Astronomy Movies

Kate Humble and Helen Czerski reveal the inner workings of the sun and investigate why scientists think changes in the sun's behaviour may have...

214 million years ago a gigantic meteorite broke up and impacted Earth. 65 million years ago, the impact that killed the dinosaurs occurred where the...

It is the birth of neutrino astronomy. For the first time, astrophysicists can detect extra-terrestrial neutrinos in ice on the South Pole. The...

A short documentary of filmmaker Patricio Guzmán interviewing local astronomers.

A series of programs designed for the adult layman who has a curiosity about the skies and the makeup of the universe in which we live. The terms...

A look at the Sun, the star that revolves at the center of the Solar System, and its representation in art throughout history.

In a feast of colours and sounds, Mayan Archaeoastronomy: Observers of the Universe makes a tour of 6 Mayan temples: San Gervasio, Chichen...

A short documentary interviewing an astronomer.

The Sun was born way before Man existed. What exact role did the Sun play in the emergence of life and Mankind? When did Humanity identify it? Then...

A short documentary about an engineer in a Chilean observatory.

The loss of the Bill E. Gordon radio telescope has left a void in the world of radio science, the mountains that cradled it, and the hearts of many...

For every child who has ever looked up at the stars and asked, 'What are they?' comes the story of a curious boy who never stopped wondering.

An astronomy lesson on the scope of the universe by an impassioned substitute teacher sends a pair of high schoolers on an odyssey deep into the mind...

This feature-length documentary is a portrait of eclipse chasers, people for whom solar eclipses - among nature's more spectacular phenomena –...

Canada is leading the way when it comes to dark sky preservation and the fight against light pollution. See how dark sky preserves in Wood Buffalo,...

An exploration of the territorial complexities of the emerging astro-industry in the Chilean Desert.

Armenian radio-engineer Arevik Sargsyan has struggled throughout her life to preserve ROT54, a giant telescope built by her uncle in the 1980s. But...