon peppered by their quotations of their impressions.
- DirectorTim UsborneStarsDallas CampbellFrank DrakeJill TarterA look at the Drake equation, developed by Dr. Frank Drake as a way to think about the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in our galaxy that could exist and communicate with us.
- DirectorToni MyersStarsTom CruiseJames ArnoldMichael J. BloomfieldFrom outer space countries don't exist.
- StarsSam NeillExplore the wonders of our universe with Sam Neill.
- StarsMark HallileySasa VasilievskiJerry SoftenThe Planets is a made for television documentary series that explores in depth the planets that make up our solar system.
- DirectorAndrei UjicaStarsAnatoli ArzebarskiSergei KrikalevHelen SharmanCosmonaut Sergei Krikalev is the focus of this chronicle of life on the Russian space station Mir, showing what outer space is really like. In addition to the routine day-to-day activities of eating, exercising, and conducting experiments in weightlessness, Krikalev is a bystander to the collapse of the Soviet Union during his 10-month stay onboard Mir in 1991-92.
- StarsGillian AndersonJohn CluteBruce SterlingA series of Science Fiction documentaries on a similar theme to the X-Files only true stories. Some of the topics include aliens, our planet, technology and UFO's.
- DirectorBen BurttPhyllis FergusonJames NeihouseStarsLeonard NimoyRoberta L. BondarEric DeJongTravel up close astronauts as they repair the Hubble Space Telescope and soar above Venus and Mars whilst finding proof of new planets and the possibility of other life forming around distant stars.
- DirectorDon BarrettStarsPatrick StewartA voyage from Earth to the edge of the universe.
- StarsHeather CouperVera C. RubinTony TysonA look at the work and worlds of leading scientists and astronomers who are helping to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough explores Charles Darwin's controversial theory of evolution by natural selection.
- DirectorKate BroomeStarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough investigates the latest scientific research to discover whether or not there is a global environmental crisis, and, if so, what solutions there are to it.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughBarry PaineJohn ShrapnelStrand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
- DirectorAl ReinertStarsJim LovellKen MattinglyRussell SchweickartAn in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
- StarsSteve JacobsBeau WeaverMichael MassiminoTravel through the universe to explore the really big questions. Is there life on other planets? Just how big was the Big Bang? What would traveling at "warp speed" really look like? Could wormholes make time travel a reality? Could life on earth survive another huge meteor strike like the one that took out the dinosaurs?
- StarsKate HumbleHelen CzerskiJoshua WurmanHosts Kate Humble and Dr. Hellen Czerski follow Earth's one-year journey around the sun and the extreme effects it can have on our planet's weather.
- StarsSigourney WeaverDavid AttenboroughNikolay DrozdovA documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
- Michael Summers, Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy at George Mason University, gives his opinion on whether or not Pluto is a planet.
- What is astronomy discovering about our solar system.
- DirectorVincent AmourouxAlex BarryStarsKarl KruszelnickiTamara DavisNatalie BatalhaThe next great voyage of human exploration has already begun: the search for life on planets orbiting distant stars. With extraordinary CGI, the world's most inspiring scientists, via extreme environments on Earth and around the solar system, the film takes viewers aboard the next generation of space ships, across the cosmos and beneath the clouds of the exo-planets to discover The Living Universe.
- DirectorDaniel H. BirmanStarsDavid BarneyBill MondyCERN and the University of California-Santa Barbara are collaborating in the search for the elusive substance that physicists and astronomers believe holds the universe together -- dark matter. Where is this search now in the realm of particle physics and what comes next?
- DirectorDana BerryStarsMelanie BarboniMatt MalkanEdward YoungThe birth of our Solar System was both violent and chaotic. A newborn Jupiter menaced the inner solar system, tossing some planets into the Sun, others thrown into interstellar space, never to return. What stopped Jupiter from causing such mayhem?
- StarsJoi ShillingThey're out there, all alone in the vastness of space. Join the space probes, and their parents back on Earth, to explore our solar system.
- StarsStephen HawkingCommander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship the SS Hawking on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara. After all, why should astronauts have all the fun?
- StarsJonathan MarkleyBernard BullenMichio KakuThe story of humans is often driven by events from the prehistoric past. How did physics, geology, biology, chemistry shape our history?
- DirectorJohn D. BoswellStarsDavid AttenboroughSean CarrollCraig ChildsView what the modern science points to what the future looks like from the present year all the way to trillions upon trillions of years into the future.