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.

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.

Newton: The Dark Heretic

Today on Far Future Calling we will offer an entirely different portrait of one of the greatest minds in science-Sir Isaac Newton.

Newton was the brilliant scientist who formulated the laws of motion that bear his name and the discoverer of the law of universal gravitation, but he was also an alchemist and a theologian.

This documentary uncovers for the first time the original manuscript where Newton forecast the date of the end of the world.

Newton, the father of modern mathematics, dedicated a large part of his life to a quest to decode the Bible which he believed to be the word of God.

For over fifty years, he studied the Bible trying to unravel God's secret laws of the Universe. He was fanatical in his quest to discover the date for the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the world. 

The Comet's Tale

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a very informative documentary on one of the most wondrous of phenomena that have invoked both awe and terror in our forbearers – Comets.

“The Comet's Tale” traces the intertwined history of comets and civilization. Ancient civilizations thought they were gods. Some believed they were harbingers of doom and with the advent of the scientific revolution  one comet in particular led Isaac Newton to formulate his theory of Universal Gravitation. 

The ESA's Giotto Mission to Halley's Comet

Comets are now leading twenty-first century science to a deeper understanding of the origin of our solar system and perhaps even life on Earth.