Dr. Carroll explains the subject of dark matter and dark energy in 24 lectures. He explains why scientists believe we live in a smooth, expanding universe that originated in a hot, dense state called the Big Bang. He describes the features of the infant universe that led to the large-scale structure we observe today. He takes you through the standard model of particle physics and shows how it provides the framework for understanding the interaction...

"What is everywhere, not made of atoms, and can't be seen?" Dark matter, says renowned astrophysicist David Spergel - but not everyone in the cosmological community is in agreement with him. This program presents the views of Spergel and other key figures in the debate, including Princeton University's P. James Peebles and Jeremiah Ostriker; Timothy Sumner, of Imperial College London; astrophysicist Mordechai Milgrom; and Saul Perlmutter, a member...

The Standard Deviants introduce the fundamental terminology of astronomy and discuss its history, covering the contributions of such figures as Plato, Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Johannes Kepler.

The program takes viewers around the world and across time in search of the unsung heroes who evolved understanding. Learn how Annie Jump Canon, Karl Lansky, Vera Rubin, and others sparked some of the great discoveries that have shaped astronomy over the past century through their groundbreaking new theories, serendipitous observations, and feats of engineering (on Earth and in space).

Chapter 1: forces of gravity--Chapter 2: white dwarfs--Chapter 3: all from the stars--Chapter 4: explosive collisions--Chapter 5: failed stars.

Detailing the history of what may the oldest science, this program explores 13 of its crucial benchmarks: ancient awareness that the planets move; Copernican cosmology; Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion; Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's moons; Edmund Halley's comet prediction; William and Carolyn Herschel's galactic mapping; Einstein's General Theory of Relativity; Edwin Hubble's proof that the universe is expanding; Karl Jansky's discovery...

Introduces little ones to a multitude of wonders up above, including the sun and the moon, fluffy clouds, shimmering stars, colorful planets and whirling galaxies.

With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artifacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, charting our changing views of the cosmos throughout history.

A humorous study aid for college astronomy courses.

"Two teams chase the elusive black hole. One, including Stephen Hawking, works to solve a paradox at the heart of science. The other, the earth-spanning Event Horizon Telescope, attempts the first picture of a black hole, 55-million light years away."--Container insert.