The Universe - Season 5

The Universe - Season 5

Season 5

Episodes8
DatesJul 29, 2010 - Sep 23, 2010
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Episodes

7 Wonders of the Solar System
Season 5Episode 160 min

7 Wonders of the Solar System

A close up look at some of the most astonishing wonders of our solar system, such as the geysers of Enceladus; Saturn's amazing rings; Jupiter's Great Red Spot; and the heights of Olympus Mons on Mars.

Jul 29, 2010
Mars: The New Evidence
Season 5Episode 260 min

Mars: The New Evidence

A look for evidence of life on Mars which provides many clues that it now, or once had supported it; from the remains of lakes and rivers that once flowed on the surface; to the water ice frozen at the poles; to the seasonal changes in methane gases that may prove bacterial life still thrives underground.

Aug 5, 2010
Magnetic Storm
Season 5Episode 360 min

Magnetic Storm

A look at magnetic storms – "Solar Katrinas" created by the sun with the power of ten-thousand nuclear weapons that could cause global electrical blackouts, electronics malfunctions and communication disasters if one should hit the Earth.

Aug 12, 2010
Time Travel
Season 5Episode 460 min

Time Travel

A look at time travel; how it could one day become reality; how Einstein's theory of relativity claims it is possible, and the probable results of traveling to the future and the mind-boggling consequences of traveling to the past.

Aug 19, 2010
Secrets of the Space Probes
Season 5Episode 560 min

Secrets of the Space Probes

A look at space probes, what they have done and found for us in space, and what they might do in the future, such as searching for Earth-like planets and for extraterrestrial life.

Aug 26, 2010
Asteroid Attack
Season 5Episode 660 min

Asteroid Attack

A look at asteroids and the impact they have or had on life now and before. Also, what spacecrafts can tell us about them, what they can do to civilization, and the possibility of living on one.

Sep 2, 2010
Total Eclipse
Season 5Episode 760 min

Total Eclipse

A look at the movements of the Earth, the sun and the moon during solar and lunar eclipses; how humans, if alone in the universe, may be the only intelligent creatures to witness these events; and how astronomers discover planets in other star systems that partially eclipse their stars.

Sep 16, 2010
Dark Future of the Sun
Season 5Episode 860 min

Dark Future of the Sun

A look at the grim future of our home star, the sun, and what might happen to it five billion years in the future. Also the results of the growing sun as it kills life, including humans, if they were still around.

Sep 23, 2010

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