HDMovies

A look at the work and worlds of leading scientists and astronomers who are helping to unlock the mysteries of the universe.

Astronomers believe the universe contains at least ten times as much mass as can be seen and accounted for. How are they able to detect this missing...

At the center of galaxy NGC 1275, some 200 million light years from Earth, there might be a supermassive black hole. In a attempt to map the galaxy...

American and Japanese astronomers are followed as they seek to measure cosmic background radiation, the heat remaining from the Big Bang, by...

Gravity waves, as yet undetected but predicted by Albert Einstein, may contain the answers to many questions about the universe. Soviet scientist...

The deaths of stars allow human lives to come into being. This episode explains how and looks at the complete life cycle of the stars that make up...

Efforts to discover other planetary systems and to learn more about the planets of our own solar system are examined. Images are shown that have been...

Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.

The story of the discovery and exploration of the planets, revealing the deepest secrets of our neighbors in space.

There's nothing else like it. Chris Packham reveals the epic, four-billion-year story of our home - from its dramatic creation to the arrival of...

This series travels through Latin America to view ancient temples devoted to astronomical pursuits, and to visit present day observatories.

What role will the moon play in man's next attempts to conquer space?

It was a rendezvous a decade in the making. The New Horizons spacecraft rocketed from Earth to provide the first ever close-ups of the farthest...