FAST: The Celestial Eye

China's FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) can detect radio signals emitted tens of thousands of light-years away, and engineers have faced unprecedented challenges in constructing a giant radio receptor nestled amid mountains. From novel technological innovations to architectural challenges, we follow every step that gave birth to the biggest radio telescope ever constructed.

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Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

2012

A Sidewalk Astronomer

A Sidewalk Astronomer

2005

Splendour of the Heavens

Splendour of the Heavens

1962

Universe the Cosmology Quest

Universe the Cosmology Quest

2004

The Real Death Star

The Real Death Star

2002

Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

2019

Pluto encounter

2016

Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure

Black Suns: An Astrophysics Adventure

Black Holes: Messages from the Edge of the Universe

Black Holes: Messages from the Edge of the Universe

2017

Star Men

Star Men

2015

Telescope

Telescope

2016

Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars

Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars

2010

José Maza, Sky Traveller

José Maza, Sky Traveller

2010

María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf

María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf

2010

Astronomers From My Neighborhood

Astronomers From My Neighborhood

2010

The Secret Life of the Sun

The Secret Life of the Sun

2013

Stargazing Challenges

Stargazing Challenges

2012

Infinitude

Infinitude

2016

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time

2019

Who's Out There?

Who's Out There?

1975