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Introductory Astronomy
by Robert J. Nemiroff
Available on: Podcast
This video podcast will include class lectures brought to you by Michigan Tech Online Learning.
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The Birth and Death of Stars
by Walter Lewin
Available on: Online Video
We know that some stars exist because we can see them with our own eyes. In this lecture Walter Lewin provides illuminating evidence of stars we cannot see.
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Earth and the Universe
by James Kaler
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture Professor James Kaler puts Earth in perspective within the solar system, the galaxy, and the whole universe.
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A Theory of Everything
by Colin Blakemore
Available on: Online Video
How did the universe start? What are we and where are we going? If we had a "Theory of Everything", we should be able to answer these questions.
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Life in Space
by Helen Sharman
Available on: Online Video
Helen Sharman, the UK's first astronaut, gives a vibrant account of her personal experience of life in space using models and film…
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Space Exploration: The Next 100 Years
by Dava Newman
Available on: Online Video
High hopes meet high frustration in this panel, whose participants collectively yearn for a new vision to guide our space program.
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The Eagle Has Landed (1969)
Available on: Online Video
This film tells the story of the historic first landing of men on the Moon in July, 1969.
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The Universe is a Strange Place
by Frank Wilczek
Available on: Online Video
Perhaps the universe is not so much strange as brimming with lovely paradox. The search for such beauty seems to lie at the heart of Frank Wilczek’s work.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Death by Black Hole
by Ryan Wyatt
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses Death by Black Hole .
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Stephen Hawking Asks Big Questions About the Universe
by Stephen Hawking
Available on: Video Download | Online Video
In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them.
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Reaching for the Stars
by Sally Ride
Available on: Online Video
Dr. Sally Ride, first woman in space and Professor of Physics at UC San Diego.
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Brother Guy Consolmagno: God's Mechanics
by Alan Jones
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Brother Guy Consolmagno discusses God's Mechanics.
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Anybody Out There?
by Colin Blakemore
Available on: Online Video
Is there life out there? Either on other worlds, deep space, or even deep in our oceans that we haven't encountered yet?
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Timothy Ferris: Lannan Readings & Conversations
by Timothy Ferris
Available on: Online Audio
Timothy Ferris, called "the best popular science writer in the English language" by The Christian Science Monitor, is the author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way, The Mind's Sky, Galaxies and other best selling books on astronomy, physics, and the history of philosophy of science.
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From Space to Energy
by Peter H. Diamandis
Available on: Online Video
What does it take to achieve the impossible?
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Pluto Files
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Neil deGrasse Tyson, the bestselling author and director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, chronicles America's irrational love affair with Pluto, man's best celestial friend.
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Tick, Tick, Tick Pulsating Star
by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Available on: Online Video
The discovery of pulsars, neutron stars which form when massive stars explode (supernovae), took astronomers by surprise.
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Assignment, Shoot the Moon (1967)
Available on: Online Video
This film summarizes the exploration of the Moon conducted through unmanned Ranger, Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter spacecraft...
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New Frontiers in Astronomy
by Alberto Conti
Available on: Video Download | Online Video
A revolution is now underway in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The next decade will witness the completion of massive, wide-area, multicolor imaging and spectroscopic surveys of the local and distant Universe.
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Debrief: Apollo 8 (1969)
Available on: Online Video
This film portrays the story of man's first journey in orbit around the Moon with comments on the significance of the Apollo 8 flight by several prominent Americans.
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The Quest for Mars
by Jim Garvin
Available on: Online Video
NASA's present program of science-driver exploration of Mars involves an intensive robotic campaign of increasingly sophisticated missions.
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America in Space - The First Decade (1968)
Available on: Online Video
This film provides a 10-year history of National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) role in the exploration of space.
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Within This Decade (1969)
Available on: Online Video
This film traces the principal accomplishments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in aeronautics and space research from 1959 until the eve of the first lunar landing in 1969.
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Probing the Origin of the Planets from Spacecraft
by Maria T. Zuber
Available on: Online Video
"Probing the Origin of the Planets from Spacecraft" by Maria T. Zuber: MIT E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics and Planetary Science MIT.
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Trip to the Moon and the Legacy of Apollo
by Harrison Schmitt
Available on: Online Video
Thirty years after he served on the final Apollo mission, Harrison Schmitt has turned once more to the moon – as a critical resource for scientists and as a potential source of unlimited clean energy.
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