Astronomy Movies

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and...

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

In an age when misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories have become mainstream, UFOs have risen to become one of the most-talked...

Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.

A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through...

This film tells the surprising story of how the Allegheny Observatory has been a world leader in the study of the stars since the 1860s....

At the edge of our solar system supposedly lies an immense planet. Five to ten times the size of the Earth. Several international teams of scientists...

In a mountainous region in an Asian backwater banana republic, it is said that the descendents of all those buried in its earth will be blessed with...

No one seems to understand Nakami. His nights are restless, his days sleepy, and his time at school is isolating. Yet all that seems to change when...

Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or...

Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked...

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift...

How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, to discover what the fate of...

In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo's...

The first feature from Alison McAlpine is a dialogue with the heavens—in this case, the heavens above the Andes and the Atacama Desert in...

Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly...

The year is 1985. Oliver, a boy with an overflowing imagination, moves with his family to the southernmost corner of Europe, just as Halley's Comet...

Documentary about the Griffith Observatory, shown at their Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater