Space’s Deepest Secrets ~ Hunt for Dark Energy

Today on Far Future Horizons we join the Hunt for Dark Energy in this second instalment of “Space’s Deepest Secrets”.

Beyond the Darkness

Today on Far Future Horizons we join host Morgan Freeman in a quest that will take us in search of the Dark Matter and Dark Energy that comprise the bulk of our Universe.

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.

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.

From Here to Infinity

Today on Far Future Horizons we honor Patrick Stewart on his Seventy-fifth birthday by  joining him on a Starship of the imagination that will take us on a voyage – From Here to Infinity.

Will the Universe end with a bang, or a whimper? Horizon traces the discovery of a dark energy, a mysterious force that may explain how everything will end one day.

Will the Universe live forever? Well I’d guess you’d have to define what life meant. Will the universe cease to exist or will it exist in another form – in which case has it really died? The Universe is currently expanding into itself, before anyone asks what is it expanding into), instead of re-collapsing into a big crunch, negative gravity (in all its variety of names) would appear to be the stronger influence and is making a crunch unlikely.

Is There a Shadow Universe?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of  “Through the Wormhole” hosted by veteran actor Morgan Freeman.

This installment will explore the shadowy universe of “dark matter”.

The Universe: Dark Matter - Dark Energy

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the dark side of the Universe. Less than five percent of our universe is comprised of matter that is radiant or interacts with light or other forms of electromagnetic radiation.

For thousands of years we have looked at the night sky and believed the illuminated stuff was all that made up our universe. Scientists now realize it's not what shines in the light but what hides in the darkness that holds the true secrets of our Cosmos. There is a mysterious dark matter that binds stars and galaxies together, and strange particles like wimps, axions and machos might be to blame. And there is a dark, repulsive energy that is creating space in the universe, that's driving the galaxies further and further apart, to a dismal fate. Combined, dark matter and dark energy make up 96% of the universe and uncovering their secrets is like making the one-in-a-million shot. If uncovered, the ultimate fate of the universe might be revealed. Will it crash and burn in a horrific collision of gravitational forces? Or will dark energy tear the universe apart? 

Join us on an odyssey to the dark side of the universe and the hunt for dark matter and dark energy.

This diagram explains why the expansion speed of the universe is increasing

The Universe ~ Strange Things

Today on Far Future Horizons present another episode of the acclaimed documentary series The Universe where we are going to explore the mysterious, exotic and the downright strangest things that inhabit our enigmatic universe. 

A Planet Orbiting A Pulsar painted by David A Hardy

Planets Beyond Neptune?

This installment will investigate pulsar planets, the possibility of planets beyond Neptune, and dark matter.

There is more to our Universe than meets the eye.

Most of Our Universe Is Missing

Today on Far Future Horizons we again explore the dark side of the Universe with this exciting documentary from the BBC science series Horizon - Most of Our Universe Is Missing.

Less than two decades ago science seemed to understand how the universe worked. Everything in the Universe was thought to be made of atoms which were all created in the beginning at time-zero: the Big Bang. In between the atoms was nothing, a void: quite literally, 'space'.