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NOVA | Hubble's Amazing Rescue | PBS (#3611)
After nearly 20 years in space and hundreds of thousands of spectacular images, the Hubble Space Telescope's gyroscopes and sensors were failing, its batteries running down, and some of its... 03:23
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Symphony of Science | 'A Glorious Dawn' (ft Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking) | PBS
A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl... 03:34
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NOVA scienceNOW | Detecting Life | PBS (#402)
Once we find a planet that has Earth-like potential, how can we tell if there is life on it? Harvard astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger explains how scientists might sniff out life by looking at the... 04:07
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NOVA scienceNOW | Saving Hubble, First Primates, Alfredo Quinones Hinojosa, Killer Microbe | PBS (#303)
Full Program: “Hubble Repair”--NOVA scienceNOW covers the upcoming repair mission for the Hubble space telescope — one of the most famous orbiting telescopes — which has advanced our knowledge of the... 51:45
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NOVA | Monster of the Milky Way | PBS (#3314)
Full Program: Does a supermassive black hole lurk at the center of our galaxy? 51:53
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Journey to Palomar | PBS
Full Program: The film traces the story of the Chicago-born astronomer George Ellery Hale as he struggles to build the greatest telescopes of the 20th century. 01:26:54
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Cosmos | Who Speaks for Earth? | PBS (#113)
Full Program: This is the famous episode on nuclear war in which Dr. Sagan argues that our responsibility for survival is owed not just to ourselves, but also to the cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring. 01:02:02
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Cosmos | One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue | PBS (#102)
Full Program: Dr. Sagan's cosmic calendar makes the history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life. 01:00:09
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Cosmos | The Lives of the Stars | PBS (#109)
Full Program: Using computer animation and amazing astronomical art, Dr. Sagan shows how stars are born, live, die and sometimes collapse to form neutron stars or black holes. 59:26
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Cosmos | The Edge of Forever | PBS (#110)
Full Program: Dr. Sagan leads us to a time when galaxies were beginning to form, and to show how humans of this century discovered the expanding universe and its origin in the big bang. 01:03:06
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Cosmos | The Persistence of Memory | PBS (#111)
Full Program: The brain is the focus of this fascinating portion of our journey as Dr. Sagan examines another of the intelligent creatures with whom we share the planet Earth — whales. 58:25
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Cosmos | Travels in Space and Time | PBS (#108)
Full Program: A voyage to see how star patterns change over millions of years is followed by a journey to the planets of other stars, and a look at the possibility of time travel. 01:01:25
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Cosmos | Heaven and Hell | PBS (#104)
Full Program: A descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus to explore its broiling surface serves as a warning to our world about the possible consequences of the increasing greenhouse effect. 01:01:05
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Cosmos | Travellers' Tales | PBS (#106)
Full Program: Dr. Sagan compares explorers who ventured in sailing ships halfway around our planet in their quest for wealth and knowledge to the excitement around Voyager's expeditions to Jupiter and Saturn. 01:00:59
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Cosmos | The Harmony of the Worlds | PBS (#103)
Full Program: This episode is a historical re-creation of the life of Johannes Kepler, the last scientific astrologer, the first modern astronomer and the author of the first science fiction novel. 58:31
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