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- DirectorMark BridgeStarsErik DellumsRichard LinternPhil PlaitBlack holes are the least understood places in the universe, where the rules of physics collapse. We go inside the super-massive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
- 2010– 44mTV-PG8.4 (91)TV EpisodeDirectorMark BridgeStarsRichard LinternMike RoweMichio KakuWhat built the Milky Way? New research might now have the answer, revealing an unlikely hero. At the heart of our galaxy sits a super massive black hole, one of the most destructive objects in the Universe. Could it be our creator?
- DirectorDuncan CoppStarsJames S. BullockReg E. CatheyEmbark on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way. Using cutting-edge science, National Geographic constructs a 3-D state-of-the-art CGI model of our galaxy. Gaze into the heart of the Milky Way on the hunt for super-massive black holes. Witness as stars are born and die. Fly out and above the plane of our galaxy to understand its true shape and scour its dusty spiral arms for the possibility of life.
- StarsErik ThompsonMichelle ThallerRob Roy BrittOur home galaxy, the Milky Way, consists of more than stars and planets. The wide variety of other celestial objects that call the Milk Way home are described. And the Milky Way is not alone but has some nearby companions.
- DirectorJames Grant GoldinStarsErik ThompsonLaura DanlyAlex FilippenkoNow that the Voyagers have visited the outer planets of the solar system they are heading for new adventures in places astronomers call the Oort Cloud, the heliopause, heliosheath and eventually they may encounter double stars and exoplanets, some of which may pay a visit to the solar system one day or explode showering us with radiation. If the Voyagers live so long they will experience the local fluff, local bubble and other parts of the habitable zone of the galaxy.
- DirectorLorne TownendStarsRichard LinternMike RoweGeoff MarcyIs our solar system unique? Since the first discovery of a planet orbiting another star, some 280 alien solar systems have been identified. It's only by looking at solar systems far beyond our own, that we can understand how remarkable our universe is.****************************************************
- DirectorMark BridgeStarsRichard LinternMike RoweHakeem OluseyiGiant magnetic bubbles millions of miles wide, bizarre invisible matter, and a death star tearing through bands of icy comets, flinging them into violent orbits. All this and more could be inside our cosmic backyard, and effecting our lives on Earth.
- 2010– 42mTV-PG8.4 (67)TV EpisodeStarsRichard LinternMike RoweKevin WalshOur solar system hides a dark and violent past, and new discoveries reveal that Earth and the planets were formed from the destruction of alien worlds that came before us.
- DirectorDana BerryStarsMelanie BarboniMatt MalkanEdward YoungThe birth of our Solar System was both violent and chaotic. A newborn Jupiter menaced the inner solar system, tossing some planets into the Sun, others thrown into interstellar space, never to return. What stopped Jupiter from causing such mayhem?
- DirectorToby MacdonaldStarsScott BoltonMarek KukulaHal LevisonThe discovery of exoplanets pushes scientists to reexamine the origin of the Solar System; the evidence infers a tale of unrestrained collisions and chaos.
- DirectorToby MacdonaldStarsRuth WilsonScott BoltonMarek KukulaNew planets are now being discovered outside our solar system on a regular basis, and these strange new worlds are forcing scientists to rewrite the history of our own solar system. Far from a simple story of stable orbits, the creation of our solar system is a tale of hellfire, chaos and planetary pinball. It's a miracle our Earth is here at all.
- CreatorAndrew ThomsonStarsStuart SykesIn the past few decades an uncountable fleet of satellites and and space probes have left Earth to visit every destination in the solar system. Here's what they found.
- DirectorEric HoganTara HungerfordA tour of the planets that's over in minutes, but covers millennia of human history as we explore the origins of the names of those worlds. Music: Jupiter. Composer: Gustav Holst.
- DirectorKalle Max HofmannStarsErik HansenGlenn McCreadyJoin our host on the International Space Station of the year 2050. Marvel at the three-dimensional sights and learn many things about the astral bodies that surround us.
- DirectorDarryl RehrStarsErik ThompsonAlex FilippenkoMichael MischnaAt 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in the Universe. But how did it come to be? In this episode we trace the system's birth from a thin cloud of dust and gas. Shocked by a nearby supernova, the pull of gravity and natural rotation spun it into a flat disc from which the Sun and planets coalesced. It all happened in the space of 700 million years, during which the planets jockeyed for position, dodging the brutal bombardment of deadly asteroids and setting into the neat, stable system that we now realize might be a rarity in the universe.
- StarsBrian CoxCarolyn PorcoRichard HooverIn this spellbinding series Professor Brian Cox visits the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural wonders across the solar system.
- DirectorJobim SampsonStarsJeff HesterMichelle ThallerStan Woosley
- DirectorLaura VerklanStarsErik ThompsonAlex FilippenkoLaura DanlyThe seven wonder of our solar system are discussed: Enceladus' geysers, Rings of Saturn, Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the Asteroid Belt, Mars' Olympus Mons, the Surface of the Sun, and planet Earth.
- StarsBrian CoxCarolyn PorcoEdgard Rivera-ValentinWelcome to the greatest story that's never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before.
- DirectorMartin JohnsonStephen CooterStarsZachary QuintoAnjali TripathiDavid GrinspoonThe rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars all have similar origins, but only one supports life. Was it always this way?
- DirectorThomas LucasStarsAlex WyndhamThe Juno probe is the most recent visitor to Jupiter. Orbiting and examining Jupiter with a variety of instruments it provided new understanding of the storms on the planet and Jupiter's interior. New simulations examine the impact of Jupiter on the evolution of the Solar System.
- StarsMark HallileySasa VasilievskiJerry SoftenThe Planets is a made for television documentary series that explores in depth the planets that make up our solar system.
- StarsHeather CouperThe well-known astronomer Heather Couper discovers the secrets of the planets, their past, present and future. Using their knowledge of science and astronomy, she tells us the truth about the human race's home and the other planets where perhaps others lifeforms exist.