Astronomy for You

July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 lands on the surface of the Moon. Such a feat was apparently performed to the greater glory of all mankind, but actually it m...

50 years on from the moon landings, researchers worldwide are working towards an ambitious goal: a permanent research station on the moon. This docume...

A few years before the first manned flight to the moon, Pan Am began selling tickets there. 100,000 people joined the club of the first space traveler...

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 beginni...

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...

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Directed by the skateboard guru Stacy Peralta.

Once you're old enough to make decisions for yourself, how exactly do you go about doing it? How can you really know which choice is best for you?

A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the titl...

Mentally ill. Deviant. Diseased. And in need of a cure. These were among the terms psychiatrists used to describe gay women and men in the 1950s, 1960...

This is the complete story of NASA's Moon Missions, from Apollo 1 to Apollo 17, told for the first time using 4K and HD original footage taken by astr...

The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on February 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on the ent...

The recounting of a deadly Canadian bank robbery in the 1950's and the resulting massive man hunt for the killer.

A group of renowned cosmologists and astrophysicist are in search of a realistic picture of the universe. Their research and observational discoveries...

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United S...