The Complete Cosmos
(1998)Streaming Episode Guide
Discovery Into Deep Space
Black Holes, Dark Matter
Episode 12
Although invisible, black holes betray their presence, which is the same with dark matter: the missing 90% of the Universe.
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Big Bang, Big Crunch
Episode 11
The theory of the Big Bang explained and how from that cataclysmic explosion the Universe continues to expand, but will it stop and reverse?
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Infinity
Episode 10
Looking at the structure of the Universe, galaxies, clusters, strands and how we measure to a nearby galaxy and to the farthest quasar.
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Hubble's Eye
Episode 9
After astronauts fix its faulty optics, the Hubble Space Telescope peers back through time to the depths of the cosmos.
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Milky Way
Episode 8
Our galaxy explored and light years explained. Looking at the life and death of stars, supernovae and the clouds where stars are born.
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Life Quest
Episode 7
Is there life elsewhere in the Solar System? Could life be sustained on Jupiter's moon Europa or even Saturn's moon Titan in the future?
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Light Fantastic
Episode 6
Visible light reveals only part of the Universe. We look at how other wavelengths fill out the picture, from gamma-rays to radio.
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Impact!
Episode 5
Exploring the threats of comets and asteroids and what would happen if the space rock that slew the dinosaurs hit New York today.
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Aurorae and Eclipses
Episode 4
Taking a look at celestial shows, how the solar wind conjures an aurora, lunar and solar eclipses explained and a recent eclipse of the Sun.
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Breakthrough!
Episode 3
From the ancient sky-watchers of Babylon to space-age cosmology, the story of astronomy featuring Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton and Hubble.
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Where Next?
Episode 2
The possibility of a spaceport in Earth orbit, the colonisation of the Moon and Mars, the taming of Venus, plus an elevator into space !
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Robots
Episode 1
A look at our scouts in the Solar System. Probes that trail-blaze on Mars, plunge into Jupiter and land on Saturn's moon Titan.
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The Solar System
High Life
Episode 13 - 3-26-1998
Living and working in space, triumphs, tragedies and everyday practicalities on the Russian space-station Mir and America's Space Shuttle.
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Space Frontier
Episode 12 - 3-19-1998
Human space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of space to the race for the Moon and the Apollo landings.
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Earth Patrol
Episode 11 - 3-12-1998
Launched into Earth orbit, these are the satellites that monitor the health of our planet. Looking at the ozone, the melting ice-caps, weather, deforestation and navigation.
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Realm of the Comets
Episode 10 - 3-05-1998
Looking at comets and where they originate, the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt and the possibility that Pluto isn't a planet at all (recently declassified).
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Uranus and Neptune
Episode 9 - 2-26-1998
The outer giants. Uranus has a crazy tilt and a chaotic moon called Miranda and Neptune with tempests and a moon spurting geysers.
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Saturn
Episode 8 - 2-19-1998
Exploring the many rings and moons of this exotic gas cloud and a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon like primitive Earth.
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Jupiter
Episode 7 - 2-12-1998
Bigger than the other planets combined, Jupiter is a turbulent gas giant with 16 moons. We take a voyage through this mini Solar System.
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Mars
Episode 6 - 2-05-1998
Could cold arid Mars be the next place we land? Looking at polar caps, volcanoes, the biggest canyon ever seen and the possibility that Mars once had oceans.
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Moon (aka Luna)
Episode 5 - 1-29-1998
The story of the Moon and its birth from collisions, its influence on Earth, Apollo landings and the recent discovery of water.
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Earth
Episode 4 - 1-22-1998
The evolution of the earth and of life, its internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather and El Nino.
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Venus
Episode 3 - 1-15-1998
Looking at the planetary hell beneath the clouds, the poisonous, crushing atmosphere, seating heats, volcanoes and a runaway greenhouse effect.
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Mercury
Episode 2 - 1-08-1998
The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet. Takes a look at double sunrises, craters, cracks and, incongruously, maybe polar ice.
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The Sun
Episode 1 - 1-01-1998
Birth, life and death of the Sun. Interior dynamics, exterior fireworks. Sunspots, corona, solar wind - all about our local star.
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