Name: Hunting the Edge of Space
Released: 2010-04-06T00:00:00.000Z

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NOVA examines how the telescope has changed our understanding of our place in the universe. What began as a curiosity ultimately revolutionized human thought across science, philosophy and religion. This tale of human ingenuity involves some of the most colorful figures of the scientific world and leads to today's colossal telescopes, housed in space-age cathedrals orbiting high above the Earth.

Documentary · 2010 · 53 دقائق

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Part 1

A history of telescopes, from Galileo's refractor to Newton's reflector and beyond, including key discoveries. Take a closer look at recent missions, including the voyage of the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn, the Kepler telescope's search for planets beyond our solar system, and the Herschel Space Observatory's examination of the Milky Way.

52 دقائق · 6 أبريل 2010
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The Ever-Expanding Universe investigates a battery of high-tech telescopes that are joining the Hubble Space Telescope on its quest to unlock the secrets of our universe, a cosmos almost incomprehensible in its size, age and violence.

52 دقائق · 13 أبريل 2010

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