The Astronomers(1991)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1991-04-12
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
This series explores the lives and work of noted modern-day astronomers, taking the viewer into the farthest reaches of outer space in search of black holes, quasars, dark matter, gravity waves, stars and evidence of planets outside our solar system. Intriguing celestial phenomena are examined from the perspectives of the experts: the men and women that are uncovering the secrets of the cosmos. Further, the series focuses not only on professional achievements, but on the scientists' personal lives as well.
Keywords
radiationblack holesupernovaastrophysicistparticle acceleratorcosmologyastronomygravityspace explorationvoyagerexo planetplanets
Seasons & Episodes
The Astronomers
Episodes: 6E01
Where is the rest of the universe?
Air Date: 1991-04-12
Astronomers believe the universe contains at least ten times as much mass as can be seen and accounted for. How are t...
E02
Searching for black holes
Air Date: 1991-04-15
At the center of galaxy NGC 1275, some 200 million light years from Earth, there might be a supermassive black hole. ...
E03
A Window to Creation
Air Date: 1991-04-16
American and Japanese astronomers are followed as they seek to measure cosmic background radiation, the heat remainin...
E04
Waves of the Future
Air Date: 1991-04-17
Gravity waves, as yet undetected but predicted by Albert Einstein, may contain the answers to many questions about th...
E05
Stardust
Air Date: 1991-04-18
The deaths of stars allow human lives to come into being. This episode explains how and looks at the complete life cy...
E06
Prospecting for Planets
Air Date: 1991-04-19
Efforts to discover other planetary systems and to learn more about the planets of our own solar system are examined....
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