The Universe Pulsars & Quasars (Season 4, Episode 10)
TV-14
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History

The Universe

Pulsars & Quasars (Season 4, Episode 10)

TV-14

TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary, History

They sort of sound like the same phenomenon, but Pulsars and Quasars are very different. Pulsars are tiny--only a few miles across--but they spin as fast as a kitchen blender.

Director

Writer

Producer

Composer

Cinematographers

Tony Belko | Tom Collins | Norm Johnston | Tim Murray & 2 more

Editors

Gerard San Gemino | R.L. Shontel

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Release date

Oct 27, 2009 (United States)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Erik Thompson Narrator Narrator See fewer	A Murder of Crows (1998)
Michelle Thaller Self - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. Self - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. See fewer	Spaceship Spitzer: The Slowlian Web (2008)
Pat Slane Self - Harward-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Self - Harward-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics See fewer	The Universe (2007)
David Thompson Self - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. Self - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. See fewer	That's Gotta Hurt (2007)
Amy Mainzer Self - NASA / JPL Self - NASA / JPL See fewer	Don't Look Up (2021)
Alex Filippenko Self - Univ. of California, Berkeley Self - Univ. of California, Berkeley See fewer	The Universe (2002)
Adam Frank Self - Univ. of Rochester Self - Univ. of Rochester See fewer	Doctor Strange (2016)
Don Figer Self - Rochester Institute of Technology Self - Rochester Institute of Technology See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Mickey Hart Self - Grateful Dead & Global Drum Project Self - Grateful Dead & Global Drum Project See fewer	Apocalypse Now (1979)
Ryan Hickox Self - Harward-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Self - Harward-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics See fewer	The Universe (2007)