Today on Far Future Horizons we travel back in time some 4.8 Billion years to witness the birth of our planet in this episode of the acclaimed documentary series How the Universe Works – Birth of the Earth. The Earth was formed by a series of cosmic cataclysms including the most powerful blast in the … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we join acclaimed BBC historian Michael Wood for the second episode of his acclaimed documentary series In Search of the Trojan War – The Legend Under Siege. Conflicting interpretations of evidence lead some experts to believe that the Trojan War never happened at all. In this instalment of In … Read more
In 335 BC Alexander of Macedonia set off on an expedition to conqueror the world. The voyage of Alexander the Great covered more than 22,000 miles in ten years, from Greece to India and back, through some of the most difficult and unforgiving terrain. Join us today more than two thousand year later, as … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we are presenting the first episode of an exciting series of documentaries titled “The Day the Universe Changed” hosted by BBC science historian and journalist James Burke. The first episode of the series outlines how the rational thought and incessant questioning that typified Ancient Greek culture shaped and continues to … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present The Lost Gods of Easter Island a BBC documentary written and presented by David Attenborough. It explores the history of the civilization of the remote Easter islands. It was first aired on BBC television in the year 2000 and is part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we join Dr. David Attenborough for the second episode of his acclaimed documentary series “First Life – Conquest” and follow the three and half billion year saga of life on Earth. In this second instalment of the series Attenborough’s journey continues in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, where fossils document an explosion in … Read more
“We are the journeywork of the stars, no less than the leaves of grass.” -Walt Whitman Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we explore our stellar legacy. Each of us, in the immortal words of the American poet Walt Whitman, “…are the journeywork of the stars, no less than the leaves of grass.” … Read more
The Latin phrase Ex Luna, Scientia means “From the Moon, Knowledge.“ Today on Far Future Horizons we commemorate the forty-fifth anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13 with the documentary Apollo 13 The Real Story produced by Dateline NBC. Apollo 13 was the third Apollo mission intended to land on the Moon, but a mid-mission oxygen … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the concept of energy. Energy is the driving force of the Cosmos. It is the very stuff of matter, life and mind. Energy can neither we created nor destroyed but, only transformed from one form of energy into another. Law of Conservation of Energy Ours is a universe … Read more
Earth 2049 – The End by taenaron Today on Far Future Horizons another exciting episode of the History Channel’s acclaimed documentary series The Universe. In this instalment various scenarios concerning the existential threats that face our planet and the human species are explored . Earth Being Hit With a Gamma-ray Burst These threats more than ever provide … Read more