Name: Cosmic Journeys Series
Uploaded: 2024-08-28T20:41:58.000Z
Description: Exploring the various aspects of the cosmos.

Exploring the various aspects of the cosmos.

Alliant Content - Cosmic Frontiers

Many astronomers now conclude that what we can see, the stars and galaxies that stretch out to the limits of our vision, represent only a small fraction of all there is. Does the universe go on forever? Where do we fit within it?

Is the Universe Infinite?

Did Mars long ago develop far enough for life to arise? If so, does anything still live somewhere underground? The search for answers has revealed the forces that long ago doomed the Red Planet.

Mars: World That Never Was

From the Cassini spacecraft comes one of the greatest photographic collections. Scientists are using it to uncover a trail of clues pointing to the energy sources and complex chemistry needed to spawn life.

Saturn's Mysterious Moons

Several countries plan to send spacecraft to the moon, potentially leading to a permanent human presence in space.

Crashing Into the Moon

The universe has long captivated us with its immense scales of distance and time. How far does it stretch? Where does it end? The mind-blowing answers come from a theory describing the first micro-moments of our universe.

How Large is the Universe?

It's the ultimate buddy movie. Pete Conrad and Alan Bean were the second pair of Apollo astronauts to land on the moon. They combined precision with a sense of humor. But it was the rocks they picked up that would define the mission's legacy.

The Incredible Journey of Apollo 12

How does energy stitch the cosmos together, and how do we fit within it? This episode climbs the power scales of the universe, from atoms in the cold reaches of space to distant realms so strange and violent they challenge our imaginations.

The Most Powerful Objects in the Universe

How massive solar eruptions can take aim at our high-tech society. Explores past events such as the solar storms of Halloween 2003 and 1859, and dives into the Sun to find out what causes our star to turn angry.

Attack of the Sun

Cosmology has been turned on its head by the stunning discovery that the universe is flying apart in all directions at an ever-increasing rate.

Mysteries of a Dark Universe

Scientists are mounting new efforts to figure out how matter came to be, and what became of its birth twin, a mysterious substance called antimatter?

The Riddle of Antimatter

Scientists reconstruct the Moon's past by scouring its surface, mapping its mountains, and charting its connection to Earth. What are they learning?

Birth of the Moon

Meet the new record-holder for the largest black hole known in the universe. It weighs in at an estimated 21 billion solar masses. Find out what impact giants like these have had on the universe, galaxies, and even planets like ours.

The Largest Black Holes in the Universe

It was one of the greatest mysteries in modern science: a series of brief but extremely bright flashes of ultra-high energy light coming from somewhere out in space. What can we learn from the violent birth of a black hole?

Cosmic Journeys Series

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