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8 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Documentary series that examins the universe's mechanisms, structures and phenomena, featuring CGI and expert commentary.
Episode 1
Tue, Jul 14, 2015 45 mins
Beneath the hood of your car lies the history of the universe. The iron in your chassis, the gold in your stereo and the copper in your electronics owe their existence to violent cosmic events that took place billions of years ago.
Episode 2
Tue, Jul 21, 2015 45 mins
There is a hellish planet in our solar system, covered in thick dense clouds and roasted by colossal temperatures. Incredibly this is a vision of Earth's future. It's Earth's twin, Venus.
Episode 3
Tue, Jul 28, 2015 45 mins
An examination of the giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Included: parallel universes; wormholes; and space-time.
Episode 4
Tue, Aug 4, 2015 45 mins
Giant magnetic bubbles millions of miles wide, bizarre invisible matter, and a death star tearing through bands of icy comets, flinging them into violent orbits. All this and more could be inside our cosmic backyard, and effecting our lives on Earth.
Episode 5
Tue, Aug 11, 2015 45 mins
We're on the verge of uncovering the how life on Earth came to be. Our origin is a hotly contested scientific debate. Did we come from strange volcanic hatcheries deep under the sea? Or did life on Earth come from another planet?
Episode 6
Tue, Aug 18, 2015 44 mins
Our Moon is stranger than you think, and we reveal its incredible secrets. Can we thank the Moon for life on Earth? What explains the mysterious tunnels beneath its surface? Is a lunar base the key to humanity's future in space?
Episode 7
Tue, Aug 25, 2015 45 mins
Where did the Earth's oceans come from? For years, scientists suspected they came from molecules delivered to Earth from distant stars by asteroids, but an exciting new discovery suggests that its true origins are be more exotic than anyone imagined.
Episode 8
Tue, Sep 1, 2015 45 mins
There's a mysterious force you can't see or touch, but it affects everything in the universe. Magnetism has shaped our cosmos, and without it, Creation would simply disintegrate. We follow scientists trying to understand how this strange force works.