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The Universe Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
How Big, How Far, How Fast
Sun, Apr 29, 201245 mins
This program gives viewers a tangible grasp of the enormity of the universe. Models and comparisons give a perspective on the relative sizes of the largest nearby stars, the scale of the solar system and just how fast the speed of light is.
Episode 2
Alien Sounds
Sun, May 6, 201245 mins
The universe is as rich in diverse sounds as the Earth and the stories of how they are created provides some fascinating physics lessons.
Episode 3
Our Place in the Milky Way
Sun, May 13, 201245 mins
Now that the Voyagers have visited the outer planets of the solar system they are heading for new adventures in places astronomers call the Oort Cloud, the heliopause, heliosheath and eventually they may encounter double stars and exoplanets, some of which may pay a visit to the solar system one day or explode showering us with radiation. If the Voyagers live so long they will experience the local fluff, local bubble and other parts of the habitable zone of the galaxy.
Episode 4
Deep Freeze
Sun, May 20, 201245 mins
There is an extraordinary range of temperatures in the universe. This program examines the extreme lower temperature range, the temperature we live in and below, explaining how cold is essential for the formation of habits suitable for life.
Episode 5
Microscopic Universe
Sun, Jun 3, 201245 mins
The key to understanding the universe seems to be understanding its smallest components. But reconciling the two has proved to be a tremendous scientific challenges as the behavior in the quantum realm bears little resemblance to the universe we know. This program explains some of the strange behavior scientists have discovered at the smallest scales.
Episode 6
Ride the Comet
Sun, Jun 10, 201245 mins
Board a virtual space ship to travel along with a variety of comets; long and short period, sun grazers, comets masquerading as asteroids and comets still in deep freeze in the Oort cloud. Then ride along on the NASA probes that visited nearby comets.
Episode 7
When Space Changed History
Sun, Jun 17, 201245 mins
The Halocene Impact Working Group postulates that minor comet impacts are fairly frequent but still catastrophic enough to alter human history. This program reviews their research into ancient flood myths, the global cooling event in 535 A.D., the demise of the Clovis people and other events.
