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The professional astronomer or astrophysicist is a pretty recent phenomenon. In the past, astronomy was often performed by nobility and extremely enthusiastic amateurs. Although it seems like the scientific exploration of our universe is now in the hands of full-time career astro-professionals, a ton of really valuable science is still done by people with proper day jobs.
4) Seeing Stars
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Around the world, a new generation of astronomers hunts for the most mysterious objects in the universe, including young stars and black holes. They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens. This film follows the men and women who are pushing the limits of science and engineering in some of the most extreme environments on earth. But most strikingly of all, no-one really knows what they will...
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In the conquest of space today, it is robots, not humans, who get the glory. This group of NewsHour segments describes missions that represent the foreseeable future in space exploration: sensor-filled craft and remotely operated devices going where men and women can't. The program features Deep Impact, a comet-blasting probe; Cassini-Huygens, pioneer of Saturn's moon Titan; Robonaut, a machine designed to perform human tasks; Ranger, a huge mechanical...
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In this video segment, visit the "Very Large Telescope" right outside Antofagasta in Chile. It is one of the biggest optical telescopes in the world. The extreme desert landscape makes it an ideal location for telescope viewing. Find out why astronomers come from all over the world to work with this telescope and what they are finding out about planets around other stars, black holes, gravitational lensing, dark energy, and more.
9) Dark Matter
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What, exactly, is dark matter? In this program, scientists theorize as they struggle to understand dark matter's unique properties.
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This is the epic story of the stars, and how discovering their tale has transformed our own understanding of the universe. This first episode shows how modern astronomy has revealed that stars experience a life cycle that begins with birth. We visit the Joint European Torus, a major physics project based in Oxfordshire, to learn more about the process of hydrogen fusion that brings stars to life. Then it's time to examine our most well known star,...
11) Space Storms
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Space storms occur when the sun erupts, sending out a ball of plasma. This video clip takes viewers to University of California Berkeley and Big Bear Solar Observatory to meet the extra terrestrial weathermen who show us how a space superstorm could occur and what effect it would have on our communication and energy networks.
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The epic story of the stars continues with an examination of the final stages in their life cycle. The vast majority of stars, including the sun, will become Red Giants and end their days as White Dwarfs. Some stars will explode as supernovae, rarely seen in the Milky Way. Finally, there's a discussion about black holes, thought to be the most mysterious objects in space.
13) Strangest Things
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In this program, scientists expose the most bizarre, mysterious, and exotic things in the universe as they cast their votes for the weirdest planets, stars, galaxies, moons, clouds, subatomic particles, black holes, and invisible phenomena.
15) Space Disasters
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Emily Calandrelli uncovers the most prominent disasters in space exploration & the lessons learned.
16) Space Firsts
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Host Emily Calandrelli interviews several pioneers of space.
18) Extreme Labs
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Emily Calandrelli explores our planets most extreme environments to uncover some incredible science!
19) Landing On Mars
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NASA has been remarkably successful sending robot to Mars’ surface.
20) Art of Space
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Four artists display their unique methods of illustrating the mysterious frontier of outer space.