Have you seen the new images of space from the James Webb Telescope?

We have and we’re excited!

In addition to birds, octopuses, dinosaurs, plants, chess, cats, football, real estate, kelp, swimming, astrology, funny internet graphics, The Beatles, and art (to name a few of our department’s enthusiastic specific interests), we also like space!

Keep reading for some resources to learn more about space and even a little fiction to expand your imagination.

Watch a variety of streaming videos from Films on Demand’s Astronomy collection, including NOVA’s Universe Revealed and the BBC’s Brian Cox’s Adventures in Space and Time.

Access databases at home by using the links provided and logging in using your Durham Tech username and password (same as for Self-Service or Sakai).

You can also explore our nonfiction about outer space, including some jobs if you’re inspired to gaze up at the night sky.

Adventure to space with through our interstellar biographies and memoirs.

Or imagine alternate worlds with our space fiction, ranging from classic to contemporary, hopeful to a bit bleak, Murderbot to space fairy tales.

And for those of you who may want to just revel in some space images and some relaxing music, may we recommend the following video? [The Library cannot be held responsible for whatever weird ads YouTube decides to share with you.]