Movies: Astronomy

  • 2008
    Twinkl

    Twinkl (2008)

    Twinkl

    02008HD

    Martinique Island, 1974. Inspired by the writings of the Martiniquais poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913-2008), the dreamer Robert Saint-Rose, known as Zétwall (Star in Creole), aspires to be the first Frenchman to step on the lunar surface....

    Twinkl
  • 1973
    Copernicus

    Copernicus (1973)

    Copernicus

    5.51973HD

    A biography of Nicholas Copernicus covering 50 years of the astronomer's life - from his studies in Europe to his theological work all the way to the creation of his magnum opus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres....

    Copernicus
  • 2021
    Venus: Death of a Planet

    Venus: Death of a Planet (2021)

    Venus: Death of a Planet

    7.22021HD

    Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked upside down and turned inside out. Its burned-out surface is a global fossil of volcanic destruction, shr...

    Venus: Death of a Planet
  • 2000
    Nightfall

    Nightfall (2000)

    Nightfall

    42000HD

    The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with six suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very first Nightfall. Panic erupts...

    Nightfall
  • 2019
    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe (2019)

    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

    7.82019HD

    Man has always sought to seek further afield. After the seafaring explorers of the 16th century, 21st century cosmologists today navigate more celestial oceans, with each mission providing an ever-broader and more impressive cartography of our surrou...

    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe
  • 2021
    Living Worlds

    Living Worlds (2021)

    Living Worlds

    02021HD

    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 might help us locate other living worlds, light years away....

    Living Worlds
  • 2019
    Black Hole Hunters

    Black Hole Hunters (2019)

    Black Hole Hunters

    6.82019HD

    A team of international scientists attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole....

    Black Hole Hunters
  • 2009
    400 Years of the Telescope

    400 Years of the Telescope (2009)

    400 Years of the Telescope

    52009HD

    A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo's first use of the telescope to the latest discoveries in cosmology....

    400 Years of the Telescope
  • 2023
    The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See

    The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See (2023)

    The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See

    6.52023HD

    In an age when misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories have become mainstream, UFOs have risen to become one of the most-talked about pop culture phenomena. With all of this noise, how can we expect anyone to know how much of this ...

    The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See
  • 2012
    Stargazing Challenges

    Stargazing Challenges (2012)

    Stargazing Challenges

    02012HD

    Blue Peter presenters Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood want to learn more about the solar system so they challenge scientists Helen Czerski and Jem Stansfield to find out more. They look at how to make telescopes and rockets, and use a toilet roll to...

    Stargazing Challenges
  • 2012
    TimeScapes

    TimeScapes (2012)

    TimeScapes

    7.32012HD

    Stunning slow-motion and timelapse cinematography of the landscapes, people and wildlife of the American South West....

    TimeScapes
  • 2012
    Europe to the Stars

    Europe to the Stars (2012)

    Europe to the Stars

    02012HD

    To celebrate its 50th anniversary year, ESO in 2012 released the documentary Europe to the Stars — ESO's first 50 years of Exploring the Southern Sky. The movie tells the story of ESO — what scientific discoveries it has been making and how it design...

    Europe to the Stars
  • 2024
    Bending Light

    Bending Light (2024)

    Bending Light

    82024HD

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    Bending Light
  • 2016
    Pluto encounter

    Pluto encounter (2016)

    Pluto encounter

    02016HD

    Three billion miles away a grand-piano-sized spacecraft is speeding through the outer solar system at nearly 1,000 miles per minute. After nearly a decade in space, the New Horizons space probe will have just 86 seconds to complete its primary missio...

    Pluto encounter
  • 1999
    The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

    The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (1999)

    The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

    81999HD

    Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known writte...

    The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
  • 2002
    The Real Death Star

    The Real Death Star (2002)

    The Real Death Star

    02002HD

    This documentary examines theories behind the creation of gamma ray bursts, destructive explosions in space that can wipe out entire star systems....

    The Real Death Star
  • 2015
    Star Men

    Star Men (2015)

    Star Men

    7.22015HD

    Four exceptional astronomers celebrate 50 years of work and friendship on a return road trip in the southwestern United States, recapturing youthful adventures and recounting each other's influences on the most exciting period in astronomy’s history....

    Star Men
  • 1969
    Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure

    Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure (1969)

    Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure

    01969HD

    BLACK SUNS: AN ASTROPHYSICS ADVENTURE is a documentary about chasing eclipses and science dreams. It chronicles the lives of two globetrotting African American astrophysicists, Dr. Alphonse Sterling and Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, as they follow the two sola...

    Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure
  • 1989
    Beyond Gravity

    Beyond Gravity (1989)

    Beyond Gravity

    5.81989HD

    Richard, an astronomy-obsessed worrier spends his time fantasizing about outer-space and the cosmos, an activity which antagonizes friends and family. One day, he meets Johnny, a handsome Italian man, with an enormous appetite for life, whose idea of...

    Beyond Gravity
  • 2021
    FAST: The Celestial Eye

    FAST: The Celestial Eye (2021)

    FAST: The Celestial Eye

    02021HD

    China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) can detect radio signals emitted tens of thousands of light-years away, and engineers have faced unprecedented challenges in constructing a giant radio receptor nestled amid mountains. Fr...

    FAST: The Celestial Eye