Origins – Back to the Beginning

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fourth and final episode of the highly acclaimed PBS documentary series "Origins" hosted and presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The final installment of this series, “Back to the Beginning” explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible for habitable worlds to emerge.

The clues begin with a race among scientists to capture lingering echoes of the big bang’s ferocious energy in a microwave “whisper” from deep space. 


The race pits underdog astronomer Tony Readhead and his improvised detector in the high Andes against NASA scientists and their state-of-the-art satellite probe. Tyson shares his excitement with viewers as computer animation of the big bang’s echo emerges on the screen. It’s as close as we can get to a “photograph” of the primordial universe.

Origins – Where Are All the Aliens?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third episode of the highly acclaimed PBS documentary series "Origins" hosted and presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The third installment of this series is titled “Where are all the Aliens?” and focuses on the possibility of life elsewhere in the Universe.

Is the Earth unique and the only world in this vast Cosmos where matter has evolved into life and self awareness?

Origins - How Life Began

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the highly acclaimed PBS documentary series "Origins" hosted and presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Origins is a spectacular four-part miniseries, first presented on PBS’s Nova, about the beginnings of the universe, our solar system, life on Earth, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets.

The second installment of this series is entitled “How Life Began” and focuses on the mystery of how life came into being.

In today’s episode we join the hunt for hardy microbes that flourish in the most unlikely places in the quest to unravel the mystery of life’s origins.

Origins – The Earth is Born

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the highly acclaimed PBS documentary series "Origins" hosted and presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Origins is a spectacular four-part miniseries, first presented on PBS’s Nova, about the beginnings of the universe, our solar system, life on Earth, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets.

Dr. deGrasse Tyson hosted the four-part miniseries of PBS's Nova, which made its debut in the autumn of 2004, and co-authored with Donald Goldsmith the companion volume for this series, "Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution". He again collaborated with Dr. Goldsmith as the narrator on the documentary 400 Years of the Telescope which premiered on PBS in April 2009.

In the first episode of the series, The Earth is Born, we are given a spectacular glimpse at the tumultuous first billion years of Earth's history which was a time of continuous asteroidal and volcanic calamity.

How the Solar System was Made

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another episode of the acclaimed documentary series The Universe ~ How the Solar System was Made. 

At 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in the Universe. But how did it come to be?