skip to main content

Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries

26 minutes 35 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

This film highlights the diverse people who enable discoveries at world-class observatories in Chile. Each scientist featured discusses their jobs and impacts they have made in the field of astronomy.

Media Details

Runtime: 26 minutes 35 seconds

Still image from: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Map
1 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: 2025 Moon Phase and Libration--Northern Hemisphere
4 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: 2025 Moon Phase and Libration--Southern Hemisphere
4 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere, causing intense heating and friction that is displayed in a glowing, fiery tail of light.
3 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Large rounded blue and white instrument with round opening at the front. Man faces it in foreground. Title card reads, "A flying telescope in a 747?!"
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Textured mount-like landform. Caption: It was incredible how Earthlike Titan appeared.
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Seedlings burst through the dry surface of an arid landscape. Text reads, “AIRS. Advancing Our Understanding of Earth’s Climate.”
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Still image from: All the Answers: Chocolate, the Cosmos, Quicksand
All the Answers
Episode 14
19 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: All the Answers: Constellations, Manatees, the Dead Sea
All the Answers
Episode 17
19 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9
Still image from: All the Answers: Gravity, Black Holes, Rainbows
All the Answers
Episode 10
19 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 9