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Dark Future of the Sun

AW — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:58:05 +0000

The grim future of the sun, and what may happen to it five billion years from now, when is hydrogen fuel is exhausted, and it swells into a massive red giant, consuming our planet and killing all life on earth, if any still exists.

Impact

AW — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:36:20 +0000

Learn about the many craters on Earth where a possible collision with a meteor took place.

Gravity

AW — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:46:37 +0000

The forces of gravity and the role they play in the formation of the universe, as well as the objects within it, how weightlessness affects astronauts in space, and how pilots experience the effects of gravity in their training on the “vomit comet”.

Destination Titan

AW — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:31:01 +0000

It’s a voyage of exploration like no other – to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and thought to resemble our own early Earth. For a small team of British scientists this would be the culmination of a lifetime’s endeavour – the flight alone, some 2 billion miles, would take a full seven years. This is the story of the space probe they built, the sacrifices they made and their hopes for the landing. Would their ambitions survive the descent into the unknown on Titan’s surface?

Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets – Part 1

AW — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:38:52 +0000

Five astronauts pilot the nuclear thermal rocket powered Pegasus spacecraft on a tour of the solar system. Their mission is a collaboration of the NASA, CSA, ESA and РКА space agencies and takes the crew to Venus, Mars, a close flyby of the Sun, Jupiter’s moons of Io and Europa, Saturn’s moon of Titan, Pluto, and the fictional Comet Yano-Moore.

Most of the planetary destinations the crew reaches are followed by a manned landing there. Prior to the mission large tanks of Hydrogen were deposited in stable orbits around the planets to allow the crew to refuel to have sufficient delta-v for the multi-year mission.

Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets – Part 2

AW — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:37:00 +0000

The crew encounter many hardships and disappointments along the way. A Venus EVA that almost ends in disaster when the lander Orpheus encounters launch delays, a Titan probe that fails after deployment and the loss of samples from Jupiter’s moon Io all test the crew’s resolve.

The most devastating blow comes when the ship’s medical officer dies of solar radiation-induced cancer in Saturn orbit, forcing the crew to decide whether to continue the mission to Pluto, or abort and return to Earth.

Secrets of the Space Probes

AW — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:56:24 +0000

Space probes, what they have done and found for us in space, and what they might do in the future, such as searching for Earth-like planets and for extraterrestrial life.

The Edge of Darkness

AW — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:36:31 +0000

Journey away from the sun, past Earth and the inner planets, millions upon millions of miles. It’s here that giants lurk: Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, spheres so cold and distant that the sun is no more than a tiny beacon in a vast twilight. These are the frigid outer reaches of the Solar system … the edge of darkness.

Space holds as many questions as it does stars, and we will continue to send out explorers, our nature to inquire how the universe came to be. With each outward step, we come a little closer to comprehension, laying the foundations of understanding for generations to come.

Alien Planet

AW — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:02:12 +0000

What happens when we find life outside our own planet? Discovery Channel brings viewers on a virtual mission of the future. Right now, the search for planets with “life signatures” goes on. These efforts are global, and experts tell us on camera how this search for life is progressing around the world. No longer just the domain of science fiction, what could alien life really look like?

Liquid Universe

AW — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:01:26 +0000

A closer look at all the various type of liquids which exist in throughout the universe, albeit in relatively small quantities compared to gases or solids.

These include places such as alien planets where molten iron rains from the sky, distant moons hundreds of degrees below zero where lakes of methane cover the surface, and at the center of gas giants, where pressures are great enough to give rise to electrified hydrogen metal.