Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "milky-way"

51. SciShow Space (2014– )
Episode: The "Accident" That Revealed More About Our Cosmos: SciShow News (2021)

7 min | Documentary, News

A citizen astronomers discovered an odd brown dwarf 'star' traveling extremely fast which suggest it is as old as the Milky Way. Yet it contains methane with is a relatively new molecule in... See full summary »

Star: Reid Reimers

52. Signes des temps (1972–1975)
Episode: La Nébuleuse du Crabe (1973)

49 min | Documentary

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Director: Jean-Noël Roy | Stars: Éric Gérard, James Lequeux

53. Anton Petrov (2012– )
Episode: Unique Structure Found in a Galactic Arm of the Milky Way (2021)

10 min | Documentary, Animation, News

The common perception of a spiral galaxy consists of two or more neatly defined spiral arms around a bright nucleus. But the arms are not always well defined. Flocculant spiral galaxies can... See full summary »

Star: Anton Petrov

54. Fraser Cain (2007– )
Episode: Q&A 150: What is Space Dust, Anyway? And More... (2021)

36 min | Documentary

Fraser answers questions from viewers. Topics include: space dust, the Kardashev scale, the Venus probes, black holes, size of the Milky Way, remote space telescopes, best times to observe ... See full summary »

Star: Fraser Cain

55. Aperture (2017– )
Episode: The Great Filter: Humanity's Final Exam (2020)

13 min | Action

The Great Filter is the collective events the prevent the formation of living community from becoming immortal. Humanity is now wise enough to ask the questions; is humanity on track to ... See full summary »

Star: Michael McEwen

56. Snoopy in Space (2019–2021)
Episode: Exoplanets (2021)

TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Snoopy and the gang take the search for life beyond the confines of our solar system.

Director: Behzad Mansoori-Dara | Stars: Tyler James Nathan, Terry McGurrin, Rob Tinkler, Christian Dal Dosso

Votes: 22

57. Snoopy in Space (2019–2021)
Episode: The Big Picture (2021)

TV-G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

When Franklin is disappointed that the mission has to end, Snoopy and the rest of the kids find a way to remind him of how much they accomplished.

Director: Behzad Mansoori-Dara | Stars: Tyler James Nathan, Terry McGurrin, Rob Tinkler, Christian Dal Dosso

Votes: 21

58. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way (2010)

TV-G | 52 min | Documentary

Nova examines the physics of telescope design. Following the development of the telescope over several centuries the program explains the challenges that the major design innovations solved... See full summary »

Directors: Peter Jones, Oliver Twinch | Stars: Louise Alexander, Jim Bennett, Ronald H. Bissinger, Duncan Bonner

Votes: 68

59. Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
Episode: The Story of Everything (2010)

TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary

In two mind-blowing hours, Hawking reveals the wonders of the cosmos to a new generation. Delve into the mind of the world's most famous living scientist and reveal the splendor and majesty... See full summary »

Director: Iain Riddick | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Melissa Ricci, Phoebe Haines, Simon Haines

Votes: 349

60. Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode: Beyond the Darkness (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

Scientists have discovered that the universe we see is an incidental component of all there is. This program explains how dark matter and dark energy were discovered and how scientists are struggling to understand them.

Stars: Morgan Freeman, Dan Bauer, Brenna Flaugher, Carlos Frenk

Votes: 205

61. Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode: The Riddle of Black Holes (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary

After reviewing theories about how black holes form and how they were detected this program looks at their counterintuitive behavior that makes them seem so bizarre.

Stars: Morgan Freeman, Julie Comerford, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen

Votes: 287

62. How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode: Galaxies (2010)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

Galaxies, home to stars, planets and us, come in all shapes and sizes. Witnesses the evolution of galaxies; from clouds of cold gas floating in the voids of space 13 billion years ago, to the magnificent spirals that fill our night sky.

Director: Louise Say | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Lawrence Krauss, Michio Kaku

Votes: 192

63. TEDx Talks (2009– )
Episode: Lessons from My Wife in Finding Alien Life (2022)

16 min | Documentary, Short

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Star: Douglas Vakoch

64. Numberphile (2011– )
Episode: 569936821221962380720 (2020)

6 min | Documentary

Mathematicians speculate that most numbers can be expressed as the sum of three cubes. And that those numbers with one solution have an infinite number of solutions. But the numbers can get... See full summary »

Star: Brady Haran

65. Young Justice (2010–2023)
Episode: Cornered (2013)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The team is trapped inside the Hall of Justice for a cage match against a brutal alien gladiator!

