Take an in depth look at the celestial bodies discovered by Italian Renaissance astronomer Galileo Galilei, as he used his telescopes to look further into space than anyone had ever seen before.

Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest and astronomer, used Albert Einstein's equations from the Theory of General Relativity to propose that the universe is expanding.

Astronomer Phil Plait explains how ancient civilizations used the skies to accurately align their buildings to the points of the compass.

Hear Jules Verne's story of an American Gun Club, which shot a projectile containing three men to the moon, from a giant cannon.

Take a closer look at John Harrison's Marine Chronometer, the device that solved the longitude problem.

Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe's observations of the Great Comet of 1577 overturn 1,500 years of scientific belief when he uses them to prove that planets do not orbit inside concentric crystalline spheres.

Explore the ancient Greek myth of Odysseus, who encountered Scylla and Charybdis as he sailed toward the edge of the known world.

Explore ancient astronomer Ptolemy's model of the cosmos, which placed the Earth at the center of everything.

Get a glimpse into the Enuma Elis, the Babylonian myth that is the earliest surviving complete creation story.

Ancient Skies recounts the Ancient Greek myth of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun, through detailed animation.