Asteroids, Comets and Meteors • 2015

42:00

We examine what lies beneath Mars’s surface and uncover answers to some of the mysteries that have stumped scientists for decades

S1E4 • Mars: The Secret Science Series 1 • 2014 • Astronomy

53:27

Ultra-sensitive telescopes have transformed alien planet-hunting from science fiction into enthralling hard fact. Join NOVA on a visit to exotic worlds orbiting distant suns to answer an age-old question with thrilling new science: are we alone?

S1E3 • Nova: Universe Revealed • 2021 • Astronomy

51:34

3,000- years-old, the Nebra Sky Disk is the oldest sky map in the world, predating Babylonian and Egyptian sky maps. Found in Germany, the Nebra Sky Disk is an archaeological mystery. Who were the people who designed this beautiful and functional ancient artifact with exact proportions?

17 • Cosmic Front • 2014 • Astronomy

13:22

Thanks to observations of galaxy redshifts, we can tell that the universe is EXPANDING! Knowing that the universe is expanding and how quickly its expanding also allows us to run the clock backwards 14 billion years to the way the universe began - with a bang.

42 • Crash Course Astronomy • 2015 • Astronomy

53:09

In summer 1969, Apollo 11 succeeded as the first manned mission to land on the moon. The next challenge was to design and build the first exploration vehicle. It had to allow astronauts to explore the moon's surface, but it had to fit in just a meter square space!

15 • Cosmic Front • 2014 • Astronomy

42:00

We strip apart black holes, one of the most feared objects in the universe, and tear off swirling galaxies of stars, planets, and cosmic dust layer by layer to explore the secrets of these hungry menaces lurking right on our cosmic doorstep.

S1E1 • Strip the Cosmos • 2014 • Astronomy