Truxal Library Exhibit: Journey into the Universe. July and August 2024

directed by Phil Bertelsen, and Jane Teeling. , produced by Jane Teeling, Phil Bertelsen, and Ark Media. , Public Broadcasting Service, 2018. Alexander Street, https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/are-we-alone-5. NOVA: Wonders, Season 1 NOVA Wonders is a fresh, lively series that makes complicated concepts accessible while taking a deep dive into the scientific process. Each episode poses a single big scientific question and takes viewers along on a journey to explore how far we've come in our quest for answers, and how we've managed to get here. Among the intriguing topics pondered are the secret language of animals, what's hidden in the human body, the artificial intelligence technologies that could rival and surpass the abilities of the human mind, the controversial power to engineer life in a lab, and the mysteries of the universe. The series travels to some unexpected places to look for answers -including deep underwater, where humpback whales are essentially playing a game of "telephone" across the world, with pods teaching each other new songs

directed by Nathaniel Kahn. , produced by Lisa Remington, et al. , Ro*Co Films, 2021. Alexander Street, https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/the-hunt-for-planet-b. The Hunt for Planet B? captures the human drama behind NASA's high-stakes Webb Telescope, due to launch in October 2021—the most ambitious space observatory ever built. The film interweaves the creation of this massive machine with the story of a pioneering group of female scientists on a quest to find life beyond our solar system. What begins as a real-time scientific adventure turns into a deep meditation on our place in the universe. On the brink of seeing farther out than ever before, we find ourselves looking back at our own imperiled planet with new eyes.

Dir. Lawrie, Ben. Prod. Ben Lawrie. BBC Worldwide, 2011. Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life. They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens. This film follows the men and women who are pushing the limits of science and engineering in some of the most extreme environments on earth. But most strikingly of all, no-one really knows what they will find out there.

directed by Anonymous , Bloomberg L. P, 2021. Alexander Street,.The James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch into space Christmas morning. "The science police" opened up about the challenges of launching the largest space telescope ever.

directed by Terri Randall. , produced by Terri Randall, et al. , Public Broadcasting Service, 2022. Alexander Street, Follow the dramatic story of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope--the most complex machine ever launched into space--in hopes of peering deeper back in time than ever before and answering some of the astronomy...Directed by Terri Randall, Narrated by Craig Sechler, Produced by Terri Randall, Jedd Ehrmann, WGBH Educational Foundation, Terri Randall Film and Video Productions, NOVA, In NOVA, Season 49, Episode 10 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2022), 53 minutes

directed by Anonymous , produced by William Harwood, Aaron Weisz, and Robert G. Anderson. , Columbia Broadcasting System, 2017. Alexander Street, A report on the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1989 and still sending back revealing images from galaxies across the universe. Includes interviews with: Amber Straughn, NASA astrophysicist; Adam Reiss, Nobel prize winner for his work on Hubble; John Grunsfeld, astronaut who has repaired and upgraded Hubble several times; Heidi Hammel, astronomer.