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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array, or ALMA, is a vast array of radio telescopes and the most powerful observatory of its kind. ALMA is stationed in the Atacama Desert of Chile which is one of the world's best sites for observational astronomy because of the high altitude, nearly non-existent cloud cover, dry air and lack of light pollution and radio interference due to the small populations. ALMA peers into previously hidden regions...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Visible light, which can be seen with our eyes, comprises a small sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum. The rest of the spectrum, from short wavelength gamma rays to long-wavelength radio waves, requires special instruments to detect. ALMA uses and array of radio telescopes to detect and study radio waves from space. Radio telescopes are typically large parabolic dish antennas used singly or in an array. Radio observatories are preferentially located...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery, dramatizing the inNovations in technology and the achievements in science that have marked the rich history of the telescope. Then Nova turns its attention to a new generation of ever-larger telescopes, poised to reveal answers to longstanding questions about our universe.
8) Stargazing
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
400 years of the telescope: "The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy - a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe."--Container.
Hubble's...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This two-part film tells the story of the search for extraterrestrial life. New discoveries about the origins of life are combined with recent revelations about the nature of the sun's planets and their moons to seek out possible home for life in our solar system and beyond. The film also explains why some scientists believe there is abundant life throughout the universe, and shows how radiotelescopes may be the way we can connect with alien civilizations....
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show the universe in stunningly beautiful detail. But that was just the beginning. With tons of new data and spectacular images flooding in, Webb is allowing scientists to peer deep in time to try to answer some of astronomy's biggest questions. When--and how--did the first stars and galaxies form? And can we see the fingerprints...
12) Hubble 3D
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Includes film from the May 2009 mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as images captured by the telescope, and a series of scientifically realistic space flights based on Hubble data.
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