“Journey to the End of the Universe.”
In this Discovery Channel documentary, director Yawar Abbas uses graphics to simulate a journey from Earth to the edge of the universe. Viewers first virtually traverse the solar system, learning details about each planet and its satellites, then reach the nearest star to the sun, Alpha Centauri, and then follow it to the boundaries of the Milky Way and beyond. The graphics in “Journey to the End of the Universe” were developed based on data obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. The narrator for the project was actor Alec Baldwin.
“Black Hole Hunters.”
The BBC project about one of the major scientific breakthroughs in astrophysics in the twenty-first century begins in 2017. That’s when scientist Shepherd Doleman and a team of fellow astronomers began developing the Event Horizon project to prove the existence of black holes. Before that, because of the strong gravity, no object could get close enough to them to capture and not fall down the “wormhole.
“Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking.”
The multi-part documentary project “Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking” of the Discovery Channel is a true classic of the popular science genre. The host of the series, filmed in 2010 – Professor Stephen Hawking, who in simple and clear language tells the full story of cosmology: from the “Big Bang” to the possible end of the galaxy. The famous scientist also shares his thoughts on the most interesting mysteries and mysteries of the universe – the possibility of intelligent life on other planets and time travel – and offers to dream about the possibilities for humanity in the future. Actor Benedict Cumberbatch voices Hawking’s thoughts in the project.
“The Last One on the Moon”.
British director Mark Craig’s documentary The Last Man on the Moon is the life story of astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon. The man landed on the surface of the Earth’s satellite three times — in 1966, in 1969 and finally in 1972 as commander of Apollo 17.
“Space: Space and Time.”
Another genre classic on our list. “Space: Space and Time” with American astrophysicist Neil Tyson is a remake of scientist Carl Sagan’s iconic 1980 science-popular series. The series consists of 13 parts. As in the original version, the host travels through time and space on a “ship of the imagination,” recounting the major scientific discoveries of the last centuries, from the birth of the universe to the events of 2014, when the project ended.
