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1. Don't Look Up (2021)
R | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 603,161
2. How the Universe Works (2010– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
A users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
Stars: Phil Plait, Michelle Thaller, Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe
Votes: 7,256
3. The Universe (2007–2015)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.
Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Clifford V. Johnson
Votes: 5,933
4. For the Love of Spock (2016)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Biography
An examination of the enduring appeal of Leonard Nimoy and his portrayal of Spock in Star Trek (1966).
Director: Adam Nimoy | Stars: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Jim Parsons
Votes: 4,896 | Gross: $0.08M
5. 60 Minutes (1968– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, News
The classic long-running prime time TV investigative news magazine.
Stars: Andrew Rooney, Lesley Stahl, Steve Kroft, Morley Safer
Votes: 4,350
6. Veritasium (2010– )
Talk-Show
An element of truth - videos about science, education, and anything else I find interesting.
Stars: Derek Muller, Henry Reich, Destin Sandlin, Rod Cross
Votes: 261
7. Stargazing Live (2011– )
Family, Reality-TV
Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain host three days of live stargazing featuring epic images from observatories around the globe.
Stars: Brian Cox, Dara O Briain, Liz Bonnin, Mark Thompson
Votes: 234
8. Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
TV-Y | 26 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Jet Propulsion, an alien from another planet, and his pals Sean, Mindy, and Sydney learn about science.
Stars: Ashleigh Ball, Jaeda Lily Miller, William Ainscough, Kyle Rideout
Votes: 162
9.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
7 Wonders of the Solar System
(2010)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
The seven wonder of our solar system are discussed: Enceladus' geysers, Rings of Saturn, Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the Asteroid Belt, Mars' Olympus Mons, the Surface of the Sun, and planet Earth.
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Greg Laughlin
Votes: 147
10.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Jupiter: Destroyer or Savior?
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Beneath Jupiter's swirling clouds lie our solar system's deepest secrets: from its violent youth, through the birth of life to the death of the sun. Now, scientists are unlocking these ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Bridge | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Phil Plait, Lawrence Krauss
Votes: 120
11.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Comets - Frozen Wanderers
(2012)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
We follow the odyssey of a comet as it sails through space, watching every move as it evolves from a chunk of ice and rock into an active nucleus engulfed in a gaseous haze. What we learn ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Warner | Stars: Erik Dellums, Richard Lintern, Phil Plait, Peter H. Schultz
Votes: 99
12.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Constellations
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
In this program the constellations serve as a backdrop for the diversity of stellar objects and for a few very special stars that serve as navigation aids for sailors, seasonal markers for farmers or distance milestones for astronomers.
Director: Louis Tarantino | Stars: Erik Thompson, Michio Kaku, Amy Mainzer, Matt Malkan
Votes: 92
13.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Did a Black Hole Build the Milky Way?
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
What built the Milky Way? New research might now have the answer, revealing an unlikely hero. At the heart of our galaxy sits a super massive black hole, one of the most destructive objects in the Universe. Could it be our creator?
Director: Mark Bridge | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Michio Kaku, Phil Plait
Votes: 91
14.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Cosmic Collisions
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Collisions between relatively minor bodies in the solar system can have far reaching effects. Astronomers are trying to trace meteors that caused mass extinctions back to the event that ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Darin Ragozzine, Amy Mainzer, Mike Brown
Votes: 88
15.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Biggest Things in the Universe
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Compared to the largest things in the universe galaxies are trifles compared to super clusters, voids, lyman alpha blobs, and the cosmic web. But even among the smaller objects such as ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matt Malkan, Laura Danly
Votes: 88
16.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Light Speed
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Physical behavior that results from having a constant speed of light are described.
Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Michio Kaku, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 85
17.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Strangest Things
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Strange interstellar phenomena such as cosmic alcohol clouds, planets orbiting pulsars and dark energy is discussed.
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Michael Mischna, Laura Danly
Votes: 72
18.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Biggest Blasts
(2009)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
The Universe is full of explosions that both create and destroy. The Chicxulub impact on the Yucatan peninsula, which may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, was two million ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Beemer | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Amy Mainzer
Votes: 66
19.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Pulsars & Quasars
(2009)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
They sort of sound like the same phenomenon, but Pulsars and Quasars are very different. Pulsars are tiny--only a few miles across--but they spin as fast as a kitchen blender.
Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Michelle Thaller, Pat Slane, David Thompson
Votes: 66
20.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Stopping Armageddon
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
It sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster: a deadly asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. But in reality, it's only a matter of time before a giant space rock threatens to wipe out ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Drooker | Stars: Erik Thompson, Keith Holsapple, Michio Kaku, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 65
21.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
It Fell from Space
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Every year, thousands of objects both natural and manmade plummet through our atmosphere and crash into the Earth. These menacing messengers from the sky provide scientists with amazing ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Steven R. Chesley, Petrus Matheus Marie Jenniskens
Votes: 63
22.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Death Stars
(2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
For most, it's the deadly centerpiece of the film Star Wars. But in truth, real death stars are in the final stage of life before they explode into supernovae and, occasionally, the biggest blast in the universe--the gamma ray burst (GRB).
Director: Jim Hense | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Alex Filippenko, Peter Tuthill
Votes: 63
23.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Extreme Energy
(2009)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
Ours is a universe of energy, from powerful jets ejected from black holes to the raw nuclear fury of our Sun. But, the total amount of energy in the universe maintains perfect equilibrium--no more can be added or taken away.
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Travis Taylor, Laura Danly, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 61
24.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Deadly Comets and Meteors
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
At this very moment, celestial forces prowl the Universe and threaten man's very existence. They're asteroids and comets--and they've left their imprint on planet Earth, literally. ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Jay Melosh, Amy Mainzer, Mike Zolensky
Votes: 57
25.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
The Search for Cosmic Clusters
(2009)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, History
They are the one-stop-shopping places for learning all about the nature and variety of stars in the Universe. They're unique, because in clusters, all the stars were born at about the same time.
Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Michelle Thaller, Amy Mainzer
Votes: 56
26.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Secrets of the Space Probes
(2010)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
From highly sophisticated and sensitive space telescopes that look from afar to space probes that rendezvous with celestial objects to return samples, this program looks a few of the more ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Hense | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Kevin R. Grazier, Clifford V. Johnson
Votes: 55
27.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Ride the Comet
(2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Board a virtual space ship to travel along with a variety of comets; long and short period, sun grazers, comets masquerading as asteroids and comets still in deep freeze in the Oort cloud. ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Don Yeomans, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 44
28. Ready Jet Go! Space Camp (2023)
Not Rated | 85 min | Animation, Family
Jet and his friends take their skills to Space Camp and go on an intergalactic adventure.
Director: David Mucci Fassett | Stars: Ashleigh Ball, Anthony Bolognese, Gordon Cormier, Brenda Crichlow
Votes: 19
29. Comet Encounter (2013 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Comets have fascinated, even terrified us for thousands of years. This year, a particularly massive chunk of ice and rock is hurtling our way, an object that will fascinate billions and ... See full summary »
Directors: Duncan Copp, Ed Watkins | Stars: Karl Battams, Lewis Dartnell, Francisco Diego, Patricia Fara
Votes: 11
31.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
How Come the Moon Has Craters?/Backyard Moon Base
(2016)
TV-Y | 26 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
"How Come the Moon Has Craters?"- The kids take a trip to the Moon and learn that falling asteroids probably created all the craters on the Moon's surface! "Backyard Moon Base"- Led by ... See full summary »
Directors: Craig Bartlett, Rusty Tracy | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
Votes: 7
32.
Veritasium (2010– )
Episode:
Asteroid Impact: What Are Our Chances?
(2020)
Talk-Show
Director: Derek Muller | Stars: Derek Muller, David Jewitt
Votes: 5
33. Stellar Cartography on Earth (2009)
8 min | Short, Biography, Sci-Fi
Director: Heather Hollin | Stars: Amy Mainzer, Charles Beichman, Michael Werner, Scott Kardel
35. Jupiter's Dangerous Secrets (2016 TV Movie)
Documentary
Stars: Mike Rowe, Dan Durda, Michio Kaku, Lawrence Krauss
36.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Beep and Boop's Game
(2017)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
37.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Holidays in Boxwood Terrace
(2017)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
It's the Propulsions' first Christmas on their new home on Earth. While learning about the holiday, Jet pitches his first Christmas play idea called "Christmas Spirit" to perform at the ... See full summary »
Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Ian James Corlett
38.
