The Universe

The Universe

2007 9 Seasons ⭐ 7.981
Documentary

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.

Seasons

1. Secrets of the Sun

2007-05-29 • ⭐ 8.167

Behold the sun and all of it's glory. Learn all things about the sun ranging from its beginning to its death. Also learn about how stars work in general and MUCH MUCH more.

2. Mars: The Red Planet

2007-06-05 • ⭐ 8.333

Visit the planet most like Earth. There is a discussion of what life on Mars would be like and about the life forms that could've evolved there.

3. The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats to our Planet

2007-06-12 • ⭐ 8.0

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 late…

4. Jupiter: The Giant Planet

2007-06-19 • ⭐ 8.0

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 min…

5. The Moon

2007-06-26 • ⭐ 8.0

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 bui…

6. Spaceship Earth

2007-07-10 • ⭐ 7.333

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 Ea…

7. The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus

2007-07-17 • ⭐ 8.5

Examining Mercury and Venus. Included: exploring how the damages they've suffered from cosmic collisions and acid rain may serve as a warning for Earth.

8. Saturn: Lord of the Rings

2007-07-24 • ⭐ 9.0

Are the rings of Saturn a real celestial phenomenon or merely a cosmic Illusion? Technology allows the experts to get closer to the furthest planet visible to the naked eye. Old q…

9. Alien Galaxies

2007-07-31 • ⭐ 10.0

Our galaxy is one of hundreds of billions in the universe. View of universe through the Hubble telescope and go back almost all the way to the Big Bang.

10. Life and Death of a Star

2007-08-07 • ⭐ 9.0

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 big…

11. The Outer Planets

2007-08-14 • ⭐ 9.0

This episode details outer lying planets and their moons. Included will be Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Using CGI, we will also see what alien life might look like on other worlds.

12. The Most Dangerous Place in the Universe

2007-08-21 • ⭐ 7.0

Take a tour of the cosmic hot zones--black holes, galaxy mergers, gamma ray bursts and magnetars. Super black holes can literally lasso Earth out of the solar system. A clash betw…

13. Search for ET

2007-08-28 • ⭐ 9.0

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.

14. Beyond the Big Bang

2007-09-04 • ⭐ 8.5

The universe began with a massive expansion, billions and billions of years ago, and it continues to expand with every passing second. The idea that the universe, and man's very e…

Top Cast

David Ackroyd
David Ackroyd
Erik Thompson
Erik Thompson

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