The Astronomers
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.
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A look at the work and worlds of leading scientists and astronomers who are helping to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
1.Where is the rest of the universe?
12-04-199154mAstronomers 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 mass and to discover more about...
2.Searching for black holes
15-04-199157mAt 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 and look deep into its heart, an...
3.A Window to Creation
16-04-199157mAmerican and Japanese astronomers are followed as they seek to measure cosmic background radiation, the heat remaining from the Big Bang, by launching rockets and satellites above...
4.Waves of the Future
17-04-199157mGravity waves, as yet undetected but predicted by Albert Einstein, may contain the answers to many questions about the universe. Soviet scientist Leonid Grishchuk and American scie...
5.Stardust
18-04-199155mThe 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 our galaxy. Two American scientis...
6.Prospecting for Planets
19-04-199157mEfforts 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 sent back to Earth by Voyager,...
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