Nikolai Vavilov risked his life for a discovery that would change the history of science.
An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life.
2020 • Astronomy
A long-term vision of humanity's future worlds is explored.
2020 • Astronomy
Explore the story behind the man who found the first clues to life's beginnings on Earth.
2020 • Astronomy
An abandoned orphan's dream opens the way to understanding the architecture of thought.
2020 • Astronomy
A young Carl Sagan realizes his childhood dreams, carrying his mentors' research forward.
2020 • Astronomy
A hidden underground network, a collaboration of four kingdoms of life, is revealed.
2020 • Astronomy
A scientist figures out how to go to the moon while fighting for his life in a war trench.
2020 • Astronomy
The man who stumbled on a hole in the reality of quantum mechanics and the still-unfolding technology that made it possible.
2020 • Astronomy
How a deadly embrace between science and state altered the fate of the world, and a gripping cautionary tale of mass casualty and unlikely survival.
2020 • Astronomy
From the birth of the devil in ancient Persia, where a beloved family dog becomes a seething beast, to a searing story of saintliness among macaque monkeys, join an exploration into the human potential for change. One of history's greatest monsters is transformed into one of its shining lights.
2020 • Astronomy
In what kind of world can a child born in 2020 expect to grow up? When did our slide into planetwide environmental destruction begin? Enter the possible world that awaits a 2020 baby in her twenties: one darkened by our refusal to confront the real and mounting challenges we face but one which still offers a message of hope.
2020 • Astronomy
A visit to the 2039 New York World's Fair, where intractable problems may have been solved.
2020 • Astronomy
An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life.
1/13 • Cosmos: Possible Worlds • 2020 • Astronomy
Before moving on from Jupiter to Saturn, we’re going to linger for a moment on Jupiter’s moons. There are 67 known moons, and 4 huge ones that we want to explore in greater detail. Ganymede is the largest - larger, in fact, than any other moon in the solar system and the planet Mercury! Callisto, orbiting the farthest out, is smaller but quite similar to Ganymede in many ways. Io, meanwhile, is most noteworthy for its tremendous volcanic activity. There’s also water on Ganymede and Europa!
17 • Crash Course Astronomy • Astronomy
Look up at the night sky, and you see countless shining stars. Our galaxy has 100 billion of them. Astronomers are now hunting for clues that will reveal "the first star" that transformed the ancient universe and led to the creation of everything that followed: galaxies, planets and life itself.
6 • Cosmic Front • 2014 • Astronomy
Our species has discovered a way to communicate through the dark, to transcend immense distances
5/10 • The Sagan Series • 1989 • Astronomy
From the origins of the universe, to the present time in mankind's exploration of the unknown, and forward into the future of what lies beyond the outer reaches, Space Unraveling the Cosmos brings audiences closer than ever before to the far off planets, galaxies, and terrestrial phenomenon that make up the limitless expanse all around us. Groundbreaking 4K/Ultra High Definition and 3D computer graphics immerse filmgoers within the mysteries of the cosmos in a way never before seen.
2013 • Astronomy
It has long been thought that our universe is all there is, but it is possible we may live in just one of many.
The Economist • 2015 • Astronomy