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The Expanding Universe: From Big Bang to Big Crunch?
Far from being a stable assembly of stars, the galaxies interact, entwine, and sometimes even consume one another. This program examines the universe as continually expanding. It takes a hard look at cosmology's most popular theory: that everything s...(more details) |
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Home Star: The Sun and the Planets
This program uses animation and close-up footage to study the birth of the solar system. The workings and life-cycle of our home star, the sun, are also addressed, along with its influence on Earth and its eventual death. New data indicates that ice ...(more details) |
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The Blue Planet and Pale Moon Above
The birth, development, and structure of Earth, what makes it rotate, and why it tilts and has seasons are discussed in this program. It also examines the nature of Earth's magnetic field and how the magnetic poles sometimes flip hemispheres. A wealt...(more details) |
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From Stonehenge to Hubble: Looking to the Stars
Animation and historical footage trace the progress of astronomy from megalithic observatories through the genius of Isaac Newton, to the Hubble telescope. The Hubble's eye, a tour de force in astronomy tools, is used to describe how telescopes work ...(more details) |
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Black Holes, Dark Matter
This program presents the latest ideas on space regarding such questions as: What are quasars? Is there dark matter? Are there wormholes to other universes? Where's the nearest black hole and how does it work? (11 minutes)(more details) |
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