4k Space Odyssey - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Ballad of Earth and Sun
Impressionistic views of our Earth and Sun reveal the heat of hot plasma shimmering against the blues and greens of a living planet.
The Burning Earth
With more people living on Earth than ever before, we are witnessing catastrophic blazes, harrowing droughts, and devastating deforestation.
Bonfires of the Northern Skies
Heat generated in the Sun's core is released in towers of hot electrified gas, called plasma, that break the surface and race toward Earth.
Earth From Space
Astonishingly beautiful images captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Hubble Realms of Light
Revel in some of the highest resolution images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Grand Journey to Understand the Evolution of the Universe
Explore a strand in contemporary astronomy that aims to map the universe on larger and larger scales, going all the way back to the beginning of time.
Hyper Earth: Simulating the New World
Earth's environmental systems have been captured in a series of ground-breaking computer simulations and satellite data visualizations.
Jupiter as You've Never Seen It
New maps of Jupiter that show the continuing changes in its famous Great Red Spot and other features.
Mars the Blue Planet
Planetary scientists have long suspected that ancient Mars had a much warmer, wetter environment than it does today.
Milky Way: Powdered with Stars
Inspired by John Milton's description of the galaxy: A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars..."
Rivers of Energy Inside the Sun
Dive into the Sun to find out what causes it to erupt. A ground-breaking supercomputer simulation recreates the flow of plasma deep inside the Sun.
Solar Eruptions
Our Sun is a ball of heat and light. At the Solar Dynamics Observatory, the Sun is a seething maelstrom of coronal mass ejections and more.
Space Rush
Brimming with experiments and life support systems, the International Space Station flies around the Earth every 92 minutes and 39 seconds.
Super Blood Moon
The Super Blood Moon eclipse of 2015 is a rare alignment of Sun, Moon, and Earth. It won't happen again until 2033! Marvel at its beauty.
The Things That Live On Mars
Mars is a world long imbued with possibilities. From the writer H.G. Wells to modern-day astrobiologists, we wonder what creatures may exist there.
What Scientists Are Seeing Over Greenland
Scientists are out flying over Greenland, drilling into its ice, and monitoring it from space. They see it as a bellwether of future Earth.
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