Lectures tagged "pluto"

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Cosmic Conversation (Part 2)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
March 15, 2010
00:40:20
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium and charismatic host of the PBS series NOVA scienceNOW, addresses the controversy surrounding the institution's reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Cosmic Conversation (Part 1)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
March 15, 2010
00:58:43
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium and charismatic host of the PBS series NOVA scienceNOW, addresses the controversy surrounding the institution's reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Pluto Files
Neil deGrasse Tyson
February 25, 2009
00:51:21
Paula Apsell interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, and about his work in astrophysics.
New Horizons Mission to Pluto
Richard Binzel
April 18, 2007
00:58:14
Richard Binzel describes the New Horizons robotic spacecraft that was launched in January 2006 and is the first-ever mission to Pluto and the outer solar system.
Pluto and the Outer Solar System
Michael Brown
April 11, 2007
01:15:23
Planetary scientist Michael Brown lectures on Pluto and the other objects orbiting the sun on the edges of the solar system.
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Night Sky: Journey Through the Cosmos
Dava Sobel
November 15, 2006
00:59:22
Dava Sobel confronts the vastness of the universe and our need to establish our own place in the world, as she discusses her latest book, The Planets. The night sky has fascinated humankind from prehistoric times.