Season 1: Our Solar System
(2007)
Overview
An exhilarating voyage through the cosmos, from the farthest planets and stars in our solar system, back to the familiar face of our moon. Witness the sun's birth at the dawn of our solar system, and its death, billions of years in the future; explore the possibility of a human settlement on Mars; and learn about the devastating threats posed by the meteorites, comets, and asteroids that routinely collide with Earth.
Episodes
Secrets of the Sun 7.8
May 29, 2007
Behold the sun and all of it's glory. Learn all things about the sun ranging from its beginning to its death. Also lear…
Mars: The Red Planet 7.5
June 5, 2007
Visit the planet most like Earth. There is a discussion of what life on Mars would be like and about the life forms tha…
The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats to our Planet 6.5
June 12, 2007
Asteroids, comets, gamma ray bursts and the sun all combine to make the Earth a dangerous place to live. NASA's top br…
Jupiter: The Giant Planet 7.0
June 19, 2007
Jupiter poses many questions about our solar system. It is a powerful planet of gas whose flowing colors and spots are …
The Moon 8.5
June 26, 2007
The moon has comforted man for thousands of years. It's been everything from a god to a compass, and the only cosmic bo…
Spaceship Earth 7.5
July 10, 2007
Take a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun, Earth... A survivor of one of th…
The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus 7.0
July 17, 2007
Examining Mercury and Venus. Included: exploring how the damages they've suffered from cosmic collisions and acid rain …
Saturn: Lord of the Rings 8.0
July 24, 2007
Are the rings of Saturn a real celestial phenomenon or merely a cosmic Illusion? Technology allows the experts to get c…
Alien Galaxies 0.0
July 31, 2007
Our galaxy is one of hundreds of billions in the universe. View of universe through the Hubble telescope and go back al…
Life and Death of a Star 9.0
August 7, 2007
Ignited by the power of the atom, burning with light, heat and wrath, stars are anything but peaceful. They collide, de…
The Outer Planets 8.0
August 14, 2007
This episode details outer lying planets and their moons. Included will be Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Using CGI, we wi…
The Most Dangerous Place in the Universe 7.0
August 21, 2007
Take a tour of the cosmic hot zones--black holes, galaxy mergers, gamma ray bursts and magnetars. Super black holes can…
Search for ET 9.0
August 28, 2007
Are we alone? SETI--the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence--is a privately funded project using radio telescopes …
Beyond the Big Bang 8.5
September 4, 2007
The universe began with a massive expansion, billions and billions of years ago, and it continues to expand with every …