Hunting the Edge of Space(2011)

Name: Hunting the Edge of Space
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-05-05
Rating: 5.0

May 5, 20111 Season · 2 Episodes

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Overview

In this two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe. What began as a curiosity - two spectacle lenses held a foot apart - ultimately revolutionized human thought across science, philosophy, and religion. "Hunting the Edge of Space" takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery, dramatizing the innovations in technology and the achievements in science that have marked the rich history of the telescope.

Created by Oliver Twinch, David Axelrod

Seasons

Season 1

2 Episodes

2011

E01

The Mystery of the Milky Way

5/5/2011·53m

"The Mystery of the Milky Way," chronicles the history of telescopes, from Galileo's refractor to Newton's reflector and beyond. It looks at key discoveries, such as those made by William Herschel and his sister Caroline, including the discovery of the planet Uranus. Hour 1 also looks at recent missions: 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, which is so large that it would take 100,000 years traveling at the speed of light to cross from one edge to the other.

E02

The Ever Expanding Universe

5/12/2011·53m

In second episode of the two-part special "Hunting the Edge of Space," NOVA investigates a battery of high-tech telescopes that is 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.

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Cast

Alex Filippenko

Self - Presenter

Alexandra Hall

Self - Presenter

Bill Latter

Self - Presenter

Charles Henry Bennett

Self - Presenter

Jim Bennett

Self - Presenter

Ronald Bissinger

Self - Presenter

David Charbonneau

Self - Presenter

Michael Hoskin

Self - Presenter

Wendy Freedman

Self - Presenter

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