Space
(DVD) 

Naked science: Monster black holes: editor, Randolph A. Peek ; original animations, James L. Arthurs. Hubble's amazing universe: editor, Beth Spiegel ; music, Bruce Hanifan ; director of photography, Chris Baron. Explorer: Journey to an alien moon: animator, Andy Murdock ; editor, Lars Woodruffe ; original music, Robert Neufeld. Asteroids: director of photography, Michael Mayers ; editor, Emmanuel Mairesse ; art director, Yeorgos Lampathakis ; music, Mark Adler.

Inside the Milky Way: narrated by Reg E. Cathey. Naked science: Monster black holes: narrated by Michael Carroll. Hubble's amazing universe: narrated by Craig Sechler. Explorer: Journey to an alien moon: narrator, Peter Coyote. Asteroids: narrated by Robbie Robertson.

This is a collection of National Geographic's most popular explorations of space. Using cutting-edge science, Inside the Milky Way constructs a 3-D state-of-the-art CGI model of our galaxy. Monster Black Holes explores what happens to matter when it comes too close to one, and wonders whether our Milky Way galaxy will one day end when the black hole at the galaxy's center explodes. Hubble's Amazing Universe journeys into the far ends of the universe in amazing images, and looks at the mission to save the telescope. Journey to an Alien Moon goes to Europa--an icy moon of Jupiter--to answer the basic question: are we alone in the universe? Asteroids: Deadly Impact examines the work of geologist Eugene Shoemaker and his wife Carolyn. They have remapped the heavens, discovering more than 30 comets and hundreds of asteroids. Now that we know what's out there, how can we defend ourselves?

Not rated.

DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, Dolby stereo sound; widescreen presentation preserving the aspect ratio of the original television exhibition, except "Asteroids" in standard format.

In English with optional subtitles in English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing); Asteroids is closed-captioned.