Rumskibet Nostromo fungerer som slæbebåd i rummet og er netop nu ved at fragte et kæmpe raffinaderi. De modtager et nødsignal der kunne tyde på intelligent liv, og da de undersøger sagen finder de en mængde pupper. Op af en af pupperne springer en fremmed livsform. Og da det senere bliver klart at den har lagt æg inde i kroppen på et af besætningsmedlemmer kan alle tiders mareridt begynde.
Oscar®-nominerede Brad Pitt og Oscar®-vinder Sean Penn spiller hovedrollerne i denne fantastisk originale triumf fra den visionære instruktør Terrence Malick. Den episke og samtidig intime historie følger Jack O’Brien (spillet som voksen af Sean Penn) gennem livet som den ældste søn i en splittet familie fra Texas. Pitt leverer en stærk præstation som den destruktive kraft i Jacks verden, nemlig hans komplekse og yderst autoritære far. Filmen, der er blevet hyldet som et visuelt enestående mesterværk af såvel anmeldere som publikum modtog ved dette års Cannes Filmfestival den eftertragtede Guldpalme og blev dermed en af årets mest omtalte film.
I en nær fremtid leder mangemilliardæren Charles Weyland en ekspedition til Sydpolen. Dybt nede i isen mener Weyland at have lokaliseret ruinerne af en pyramide meget ældre end både aztekerne og egypternes.Da ekspeditionen endelig når ind i pyramiden, finder de rester af mennesker med store huller i brystkassen og også facehugger-rester, der mere end antyder, at pyramiden er beboet.Ondt bliver til mareridt, da fem unge Predators ankommer til pyramiden for at udføre deres rituelle manddomshandling, hvor de kæmper til døden mod de ætsende og hurtige aliens.Snart er det tydeligt, at kun én race slipper ud af pyramiden i live.
Rumeventyret med besætningen af Enterprise er klar til nye eventyr. Denne gang skal de redde Ba'ku racen, som har noget, alle gerne vil have fingre i. Jagten på evig ungdom er temaet i den niende række af "Star Trek"-filmene, og med Kaptajn Picard (Patrick Stewart) i spidsen, redder holdet fra Enterprise endnu engang det gode fra det onde.
Stardate: Det treogtyvende århundrede. De pensionerede Starfleet-officerer James T. Kirk, Montgomery Scott og Pavel Chekov er æresgæster ombord på det nyligt indviede Enterprise-B. Men en prøveflyvning tager en uventet drejning, da rumskibet løber på to fartøjer, som er fanget inde i Nexus - et mystisk energibånd. Under det farefulde redningsforsøg fejes Kaptajn Kirk ud i rummet. Syv årtier senere redder Kaptajn Jean-Luc Picard og besætningen på Enterprise-D en fysiker fra El Auria ved navn Soran. Hvad Picard ikke ved er, at Sorans morderiske planer indbefatter at Enterprise tilintetgøres og millioner mister livet. Nu findes Picards eneste håb for fremtiden inde i Nexus... og hos en legendarisk kaptajn fra fortiden.
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.
A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Weekly topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment. Tyson is an astrophysicist with a gifted ability to connect with everyone, inspiring us all to to "keep looking up."
From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.
From renowned author, educator and television presenter Ted Rimmarniet comes "Our Fascinating Planet", an exciting new educational series that explores our Universe and ourselves - and our place in both of those things. Featuring episodes on Space, Energy, The Brain and The Earth, this staggeringly monumental series contains all of the passion, wonder and curiosity of award-winning programs like “NOVA" but with double or triple the amount of fascinatingness.
Hawking gives us the ultimate guide to the universe, a ripping yarn based on real science, spanning the whole of space and time -- from the nature of the universe itself, to the chances of alien life, and the real possibility of time travel.
An astronaut's return after a 30-year disappearance rekindles a lost love and sparks interest from a corporation determined to learn why he hasn't aged.
Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain are at Jodrell Bank Observatory, and joined by special guests to bring you the latest news and the best views of the night sky.
Brian Greene is going to let you in on a secret: We've all been deceived. Our perceptions of time and space have led us astray. Much of what we thought we knew about our universe-that the past has already happened and the future is yet to be, that space is just an empty void, that our universe is the only universe that exists-just might be wrong.
The earth is in crisis due to the emergence of neutron star fragments. The special forces headed by Yao Yuan, the Black Star Team, shoulder the mission of saving the future of mankind. They use the spaceship Hope to take a large number of people away from the earth and find a new home in the universe. In the process of adventure and battle, Yao Yuan and others learned about the existence of more advanced cosmic civilizations, and also realized the terrifying fact: the universe is not a paradise, but an unknown realm full of darkness and danger, death and terror.
Professor Brian Cox reveals how the fundamental scientific principles and laws explain not only the story of the universe but also answer mankind's greatest questions.
Ever wanted to journey into space? Wondered about the Milky Way or if aliens really exist? Then get Spaced Out! Learn about our universe through imagery taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, and see how it inspires our world and culture.
