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    A stunning vision of the possibilities of humanity’s expansion into space

    The US astrophysicist and author Carl Sagan was able to make complex scientific questions thoroughly arresting and human – at times even poetic. Set to awe-inspiring digital recreations of strange yet not unfamiliar worlds elsewhere in our solar system, Wanderers takes Sagan’s timeless words on the human instinct for exploration, and imagines what the next stage might look like: to Mars and beyond into space.

    Director: Erik Wernquist

    2 December 2014
    A circular space station with solar panels and lights orbiting above a planetary surface.

    videoSpace exploration

    Mind-bending speed is the only way to reach the stars – here are three ways to do it

    5 minutes

    Image of Saturn’s rings and its largest moon, Titan, with cloud cover, as captured from space.

    videoSpace exploration

    Burning ice, metal clouds, gemstone rain – tour the strangest known exoplanets

    31 minutes

    Digital illustration of a low-poly human figure standing on a beach facing the ocean and mountains under a twilight sky.

    videoSpace exploration

    Could we make a home on Mars? It would be a very unique psychological situation

    3 minutes

    A rocket launch with smoke and flames at the base against a blue sky, captured from a distance at ground level.

    videoSpace exploration

    A film about Carl Sagan, Annie Druyan and a love letter they sent to the stars

    16 minutes

    A satellite orbiting Earth with the Sun rising above the planet’s horizon and clouds visible below the spacecraft.

    videoSpace exploration

    Embark on an interstellar, operatic adventure with the Voyager spacecrafts

    15 minutes

    Digital artwork showing a bright star surrounded by concentric rings in space with stars and a nebula in the background.

    videoHistory of science

    Prelude to the space age – the 1960 film that inspired ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

    28 minutes

    Animated image of a blue-skinned figure with red eyes, a cosmic scene on its forehead, and a crown of yellow spheres, holding its face with one hand.

    videoAstronomy

    Finding alien life demands real imagination – not recycled sci-fi tropes

    5 minutes

    A colourful nebula with pink, purple and white hues in a dark star-filled space, showcasing cosmic dust and star clusters.

    videoSpace exploration

    Embark on an operatic, interactive journey to a witness the birth of a star

    6 minutes

    A spacecraft in orbit above Earth with a green aurora visible in the background.

    videoAstronomy

    The majestic Earth as seen through the eyes of astronauts orbiting above

    6 minutes