Astronomy Movies

Shortfilm based on released by ESA over 400000 images from Rosettas comet mission.

A short documentary about an engineer in a Chilean observatory.

European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst and his NASA colleague Reid Wiseman are launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

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...

THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question -...

The film traces the story of the Chicago-born astronomer George Ellery Hale, considered the father of astrophysics, as he struggles personally and...

When a young man drops out of school to care for his agoraphobic mother he too finds himself increasingly insulated from the outside world.

A short documentary of filmmaker Patricio Guzmán interviewing local astronomers.

Infinitude is a meditation on the cosmic evolution of matter and energy over time. Experimental filmmaking techniques such as time-lapse,...

At Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, “Near Earth Asteroids: Dr. Anne Virkki” tells the story of Research Scientist Anne Virkki and her...

For every child who has ever looked up at the stars and asked, 'What are they?' comes the story of a curious boy who never stopped wondering.

The Sun was born way before Man existed. What exact role did the Sun play in the emergence of life and Mankind? When did Humanity identify it? Then...

This movie explores the saga of the telescope over 400 years - the historical development, the scientific importance, the technological...