Science: Astronomy ASTRONOMY
New! Destination Titan In 1997 scientists sent a probe to Saturn’s largest moon to test for conditions that might harbor life. This program tells the story of the probe and the team who built it—a group of graduate students, led by researcher John Zernecki. Despite many setbacks the endeavor succeeded beyond expectations, yielding remarkable images of Titan’s surface. With stunning re-creations of the probe’s interplanetary trip, the video documents the joint NASA/ESA mission. Produced by the Open University. (60 minutes) © 2011 Preview Clip Online C $169.95 QGR44721 • DVD / VOD
The Drake Equation:
The Search for Life beyond Earth In this program SETI Institute founder Frank Drake talks about the history of and science behind his formula, and researchers assessing the equation’s validity explain what is known about the start of life on Earth. Produced by the Open University. Produced by the Open University. (64 minutes) © 2010 Preview Clip Online C
“Both entertaining and educational, it tackles some very thought-provoking subjects …”—Science Books & Films Recommended by NSTA Recommends and Education Media Reviews Online. $169.95 QGR43761 • DVD / VOD
The Universe Video Clip Collection For the limitless imagination of a scientific mind, the ever-expanding universe is an ideal subject of inquiry! This collection of 50 video clips (45 seconds to 2 minutes, 30 seconds each) uses high-quality film footage and detailed animations to investigate the structure of the universe, the stars, the solar system, the planets of the solar system, Earth and the Moon, astronomical observation, and space exploration. (78 minutes) © 2004 Preview Clip Online C ‡ $129.95 QGR44016 • DVD / VOD
Beyond the Moon: Failure Is Not an Option 2 This A&E Special tells the underpublicized story of America’s post-Apollo space initiatives from the point of view of the dedicated engineers of Mission Control. Through their experiences, viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at life inside the NASA nerve center, where high-tech specialists continue to push the boundaries of space exploration into the new century. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (91 minutes) © 2005 Preview Clip Online C o $129.95 QGR43036 • DVD / VOD
The Ancient Maya: Tools of Astronomy Host Michael Guillen travels to the Yucatán peninsula to study the ancient world’s most skilled astronomers: the Maya. A visit is made to the Pyramid of Kukulcán—a giant solar observatory—and to the round structure known as El Caracol, which looks amazingly like a modern-day observatory. In addition, Guillen examines the incredibly complex and accurate Mayan calendar. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (48 minutes) © 2006 Preview Clip Online C $129.95 QGR43208 • DVD / VOD
Can We Make a Star on Earth? Will nuclear fusion ever be harnessed? This program follows the race to create artificial stars that would function as earthbound energy sources. A BBC/ Science Channel Coproduction. (48 minutes) © 2008 Preview Clip Online C ‡ o $169.95 QGR40439 • DVD / VOD
Seven Wonders of the Solar System
Using dramatic CGI imagery as well as breathtaking photographs from space probes and state-of-the-art telescopes, this five-part series journeys to the planets and moons beyond our world. It reveals the bizarre, the majestic, and the unexpected in our celestial backyard—the most compelling guided tour of the solar system you’ll ever take! A BBC/Science Channel Coproduction. (50 minutes each) © 2010 Preview Clip Online C ‡
Empire of the Sun
From the fleeting moments of a solar eclipse in India…to the battle between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field, as seen in the aurora borealis over
Norway...to the hinterlands of space, in which our star, while only a smudge of light, still exerts
control...this program showcases the beauty and vastness of the Sun’s influence. $169.95 QGR43918 • DVD / VOD
Order Out of Chaos The pleasant order we see in our cosmic backyard was, ironically, carved from a chaotic cloud of gas. This program helps develop an understanding of that eons-long process. Viewers come to understand how gravity and other forces kneaded the primordial gas cloud into shape during one of the most frenzied and frightening phases in the solar system’s history. $169.95 QGR43919 • DVD / VOD
Who’s Afraid of a Big Black Hole? This program spotlights the work of MIT’s Max Tegmark and Shep Doeleman as well as of string field theorist Michio Kaku, researchers determined to unravel the mysteries of black holes. A BBC/ Science Channel Coproduction. (52 minutes) © 2009 Preview Clip Online C ‡ o
Recommended by Library Media Connection and Educational Media Reviews Online. “An outstanding educational tool that is well conceived and executed. Highly
recommended.”—Science Books & Films $169.95 QGR41381 • DVD / VOD
The Thin Blue Line As this program shows, Earth isn’t the only world wrapped in a tenuous atmospheric blanket. A visit to Africa’s Namib Desert helps illustrate what happened to poor Mercury when, early on, it was stripped of its atmosphere. The film also studies Venus and Saturn’s moon Titan, which is shrouded in a thick, murky atmosphere. $169.95 QGR43920 • DVD / VOD
Dead or Alive Like Earth, most worlds orbiting the Sun are made of rock, but, geologically speaking, any kinship among the interplanetary legion ends there. Some of our neighbors are alive, as it were, while others are frozen artifacts of a long-vanished era. This program visits those that still show a pulse, such as Jupiter’s moon Io, and examines the factors that have kept them active. $169.95 QGR43921 • DVD / VOD
Aliens
Deep in the Pacific, a submarine observes life forms thriving without heat or light. Organisms like these have raised hopes about Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. Patterns in Europa’s surface ice suggest that life may exist beneath it. Assessing many such clues in the search for exobiology, this program also cele- brates life on Earth—still the greatest wonder of the solar system. $169.95 QGR43922 • DVD / VOD
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