A chronicle of the Apollo space program; the first phase takes place against a backdrop of the Cold War, from the disaster of Apollo 1 to the triumph of the Apollo 8 mission.
A chronicle of the Apollo space program; the first phase takes place against a backdrop of the Cold War, from the disaster of Apollo 1 to the triumph of the Apollo 8 mission.
2019 • Astronomy
The Apollo space program embraces tragic setbacks and historic success; the last stage includes the Apollo 11 space flight which landed the first two people on the Moon.
2019 • Astronomy
The big bang still remains the greatest mystery of all time.
S1E3 • How the Universe Works • 2010 • Astronomy
After a decade on Mars, scientists await the arrival of miners from a for-profit corporation, causing tensions to rise between science and industry.
Experts embark on a ground-breaking mission to land on a comet.
S9E2 • How the Universe Works • 2021 • Astronomy
As we approach the end of Crash Course Astronomy, it’s time now to acknowledge that our Universe’s days are numbered. Stars will die out after a few trillion years, protons will decay and matter will dissolve after a thousand trillion trillion trillion years, black holes will evaporate after 10^92 years, and then all will be dark. But there is still hope that a new Universe will be born from it.
45 • Crash Course Astronomy • 2016 • Astronomy
Astronomers make an extraordinary discovery when they uncover a cosmic mega-structure that's one billion light-years long, and now investigators race to decode the hidden forces that shape the most massive and mysterious structure known in the Universe.
S8E2 • Space's Deepest Secrets • 2021 • Astronomy
An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer.
#5 • Crash Course Astronomy • Astronomy