Close Encounters and Alien Abductions

Are aliens abducting humans? Skeptics argue these claims are inspired by pop culture, but scientists want to know if ET could survive the voyage.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the acclaimed National Geographic Channel documentary series Naked Science, which investigates alien abductions and other claims of close encounters of the third kind.

Super Diamonds

Today on Far Future Horizons we will discovery why diamonds are far more than a girl's best friend. This allotropic form of carbon has many technological applications that are revolutionizing science and industry.

Diamond is the hardest substance found on planet earth and for many centuries it has been one of the most revered and sought after materials by humankind. For years these precious gems have been admired as a thing of ultimate beauty and a sign of supreme wealth, steeped in mythology and deeply rooted in ancient legends, but today in the hands of modern day alchemists these precious stones are taking on a whole new value. In this program Naked Science examines the history of diamonds, and sheds light on how they may change the future. We meet scientists across three continents who are currently unlocking the secrets of diamonds and we find that what they are discovering may have the potential to revolutionize technology. As a gemstone we know that diamonds are costly, but as a raw material technologically advanced super diamonds are priceless.

The Birth of the Solar System

The Solar System In It's Early Infancy 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another episode of the highly acclaimed documentary series Naked Science titled "Birth of the Solar System". Where did our solar system come from? The advent of spaceflight and space-based telescopes has given us unexpected clues to how our solar system began.

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?

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?

Storm Worlds

A Raging Storm in Jupiter's Atmosphere 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series Naked Science which examines the most extreme weather conditions in the cosmos.

Monster Black Holes

Today on Far Future Horizons we are going on an odyssey into nature’s ultimate abyss – a Monster Black Hole.

We will explore where they are found, how they begin, and how it may be possible to harness and use the power they produce.

The Next Ice Age

Today on Far Future Horizons we present two documentary features that explore the possibility that global warming, as paradoxical as it may sound, may be rushing our planet into the next ice-age.

How To Kill A Planet

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a close look at five possible ways to totally obliterating the Earth.

Earth is a 4.5-billion-year-old, 6-trillion-trillion-ton ball of rock. So what would it take to destroy it? NGC challenged some of the world’s greatest scientists to devise their own doomsday situations. 

Mars Waterworld

Flowing Water has been discovered on Mars. 

Today on Far Future Horizons, in light of this recent discovery, we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed science series Naked Science that focuses on NASA’s mission Phoenix, to Mars and its searching for water to determine if the planet has sustained life in the past.

On May 25, 2008, NASA's Phoenix Lander  entered the Martian atmosphere and landed on its polar ice-cap in the last phase of a historic mission to investigate Mars' past by digging down into the soil and ice - something that has never been done before. 

Living in Parallel Universes

Today on Far Future Horizons we once again explore the possible existence of universes parallel to our own.

Parallel universes are strange hidden worlds, where an alternative reality exists and have been the subject of many a science fiction novel for decades.

Parallel universes sound like a myth and downright fantasy, but a surprising number of leading scientists believe they are real.

Pluto Rediscovered

Pluto is a tiny world that resides on the outer edge of our solar system, at a staggering distance of 5.6 billion kilometers from Earth. It is so remote that even using the world's most powerful space telescope, the Hubble; it appears as nothing more than a blurry blob.

One week from today humanity will have its first close encounter with Pluto.

Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we embark on a voyage of discovery to this mysterious dwarf planet on the outer fringes of our solar system.

Today's video feature is another exciting episode of the acclaimed National Geographic Channel documentary series Naked Science – “Pluto Rediscovered”.

Naked Science - Human Extinction

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” ~ Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an episode of the acclaimed National Geographic television documentary series Naked Science that deals with the the possibility of humanity’s ultimate demise.

Is the extinction of the human species a real possibility?

The Molecule That Made the World

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a molecular odyssey of sorts.  An odyssey that will take us on extraordinary journey through billions of light years of space and billions of years of time. Join us as we follow a single intrepid molecule of oxygen and trace its grand adventure from its creation to till the present day.

Who Built Stonehenge?

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the question – Who built Stonehenge?

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres north of Salisbury.

Stonehenge is one of the most famous Neolithic sites in the world composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

How To Kill A Planet

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a close look at five possible ways of totally obliterating the Earth.

Earth is a 4.5-billion-year-old, 6-trillion-trillion-ton ball of rock. So what would it take to destroy it? NGC challenged some of the world’s greatest scientists to devise their own doomsday situations. 

Naked Science ~ Atlantis

 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another episode of the acclaimed National Geographic Channel’s documentary series Naked Science.

In this instalment we will investigate the legendary lost city of Atlantis.

The Vesuvius Time Bomb

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a documentary on  perhaps the most famous volcano in history – Vesuvius.

Our video feature for today is another exciting documentary from the National Geographic Channel’s series Naked Science which will lay bare the potential danger posed by the ticking geological time bomb of Vesuvius to the inhabitants of the Southern Italian city of Naples.

Stone Age Apocalypse

Human evolution is believed to have begun some six million years ago. Yet, despite the passage of so much time, the diversity of the DNA genetic code of all humans is minute.

Some Seventy-five thousand years ago, something apocalyptic occurred that left relative few humans alive to carry on the species.

The cause of this bottleneck is now believed to have been a massive volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

A super-eruption from the site of Lake Toba in Sumatra blasted out more than two hundred cubic miles of ash over an area of over a million square miles.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present two documentary features concerning this prehistoric mega disaster: Naked Science - Stone Age Apocalypse and PBS NOVA’s Mystery of the Megavolcano.

Living on the Moon

"If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon." ~ Krafft Ehricke

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a fascinating episode from the National Geographic Channel’s documentary series “Naked Science”.

In this installment of “Naked Science” we look at the exciting possibility of using our celestial neighbour, the Moon, as a stepping stone that will allow humanity to colonise the solar system and beyond.