The Universe
inner Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck), have a penchant for coming over unannounced, ready to stir the pot. As the owner of a security company, John just hired his gleefully oblivious brother, Tommy (Diedrich Bader), who is having trouble wrapping his mind around the concept of 'office hours.' John's sister, Lily (Melinda McGraw), is a therapist who is her own best patient. If that's not enough, their 12-year-old son, Miles (Spencer Breslin), has the makin
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Episode 14
Beyond the Big Bang
aired: Tue, Sep 4, 2007
The Big Bang theory and the creation of the universe are examined. Included: interviews with physicists and historians.
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Episode 13
Search for ET
aired: Tue, Aug 28, 2007
In a galaxy filled with a billion stars, in a universe filled with a hundred billion galaxies--are we alone? SETI--the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence--is a privately funded project using radio telescopes and optical telescopes to scan the stars for signals. NASA is planning missions to Mars, Jupiter's sixth moon, Europa, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan, to look for primitive, microbial life in ice concentrations. Whether we discover primitive or intelligent life, how will that knowledge impact humankind's view of itself? Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.
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Episode 12
The Most Dangerous Place in the Universe
aired: Tue, Aug 21, 2007
The universe's danger zones are explored, including black holes; locations where galaxies merge; gamma-ray bursts; and magnetars.
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Episode 11
The Outer Planets
aired: Mon, Aug 13, 2007
New discoveries regarding the Outer Planets are creating a fundamental rethinking of our solar system. Uranus is a toxic combination of hydrogen, helium and methane. Scientists speculate that the planet was knocked on its side after colliding with another body. Neptune's largest moon, Triton, is cold and barren, but some scientists speculate that liquid water might exist under Triton's icy surface. If this is proven true, Triton could be the home to one of the biggest discoveries of all time. Cold and inhospitable, Pluto completes one orbit around the solar system every 248 years. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.
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Episode 10
Life And Death Of A Star
aired: Tue, Aug 7, 2007
Ignited by the power of the atom, burning with light, heat and wrath, stars are anything but peaceful. They collide, devour each other, and explode in enormous supernovas--the biggest explosions in the Universe. Using cutting-edge computer graphics, never-before-seen satellite images, and interviews with the world's leading astronomers, take a front row seat to the most amazing light show in the cosmos.
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Episode 9
Alien Galaxies
aired: Tue, Jul 31, 2007
To know our place in the universe take a look far, far away to the realm of Alien Galaxies. Our galaxy is one of hundreds of billions in the universe. The Milky Way consists of more than a billion stars, our sun being only one of them. Take a view of the universe through the Hubble Space telescope and go back almost all the way to the Big Bang. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.
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Episode 8
Saturn: Lord of the Rings
aired: Tue, Jul 24, 2007
A study of Saturn featuring theories regarding its rings.
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Episode 7
The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus
aired: Tue, Jul 17, 2007
One a planetary carcass, gouged by millions of asteroids and meteors. The other is very much alive and seething with poisonous clouds, a million volcanoes, toxic gases, a tempest of lightning and heat hot enough to melt solid lead.
Episode 6
Spaceship Earth
aired: Tue, Jul 10, 2007
We take viewers on a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun. Galactic investigators will hunt for answers to some puzzling questions. How was Earth created? What creatures hold clues to how life began?
Episode 5
The Moon
aired: Tue, Jun 26, 2007
It's so close, yet so far away. For thousands of years, mankind has found comfort in its presence. It's been a lantern for nighttime travelers, a timekeeper for farmers, and a location finder for sailors at sea.
Episode 4
Jupiter: The Giant Planet
aired: Mon, Jun 18, 2007
Half a billion miles from earth exists a mini solar system of over 60 moons rotating around a powerful planet of gas. It's flowing colors and spots hold strange beauty, but contain violent storms and jet streams.
Episode 3
The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats to Our Planet
aired: Mon, Jun 11, 2007
The Earth has become a dangerous place to live in the Universe. It's only a matter of time before a cosmic force will annihilate the planet.
Episode 2
Mars: The Red Planet
aired: Mon, Jun 4, 2007
It's home to the largest volcano in the Solar System and a colossal, boulder-strewn valley that would make the Grand Canyon look like a streambed, but Mars is also the most likely candidate for eventual human habitation.
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Secrets of the Sun
aired: Tue, May 29, 2007
It's so large that within its boundaries you could fit one million Earths, and so powerful that each second it churns out as much energy as one billion one-megaton hydrogen bombs.
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