Created on Saturday, 31 July 2010 14:33

This documentary explores the ultimate historical event as it almost literally transports viewers to the very beginnings of the cosmos. It describes the history of cosmology and how we've pieced together scientific knowledge to support the Big Bang theory.

Relive the moments of history's greatest astronomical discoveries as the wonders of space come alive through computer animations.

Last updated: April 28, 2019 at 20:50 pm

Created on Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:35

The Hubble Space Telescope, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble, is one of the most successful scientific projects of all time.

Positioned outside the Earth's atmosphere it has significant advantages over ground-based telescopes — images are not blurred by the atmosphere, there is no background from light scattered by the air, and the Hubble can observe ultra-violet light that is normally absorbed by the ozone layer in observations made from Earth.

Since its launch in 1990, it has become one of the most important instruments in the history of astronomy. With it, astronomers have made many observations leading to breakthroughs in astrophysics.

Created on Saturday, 31 July 2010 16:42

Created on Saturday, 31 July 2010 14:53

400 Years of the Telescope takes viewers on a journey from Galileo’s first look at the cosmos in 1609, to today’s thrilling quests to discover new worlds and glimpse the formation of the first stars after the Big Bang.

The filmmakers traveled the globe, interviewing leading astronomers and cosmologists against a backdrop of the world’s greatest observatories, to create a vivid film that presents the human quest of the past 400 years to understand the structure and nature of the universe.