Disc 1. What astonomy's heroes can teach us ; Designing and building the modern telescope ; Harvard heroines show us the stars ; The heroic descovery of other galaxies ; Edwin Hubble and the expanding universe ; Heroes of the Hubble Space Telescope
Disc 2. Pioneers of radio astronomy ; Discovering the cosmic microwave background ; Vera Rubin and the discovery of dark matter ; Finding the beginning and end of the cosmos ; How astronomers have shaped our world ; The discoverers of exploding stars
Disc 3. Pioneers of x-ray and ultraviolet astronomy ; Finding neutron stars and black holes ; Astronomers put Einstein to the test ; The heroic detection of gravitational waves ; Heroic surveys of the entire night sky ; Carl Sagan : the great space communicator
Disc 4. The Shoemakers reveal asteroids and comets ; Discovering Pluto and the Kuiper Belt ; Solar astronomers reveal the universe ; The heroic hunt for extrasolar planets ; The seekers of extraterrestrial life ; Tomorrow's heroes of astronomy.