Stargazing Live (2011– )
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(2013)
Family, Reality-TV
On the final night of their astronomical adventure, Brian and Dara discuss meteors, comets and asteroids and reveal how studying them reveals information about the origins of life on Earth.... See full summary »
Directors: Diana Ellis-Hill, Lorraine Evans, Ben Finney, Rob Liddell, Stephen Neal, Dick Taylor, Steve Potter | Stars: Brian Cox, Dara O Briain, Liz Bonnin, Mark Thompson
39.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
How Come the Moon Changes Shape?
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
"How Come the Moon Changes Shape?"- When Jet, Sydney, and Sean have a hard time trying to explain the phases of the Moon to Mindy, Jet's parents, Celery and Carrot, offer to fly them out to... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
40.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Night of a Bazillion Stars
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Jet, Sydney, and Sean decide to have a sleepover in Jet's backyard. They use Sean's telescope to look at the night sky and learn why stars twinkle and planets don't. Later on, Jet sings a ... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
41.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
A Kid's Guide to Mars
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
"A Kid's Guide to Mars"- Celery and Carrot need to update their guidebook about Mars, and the kids join them on a trip to see how much things have changed on Mars in the last four billion ... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Ian James Corlett
42.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Jet 2
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Jet wants to watch Commander Cressida with Sydney, but he also wants to help Sean hang some lights, so he builds a robot version of himself named Jet 2, so that he can be in "two places at ... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Jaeda Lily Miller
43.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Tour of the Solar System/Jet Cooks Dinner
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
"Tour of the Solar System"- Jet attempts to play the "Solar System" game with Sean, Sydney, and Mindy, but the kids don't quite understand which planets go where. Celery, Jet's mom, takes ... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
44.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Just the Right Distance From the Sun
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Sean explains to the others that Earth is a "Goldilocks" planet because it's not too hot and not too cold. When Celery takes the kids to space, they observe how the other planets don't have... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
45.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Solar Power Rover
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Jet, Sean, and Sydney visit their Mars Robot Rover friend at the DSA, and discover that the rover seems tired. Through helping the solar powered robot regain its energy, they learn how ... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Jaeda Lily Miller
46.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Round and Round
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Mindy is playing at being the sun, watching how all of the planets orbit around her. This prompts Jet, Sean, and Sydney to go into space to learn about how each of the planets orbit around ... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
47.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
The Plant From Bortron 7
(2016)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Jet attempts to grow a seed from his home planet of Bortron 7 under Earth sunlight, but the light from the Earth's Sun is stronger than the light from Bortron 7, and has a surprising effect... See full summary »
Directors: Bert Ring, Jay Surridge | Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond
48.
60 Minutes (1968– )
Episode:
Disability, USA/Super 6-1/Cosmic Roulette
(2013)
TV-PG | Documentary, News
"Disability, USA" takes a look at the alarming state of the federal disability program. "Super 6-1" interviews eyewitnesses and looks at never-before-seen footage of the 1993 Battle of ... See full summary »
Stars: Steve Kroft, Tom Coburn, Terry Crouppen, Marilyn Zahm
49.
IRrelevant Astronomy (2008– )
Episode:
Fusion vs. Fission
(2014)
Comedy
When a science-mad A.I. system (voiced by GLaDOS actress Ellen McLain) is installed at NASA, two hapless computer technicians learn the process behind nuclear fusion in the Sun, and how it differs from fission.
Director: Tim Pyle | Stars: Casey McKinnon, Ellen McLain, Mike Romo
50.
Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019)
Episode:
Mission to the Moon
(2016)
TV-Y | 26 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Sean tells Jet, Sydney, and Mindy about the Apollo 11 mission, and the kids decide to do a real-life reenactment of man's first mission landing on the Moon. Jet, Sean, and Sydney go to the ... See full summary »
Stars: William Ainscough, Ashleigh Ball, Dalila Bela, Brian Drummond