The Solar System: Resources

The Solar System: Resources

Monthly Skymaps

See what's up in the sky this month, and learn some Navajo constellations.

Astronomy and Space Related Movies List

Okay, so even though I study (and teach) the science of astronomy, I enjoy the science fiction aspect as well! The following list is my personal collection of Sci-Fi flicks. Most are astronomy and space related, although some in the Earth Disaster category deal with geology and meteorology. This list is by no means exhaustive; there are lots of Sci-Fi movies I don't yet have in my collection, but are on my wish list.

Those of you in my class are welcome to borrow any of my movies on one condition: you must come back with at least two or three questions about the material so we can have a discussion about science fact versus science fiction. All the movies in my collection are DVDs unless otherwise noted.

HISTORIC

Apollo 13
The Dish
October Skies
The Right Stuff

EARTH DISASTER

Armageddon
The Core
Dante's Peak
The Day After Tomorrow
Deep Impact
Solar Crisis
Supervolcano
Twister
Volcano
When Worlds Collide
10.5

SPACE TRAVEL AND
EXPLORATION

Black Hole
Contact
Destination Moon
First Spaceship on Venus
Forbidden Planet (video)
Mission to Mars
Red Planet
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (video)
Solaris
Space Cowboys
Spaceballs
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Total Recall
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: The Year We Make Contact

ALIENS

The Abyss
Alien series (all 4)
Alien vs Predator
The Arrival
Chronicles of Riddick
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Crawling Eye
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Forgotten
Independence Day
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
It Came From Outer Space
Mars Attacks
Men In Black I and II
Pitch Black
Predator
War of the Worlds (the original)
War of the Words (the updated version)

For a really great discussion of the science fact vs the science fiction in some of these movies, visit the web site
Bad Astronomy

I also have a growing collection of documentaries about astronomy, many of which I show in class. Once again, the loan offer stands with the same condition listed above.

Astronomy DVDs