Behind the Scenes: Dead Stars
Actor Sean Astin is hired by a bullying educational film Director and her Flunky sidekick to explain about the life and death of stars. But when things go wrong on the set, actor Sandeep Parikh is hired to replace Sean... only to have things take a bizarre twist.
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![]() 12.16.15 Stampy! The Science-Loving Postage Stamp!Stampy helps a student learn about the engineering behind NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Featuring Richard Horvitz, ... |
![]() 02.12.14 Fusion vs. FissionWhen a science-mad A.I. system is installed at NASA, two hapless computer technicians learn the process behind nuclea... |
![]() 07.16.13 Ask an Astronomy Brain ParasiteDeep inside an astronomer's head, a parasite (voiced by Alan Tudyk) taps into his brain to learn about...science! Spe... |
![]() 02.26.13 Robot Astronomy Talk Show In Progress: The Mass of AsteroidsCameron Diaz teaches Robot IR-2 (Ed Wasser) how astronomers can measure the mass of asteroids from tremendous distances. |
![]() 03.18.11 Big Bang MusicalDid you know 13.7 billion year old radiation from the Big Bang can be seen on any analogue TV set? In this mini-music... |
![]() 02.16.11 Astronomy AnemoneVeronica Belmont co-hosts a space-themed talk show with Astronomy Anemone, a carnivorous man-eating sea polyp. WARNIN... |
![]() 11.28.10 Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Destroyer of WorldsRobot IR-2 (Ed Wasser) meets The Physician (Wil Wheaton), an intergalactic buttinsky in a small blue box spaceship. T... |
![]() 08.10.10 Behind the Scenes: Dead StarsActor Sean Astin is hired by a bullying educational film Director and her Flunky sidekick to explain about the life a... |
![]() 05.25.10 Spaceship Spitzer: Bots of Both WorldsAmy Okuda flies to Saturn to observe a new giant ring around the planet: the largest ring ever discovered in our Sola... |
![]() 03.09.10 Spitzer Space Telescope: The MusicalA singing NASA supervisor uses song to explain about NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and how infrared astronomy diffe... |
![]() 10.26.09 Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies CollideFelicia Day explains some of the science behind galactic "collisions," including the upcoming collision between the g... |
![]() 08.24.09 Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Back in TimeLinda Hamilton attempts to foil the robots' plans of Universal conquest; meanwhile, Dean Stockwell explains the conce... |
![]() 03.11.09 Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Twin Brown DwarfsWhile trapped in an interdimensional portal between two brown dwarfs, IR-2 and the robots encounter their evil twins ... |
![]() 01.23.09 M51 & Gizmo: Half-Baked PlanHoping for his birthday to come around sooner, innocent alien M51 moves the Earth into a closer, faster orbit around ... |
![]() 11.25.08 Spaceship Spitzer: The Slowlian WebDuring a tense face-off with a sinister (but extremely slow-moving) alien race, Dr. Michelle shows IR-1 how scientist... |
![]() 10.22.08 Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Sculpting With StarsIR-2 opens diplomatic relations with the Earth, as a first step toward ruling over all humans on the planet. |
![]() 07.21.08 Robot Astronomy Talk Show: The Building Blocks of LifeIR-2 and his crew learn about PAHs, which may be the building blocks of all life in the Universe, and decide to put t... |
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![]() 07.02.08 Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Omega CentauriWhile the robots are away, a sad and lonely man calls in with a beautiful image of the Omega Centauri globular cluster. |
![]() 05.16.08 Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Baby StarsWhere do stars come from? IR-2 analyzes recent Spitzer imagery to find out, while an imposing Ratings-bot oversees th... |