Patrick Moore interviews Carl Sagan on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Civilizations

Today on Far Future Horizons we presents a clip from “The Sky at Night featuring Carl Sagan and Patrick Moore.

The clip comes from the episode “Life in the Universe” that aired on Wednesday 15^th May 1974 on BBC 1.

Patrick Moore interviews Dr Carl Sagan, astronomer and exobiologist, on the possibility of life on other planets.

What is Nothing?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fifth episode of the third season of Morgan Freeman’s Through the Wormhole which explores the nature of nothingness.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the SciFi classic Robinson Crusoe on Mars.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars, is a 1964 Techniscope science fiction film, which is the retelling of the classic Daniel Defoe novel. It was directed by Byron Haskin, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starred Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin and Adam West (of Batman fame).

Robinson Crusoe on Mars is all time childhood Sci Fi favourite of mine and I have fond memories of watching this motion picture as a child when it was shown as a Saturday morning television matinee feature. 


It was released on DVD for the first time as a special edition from The Criterion Collection on September 18, 2007.

A Tribute to Leonard Nimoy

“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."

Today on Far Future Horizons we pay tribute to Leonard Nimoy.

Leonard sadly passed away a year ago today on February 27^th, 2015 due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition he attributed to a smoking addiction he had given up about 30 years earlier.

Planet Pandora

Today on Far Future Horizons join Sigourney Weaver on an imaginary voyage to the world of Pandora depicted in the motion picture Avatar.

Is There an Edge to the Universe?

Today on Far Future Horizons we join Morgan Freeman on a voyage to the edge of the Cosmos and beyond.

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.

Beyond Tranquility

This essay was originally posted on the National Space Society's blog site on August 11, 2009.

 

After Apollo, Can the dream of Solar System Settlement become reality?

The answer to that question is an unequivocal yes and the reasons have to do with economics, national prestige, national and environmental security concerns and the existential threats we face as a species.

Our species and our ancient forbearers were and remain innately a migratory species. The lure and call of distant lands and new horizons is an ancient passion. Modern science offers us tantalizing evidence of this wanderlust and has helped us weave a tale that is the stuff of legend. This migratory history is written in our genes and the fossil record. It is the story of how our species emerged out of Africa and spread out across the globe to become a planetary species.

Can We Resurrect The Dead?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed Science Channel documentary series Through the Wormhole hosted by veteran actor Morgan Freeman that explores the possibility of resurrecting the dead.

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.

Deadliest Planets

Today on Far Future Horizons we will explore some of the most dangerous and hostile planets in our solar system. The planets Venus, Jupiter and Neptune are worlds that will present many perils and challenges to future intrepid Astronauts. How were they were formed, why are they are so deadly and why can they not sustain life?

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.

When We Left Earth Parts 1 and 2 - Ordinary Supermen and Friends and Rivals

 

On July 29^th , 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. And thus, America joined the great space race.

Today on Far Future Horizons we are celebrating the fifty-forth anniversary of John Glenn's orbital flight on February 20^th, 1962 by presenting the first and second episodes of the  Discovery Channel's  acclaimed TV series “When We Left Earth – Ordinary Supermen & Friends and Rivals” which chronicles the start of the Space Race and the flights of the Mercury Program.

Beginning with Alan Shepard's suborbital flight as the American’s first astronaut aboard Freedom 7, and John Glenn's historic flight aboard Friendship 7 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

The Mercury Seven

Still frame of Alan Shepard taken by a motion picture camera aboard Freedom 7

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.

Is Poverty Genetic?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode  of the acclaimed documentary series Through the Wormhole hosted by Morgan Freeman.

In this installment we explore the question Is Poverty Genetic?

The Atomic Submarine (1959): Undersea Science Fiction

Today on Far Future Horizons we present The Atomic Submarine.......


Something mysterious and alien lurks beneath the waves of our oceans and threatens the collective security of every man, woman and child of our planet.

In the “far and distant future” of 1968, many ships and planes are crossing the North Pole to transport passengers and cargo. Now, more than eight ships and seven submarines have vanished mysteriously. The Atomic Submarine Tigershark is sent out to investigate their whereabouts and - if possible - remove the cause of their disappearance. But the life form Commander Vandover and his crew encounter may be too powerful even for their weapons of newest technology...

Nature's Fury - Exodus Earth

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of an old Discovery Channel documentary series titled Nature's Fury. In this installment of Nature's Fury, Exodus Earth, we explore a scenario of the distant future where humanity must abandon its planetary abode and migrate elsewhere or face total extinction.

In the distant future the earth will die, whether by the hand of man, smashed by meteors, or burnt to a cinder by the expanding sun. 

Deep Space Probes

Today on Far Future Horizons we follow deep space probe missions to the planet Mars and Saturn's moon, Titan, in hope of answering a most fundamental question: Is there life elsewhere in our solar system?

2001 and Beyond

Today on Far Future Horizons we present 2001 and Beyond.