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Looks at 20th-century advances in physics and astronomy that have led to greater knowledge about the universe. Explores the contributions of Hale, Leavitt, and Hubble, together with the new physics of space,...
Programmes presented as a lecture series in 1998 at the University of Washington, Seattle. 1: Craig Hogan on the expansion of the universe and the questions of whether it is slowing down or actually speeding...
Dr Eugene Shoemaker tours asteroid and meteorite craters around the world, explaining how they have become a key to our understanding of the origins of the solar system and a continued threat to the safety...
A quest for black holes in the universe, using state-of-the-art photography and computer animation. Participants include Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Homer, and Bart Simpson.
High-resolution colour images of deep space from the Hubble space telescope, complemented by earth-based telescoipephotographs and views of earth from the sapce shuttle. Interactive menus allow the user to...
Discusses the design and construction of the Pathfinder space probe, which landed on Mars on 4 July 1997 and returned data for the following three months. Also looks at the challenges of launching a trip to...
150 royalty-free pictures of Mars from the Mariner, Viking and Pathfinder space probes and the Hubble telescope. Includes live motion video clips and 20 three-dimensional images.
Richard Feynman’s 1964 lecture to Caltech undergraduates entitled ‘The Motion of Planets Around the Sun’, presenting his own geometric proof to explain the elliptical orbits of the planets.
Footage of the northern lights. Also discusses the myths, legends and science behind the aurora borealis.
Thirteen video clips developed by astronomers as part of their research, employing supercomputer models to explore topics such as galaxy collisions, the Crab nebula pulsar, the X-ray sun, Pluto and its moon...
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