Movies: Astronomy

  • 2017
    Cielo

    Cielo (2017)

    Cielo

    6.92017HD

    The first feature from Alison McAlpine is a dialogue with the heavens—in this case, the heavens above the Andes and the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, where she alights on the desert- and mountain-dwelling astronomers, fishermen, miners, and cowbo...

    Cielo
  • 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
  • 2016
    Telescope

    Telescope (2016)

    Telescope

    8.22016HD

    A history of the telescope and a look at the James Webb telescope, and at the universe through the eyes of scientists and telescopes since the beginning....

    Telescope
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    Tá Escrito

    Tá Escrito (2023)

    Tá Escrito

    7.22023HD

    Alice is an insecure Leo girl who thinks the stars have made a mistake with her, until one day she receives a blank book with only instructions that promise that any astrological prediction written on those pages will come true. With the power to inf...

    Tá Escrito
  • 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
    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
  • 2021
    Beyond Hubble: Launching the Telescope of Tomorrow

    Beyond Hubble: Launching the Telescope of Tomorrow (2021)

    Beyond Hubble: Launching the Telescope of Tomorrow

    72021HD

    Following engineers and scientists on a groundbreaking mission as they build, test and launch the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful observatory ever constructed, and discovers the astonishing cosmological mysteries it will investigate....

    Beyond Hubble: Launching the Telescope of Tomorrow
  • 2003
    The Great Year

    The Great Year (2003)

    The Great Year

    92003HD

    The Great Year is a compelling documentary that explores the possibility that the fall of ancient civilizations around the globe, and the rise of modern civilization, might be related to our Sun’s motion around a companion star. The film examines evi...

    The Great Year
  • 2005
    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege (2005)

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    02005HD

    Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether its summit should be used for astronomical observatories or preserved as a cultural landscape sacred ...

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Riding Light

    Riding Light (2015)

    Riding Light

    82015HD

    In our terrestrial view of things, the speed of light seems incredibly fast. But as soon as you view it against the vast distances of the universe, it's unfortunately very slow. This animation illustrates, in realtime, the journey of a photon of ligh...

    Riding Light