The Universe

2007 • HISTORY
4.7
184 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (8)

1 7 Wonders of the Solar System
7/29/10
We are in the midst of the greatest era of space discovery. 21st century spacecraft and sophisticated imaging technology are venturing into un-chartered territory.
2 Mars: The New Evidence
8/5/10
In the last few years, the Red Planet has yielded up many new clues that life may have once existed there...and may even exist there today. There is now have proof that water once flowed on the surface.
3 Magnetic Storm
8/12/10
It bursts from the sun with the power of ten thousand nuclear weapons...and when it hits our planet, it could create the largest disaster in recorded history. A magnetic storm from the sun could wipe out electrical power, television, and radio.
4 Time Travel
8/19/10
One of the Universe's most enduring mysteries is Time Travel. In this episode, we explore the possibilities. Discover why Time Travel into the future is unavoidable in the Einsteinian world of Relativity.
5 Secrets of the Space Probes
8/26/10
They've discovered water on other planets, and snatched the actual building blocks of life from a comet's tail. But can space probes find a new Earth...and even make contact with alien life?
6 Asteroid Attack
9/2/10
What are the latest discoveries in the deadly world of asteroids? Will a recently returned Japanese spacecraft become the first to bring an asteroid sample back to our planet?
7 Total Eclipse
9/16/10
Once they were dreaded and thought to be dragons eating the sun--but modern science has dispelled mythology and we now look forward to total Solar Eclipses as one of the most spectacular phenomena in the heavens.
8 Dark Future of the Sun
9/23/10
Our Sun has served Earth well for almost five billion years. It's bathed us with heat and energy. But like humans, our home star is mortal. In five billion years, it will stop nurturing its planetary offspring.

About this show

How were ancient builders, including those at Stonehenge, able to create structures around the world with one consistent unit of measurement - the "megalithic yard"- despite being oceans apart? This premium H2 miniseries event uses experts and CGI from The Universe to reveal the answer and demonstrate how our past is connected to the history of the universe.

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4.7
184 reviews
Hank53
August 3, 2020
Love how they give one the standard list of options to choose from in answer to anything archaeological; ESPECIALLY the pyramids of Giza Plateau. Oh yeah don't look too closely at the machine tool marks remnant on precisely cut granite and limestone . Nor the absolutely PERFECT symmetry of anything intending to be so, especially sculptures . Egyptians built the pyramids ? YEAH; ..........that's what happened ! It sucks that I can't watch these anymore. I just can't go back and not know what I have been shown. Have you ever wished you didn't know something , because you can no longer be a part of. It's like shortly after learning Santa Claus isn't real. Nostalgia . Just for a second. They make these so interesting and they sound so groundbreaking in discovery and leave one in awe of mainstream Archaeology. It's just a second; because once you are turned on to what isn't being really looked at ; and your eyes open to what becomes clear and make sense ; a whole new world and history opens up your mind from astounding revelations . One's very life , and reaction to their life is set on a different paradigm of perceiving that which you distinguish for yourself vs. what has been impressed upon you by teachers , text books, Professors , television. Finding out something you believe is incorrect , can actually be liberating sometimes. It's because you then have room to gain new information by intention to a clean slate ; vs. DATA that has been almost 'chanted' to your mind without you in the least intending to do so. Live on purpose . Trust many; love few, row your own canoe . The old paradigm of seeing the world through the intention of the institutions of education , 'experts' museums is starting to show it's cracks; even to the skeptics .
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Danan Jenner
May 9, 2022
Very interesting to learn about. I've been a space fan for just about my whole life, and I know a TON of information about astronomy, and I'm still learning more almost every day!
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Brenda Martinez
May 17, 2015
A very nice show, with so much put into it. good job!
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