Strangest Alien Worlds

Today on Far Future Horizons we are embarking on an odyssey to the Strangest Alien Worlds discovered thus far.

The Search for a Second Earth

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series “How the Universe Works”.

In this installment we go in search of a new home for humanity out amongst the stars – a Second Earth.

The Discovery of the Century

Artist's conception of the surface of Proxima Centauri b, depicted as an Earth-like planet.

After weeks of rumour and speculation Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have finally announced that they have indeed discovered a rocky, Earth-like planet orbiting the star Proxima Centauri.

Today on Far Future Horizons we join the astronomical community in jubilation for this momentous discovery of the closest exoplanet that could potentially harbour life outside our solar system.

Breakthrough Starshot interstellar probe Light Sail

This newly discovered alien planet, warmed by the light of a red dwarf star, sits just 4.24 light-years from our solar system. This exoplanet may very well prove to be the Astronomical discovery of the century.

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.

Secrets of the Solar System

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another fascinating documentary from the acclaimed BBC science series Horizon.

In this installment of Horizon, we look at the most recent discoveries in Astronomy and how they are forcing us to rewrite the entire story of our solar system’s origin.

Planets from Hell

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another fascinating episode from the acclaimed documentary series How the Universe Works concerning exosolar planets (or Exoplanets). Some of these worlds are quite literally Planets from Hell.

Extreme Orbits ~ Clockwork and Creation

Grand Orrery from 1780 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an exciting episode of the acclaimed Science Channel documentary series How the Universe Works ~ Extreme Orbits: Clockwork and Creation, which explores our not so clockwork universe.

The only reason life on Earth is possible is because of our relatively stable orbit around the Sun. Elsewhere in the Universe, this pristine Clockwork Orrery does not exist.

Extreme Planets

Our Solar System

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an exciting episode from the acclaimed documentary series How the Universe Works ~ Extreme Planets.

This installment  follows the remarkable journey of planets as they grow from grains of dust to the magnificently diverse worlds we see today.

Alien Worlds

An Alien World on the Edge of the Milky Way Galaxy

Today on Far Future Horizons we are going on a quest, to answer an age old question. On the countless alien worlds that surely exist in our Cosmos can we be truly alone?

The Search for Habitable Worlds

Today on Far Future Horizons we go in search of habitable worlds within our galaxy. 

Thus far, in this great age of planet hunting, we have yet to find anything like our solar system with rocky inner worlds in neat circular orbits, and evenly spaced Jovian gas giants on the periphery. 

Instead, astronomers have glimpsed a diverse planetary menagerie, with giant planets in wide orbits around their parent stars, others that swing in so close they leave a comet-like tail, or molten rocky worlds emblazoned with oceans of lava.

Star Trek - Secrets of the Universe

In order to honor the memory of Leonard Nimoy, we present today on Far Future Horizons the History Channel documentary Star Trek - Secrets of the Universe.

This documentary coincided with the release of the motion picture, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), the very last motion picture which Leonard Nimoy starred in and where he reprised his role as Mr. Spock.

Cosmic Journeys ~ Interstellar Flight

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Cosmic Journeys ~  Interstellar Flight.

Alien Neighbors

Today on Far Future Horizons we go in search of our Alien Neighbors.

If we are not alone, who, or what else, is out there? Is anybody listening? ...

2042 AD. Powerful orbiting telescopes scour the heavens for signs of life. They focus on a dim yellow globe. Spectrum Analyzer results: negative. No oxygen, no life. The autotracker zooms in to another world, a pale blue dot. Oxygen signal: affirmative. And there appears to be water. This could be it!

Alien Worlds Revealed

We are living in the great age of planetary discovery. More than a thousand extrasolar planets have been discovered thus far. These discoveries have increased the prospects of humanity one day discovering other life bearing planets. This may indeed be a galaxy awash with life and sentience.