Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting installment from the acclaimed BBC series Horizon. In this episode we explore the question ~ Which Universe Are We In? Imagine a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth. A world where the Germans won World War II and you are president of the United States. Imagine a world … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we join veteran actor Morgan Freeman in another outstanding episode of the acclaimed Science Channel documentary series Through the Wormhole. In this installment, we explore a very intriguing “Alien Invasion” scenario of sorts. What if aliens are already here? Are Aliens Inside Us? Panspermia The odds are excellent that extraterrestrial life … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the acclaimed series How the Universe Works. This installment takes a close look at Earth’s evil twin the planet Venus. Earth and Venus were twins when they were younger, so what turned the second planet from the Sun bad? A Comparison of Earth & Venus There … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we go in search for habitable planets within our galaxy. Thus far, in this great age of planet hunting, we have glimpsed a diverse planetary menagerie, with giant planets in wide orbits around their parent stars, others that swing in so close they leave a comet-like tail, or molten rocky … Read more
Our Solar System Today on Far Future Horizons we present an exciting episode from the acclaimed documentary series How the Universe Works ~ Extreme Planets. This installment follows the remarkable journey of planets as they grow from grains of dust to the magnificently diverse worlds we see today. There are just eight planets in our solar system, … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present the Seventh episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson. This installment is titled “The Clean Room” and describes how science, in particular the work of Clair Patterson (voiced in animated sequences by Richard Gere) in the middle of the 20th century, has been able to determine … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we are going on an odyssey into nature’s ultimate abyss – a Monster Black Hole. We will explore where they are found, how they begin, and how it may be possible to harness and use the power they produce. In Monster Black Holes, scientists steadily piece together the complex dynamics … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present two documentary features that explore the possibility that global warming, as paradoxical as it may sound, may be rushing our planet into the next ice-age. Naked Science – Big FreezeThe Big Freeze could come with no warning, resulting in a massive extinction of species and changing life on … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we take a close look at five possible ways to totally obliterating the Earth. Earth is a 4.5-billion-year-old, 6-trillion-trillion-ton ball of rock. So what would it take to destroy it? NGC challenged some of the world’s greatest scientists to devise their own doomsday situations. Now, follow along as we delve … Read more
Cygnus X-1 Copyright David A. Hardy One of the first suspected examples of a black hole was Cygnus X-1. In 1972 a massive blue supergiant star in Cygnus was found to have an invisible companion which emitted X-rays. This was calculated to be 14 times as massive as the Sun – too massive to be … Read more