Director: Doug Murphy | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Tim Curry, Bryton James, Phil LaMarr

Votes: 2,943

66. DeepSkyVideos (2011– )
Episode: Magellanic Clouds (and Apollo 16) - Deep Sky Videos (2013)

10 min | Documentary

The Large and small Mangellanic clouds are dwarf galaxies that orbit the the Milky Way and possibly each other as well. They are rather close to the Milky Way at present in their highly eccentric orbits.

Stars: Paul Crowther, Brady Haran

67. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Star Chasers of Senegal (2024)

TV-PG | Documentary

Senegalese astronomer Maram Kaire, takes viewers on a journey to investigate his nation's rich and deep history of astronomy, reaching back thousands of years - and the promising future ahead.

Director: Ruth Berry | Stars: Judith Chandler, Taha Yasin Arslan, Sylvain Bouley, Marc Buie

Votes: 52

68. Young Justice (2010–2023)
Episode: Summit (2013)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Light calls a summit to decide the final fate of Aqualad, the team ... and the entire planet Earth!

Director: Tim Divar | Stars: Oded Fehr, Miguel Ferrer, Kevin Grevioux, Logan Grove

Votes: 3,512

69. DeepSkyVideos (2011– )
Episode: M62 - Globular Cluster - Deep Sky Videos (2015)

4 min | Documentary

Globular clusters periodically pass through the Milky Way's disk as they orbit the galaxy and are influenced by the gravitation pull and tidal forces of objects in the disk. Messier 62 is slightly elongated as an example.

Director: Brady Haran | Stars: Meghan Gray, Brady Haran

70. Anton Petrov (2012– )
Episode: Updates About Strange Structure Known as Magellanic Stream (2023)

9 min | Documentary, Animation, News

An enigmatic structure near the Milky Way is the Magellenic Stream. Recent research determined, as expected, that it is related to the Magellenic clouds. Surpsisingly, the stars largely com... See full summary »

Star: Anton Petrov

71. Dr. Becky (2015– )
Episode: What's the probability that two stars collide when galaxies collide? with equations! (2019)

Documentary, News

THere's lots and lots of space between stars. So prepare for lots of decimal places when calculating the likelihood of stars colliding in a galaxy merger.

Star: Becky Smethurst

72. Sabine Hossenfelder (2011– )
Episode: The Black Hole in our Galaxy is Weird: 6 Reasons (2024)

6 min | Documentary, News

The closest super-massive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way offers a close look at unusual black hole behavior with the specialized telescopes that are now available.

Star: Sabine Hossenfelder

73. Anton Petrov (2012– )
Episode: Exciting New Image of SgrA* Black Hole Reveals Unexpected Surprises (2024)

14 min | Documentary, Animation, News

A team of astronomers has mapped the magnetic field around Saggitarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Star: Anton Petrov

74. How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode: Forces of Mass Construction (2015)

TV-G | 44 min | Documentary

There's a mysterious force you can't see or touch, but it affects everything in the universe. Magnetism has shaped our cosmos, and without it, Creation would simply disintegrate. We follow ... See full summary »

Stars: Erik Dellums, Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Phil Plait

Votes: 80

75. Natural Curiosities (2013–2018)
Episode: Finding the Way (2017)

22 min | Documentary, History

Homing pigeons are specially trained for competitive use of their natural ability to navigate (back, home) in flight, which in Cher Ami's case saved near 200 allied troop lives in the Great... See full summary »

Director: Sharmila Choudhury | Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 36

76. Kosmos - maailmankaikkeus viidessä minuutissa (2018– )
Episode: Kuinka iso maailmankaikkeus on? (2018)

7 min | Documentary

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Stars: Jussi Nygren, Esko Valtaoja

77. Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016–2018)
Episode: The Journey Within (2018)

TV-G | Animation, Action, Adventure

As the Paladins hurtle through space, they enter a seemingly endless void that tests their sanity and their loyalty to one another.

Director: Eugene Lee | Stars: Kimberly Brooks, Rhys Darby, Josh Keaton, Tyler Labine

Votes: 203

78. Secrets of the Universe (2014)
Episode: Search for the edge of the universe

24 min | Documentary

Investigate the boundary between our solar system and the rest of our universe.