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Universe - Season 1

Series: Universe
4.5
(22)
Episodes
14
Rating
TV14
Year
2007
Language
English

About

It's time for a new look at a very old universe. In its mysteries, we are finding the secrets of our past and the key to our future. This is a history of how we know what we do about space. Fifty years have flown by since man first ventured into outer space, but the heavens are only now yielding their greatest secrets.

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1 to 3 of 14

1. Secrets Of The Sun

44m

It is a fireball in the sky, a bubbling, boiling, kinetic sphere of white-hot plasma, exploding and erupting. Its size is almost unimaginable--one million Earths would fit within its boundaries.

2. Mars

44m

It has been fifty years since man first ventured into space, but the greatest secrets are yet to be revealed. Mars is the planet in our solar system most similar to Earth despite otherworldly features such as the largest volcano in the Solar System.

3. The End Of The Earth

44m

Asteroids, comets, gamma ray bursts and the sun all combine to make the Earth a dangerous place to live. NASA's top brass and other scientists are arming themselves with the latest technology to pre-empt an apocalyptic attack.

4. Jupiter

44m

Jupiter poses many questions about our solar system. It is a powerful planet of gas whose flowing colors and spots are beautiful, but contain violent storms and jet streams. A mini solar system of over sixty moons rotate around Jupiter.

5. The Moon

44m

The moon has comforted man for thousands of years. It's been everything from a god to a compass, and the only cosmic body human beings have ever visited. NASA is planning to build a permanent outpost there.

6. Spaceship Earth

44m

Take a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun, Earth. A survivor of one of the most violent "neighborhoods" in the universe, learn how earth was created and discover what creatures hold clues to how life began.

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