Showing posts with label Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey. Show all posts

Friday, March 4, 2016

Unafraid of the Dark




Today on Far Future Horizons we present "Unafraid of the Dark” the thirteenth and last episode of the Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The installment explores the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter, as well as the contributions and theories of Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky.


Friday, February 26, 2016

The World Set Free




Today on Far Future horizons we present the twelfth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

This installment explores the nature of the greenhouse effect (discovered by Joseph Fourier and Svante Arrhenius), and the evidence demonstrating the existence of global warming from humanity's influence.


Tuesday, February 23, 2016

The Immortals

Princess Enheduanna



Today on Far Future horizons we present the eleventh episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.



In this installment we explore the how life may have developed on Earth and the possibility of life on other planets.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

The Electric Boy

Michael Faraday


Today on Far Future Horizons we are especially proudly to present the tenth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The title of this installment is “The Electric Boy”  which focuses on the life and work of the greatest experimental physicist of the nineteenth century ~ Michael Faraday.

Sunday, February 14, 2016

The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth




Today on Far Future Horizons we proudly present the ninth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The title of this installment is The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth and it explores the palaeogeography of Earth over millions of years, and its impact on the development of life on the planet.


Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Sisters of the Sun




Today on Far Future Horizons we proudly present the eighth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.


The title of this installment is “Sisters of the Sun” and explores the violent cosmic phenomenon of supernovas, which on average occur once per galaxy per century or one billion times per year in the observable universe.



Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The Clean Room





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 the age of the Earth.


Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still



Today on Far Future Horizons we present the sixth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ " Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still" hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse  Tyson.


In this installment of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey we join Dr. Neil deGrasse  Tyson, using the Ship of the Imagination,  on an exploration of the Cosmos on the micro and atomic scales.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Hiding in the Light


Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fifth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ "Hiding in the Light" hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse  Tyson.


The exciting installment explores properties of light, cameras, the scientific method, and the composition of the universe.




The episode includes a look at the contributions of the 10th century physicist Ibn al-Haytham, described as the "father of the modern scientific method."

Saturday, September 19, 2015

A Sky Full of Ghosts


Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fourth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.


The title of this installment is “A Sky Full of Ghosts”. This episode explores how light, time and gravity affects our perception of the universe.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

When Knowledge Conquered Fear




Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third episode of the acclaimed documentary series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ When Knowledge Conquered Fear” hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.


Edmond Halley (left), Christopher Wren (center), Robert Hooke (right) having coffee while discussing the Cosmos


This installment of  “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey”  pays homage to the theories that evolved due to contributions from Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Edmond Halley, and Robert Hooke.


Monday, September 14, 2015

Some of the Things That Molecules Do




Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ “Some of the Things That Molecules Dohosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ "Standing Up in the Milky Way"



Today on Far Future Horizons we begin a thrilling, new adventure across space and time with the first episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey ~ “Standing Up in the Milky Way” hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.


Sunday, January 19, 2014

Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey with Neil deGrasse Tyson



After thirty four years, Cosmos will once again grace our television screens in the spring of 2014 and who better to continue Carl Sagan’s legacy than, the director of New York’s Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The new series Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey is a follow-up to the 1980 PBS award winning documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which was presented by Carl Sagan.

Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey will be presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson. The executive producers are Seth MacFarlane (of Family Guy fame) and Ann Druyan, Sagan's widow.