The sun is the miracle that makes everything possible - but also the greatest danger. For the first time, a feature-length documentary is dedicated to the search for the significance of our home star for mankind, science and nature. Thanks to the researchers from the American space agency NASA, who work at the Canary Islands observatories in the hottest and coldest places on the planet.

The 1977 discovery of RNA splicing by Dr. Phillip A. Sharp, Kentucky farm boy turned Nobel-prize win...

What forms might life take in the Solar System and beyond? In the Academy's newest original planetar...

Riding Giants is story about big wave surfers who have become heroes and legends in their sport. Dir...
The film discusses the evolution and potential of using light waves, particularly coherent light, fo...

Director Dominique Leclerc spent years depending on medical devices for her survival. Then, looking ...

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter Island – carved and raised, and wh...

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...

A mechanic discovers the fossil of a huge carnivorous dinosaur, unleashing a war between scientists,...

At the edge of our solar system supposedly lies an immense planet. Five to ten times the size of the...

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record...

In this documentary, scientists reveal their findings on the influence of solar storms on animal beh...

This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kel...

An educational film about frogs produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an educational film produ...

An illuminating look inside the lives of the Grucci family, whose Long Island-based fireworks busine...

A large iron meteorite is found by two enthusiasts. But who owns it? A subtle film about property ri...

A team of scientists search for the lost island of Testerep in front of the Belgian coast, venturing...

An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is cel...