James Clerk Maxwell: The Man Who Made the Modern World

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a BBC documentary hosted by professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein's hero; James Clerk Maxwell.

Stephen Hawking: Master of the Universe

Today on Far Future Horizons we celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of perhaps the most famous scientist in the world next to Albert Einstein - Stephen Hawking with a double video offering.

Hunting the Elements

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from the acclaimed PBS Science documentary series Nova.

In this instalment of Nova we join the hunt for the elements, the fundamental building blocks out of which everything in the Cosmos is comprised.

Inside Einstein's Mind

Today on Far Future Horizons we will take a voyage deep inside Einstein’s mind and retrace the thought experiments that inspired his theory on the nature of reality and the discovery of his greatest masterpiece the theory of General Relativity.

Albert Einstein – How I See the World

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a documentary from the highly acclaimed PBS series American Masters concerning the twentieth century’s greatest theoretical physicists – Albert Einstein.

Does Time Really Exist?

Today on Far Future Horizons we join host Morgan Freeman in another exciting episode of “Through the Wormhole” that will take us on a voyage of Discovery to answer to the question – Does Time Really Exist?

Magnets and Magnetism

Today on Far Future Horizons we focus our attention on magnets and magnetism and the technological applications associated with this familiar yet mysterious force.

How Does the Universe Work?

Our universe. It’s awe-inspiring, and baffling. From colossal explosions of stars, to the strange movements of tiny particles, each new discovery seems to uncover a new layer of mystery. Our understanding of the world around us has taken us from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age. Now, ironclad laws of physics are breaking apart. What we believe of reality may not be real at all. The future of humanity depends on our discovering how the universe really works. ~ Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole, How Does the Universe Work?

Since the ancient Greeks first speculated that everything they observed in reality was the result of the interaction of tiny particles they called atoms, great thinkers have tried to find a single mathematical formula that governs and explains the workings of the entire universe. So far, though, even minds as brilliant as physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking have been unable to come up with that single grand equation of everything, also known as the theory of everything, or the final theory. Nevertheless, they continue to try, because without that final piece of the puzzle that is reality, the sum total of what we know falls a bit short of making sense.

Today on Far Future Horizons we join host Morgan Freeman on a quest to answer the question – How does the Universe work? 

Brian Cox - What is Time?

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the mystery of time with particle physicist, BBC television popularizer of science and former keyboard player in the UK pop band D:Ream – Brian Cox.

The Genius of Marie Curie

Today on Far on Far Future Horizons we will be celebrating International Women's Day. Our video selection for today will BBC television documentary “The Genius of Marie Curie – The Woman Who Lit up the World”.

A Brief History of Time – The Documentary

Today on Far Future Horizons we present "A Brief History of Time – The Documentary".


This is a movie about Stephen Hawking’s ideas as outlined in his best selling book “A Brief History of Time” and about his life.

The Quest to Reach Absolute Zero

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a scientific saga concerning a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to reach the ultimate extreme: absolute zero, a place so cold that the physical world as we know it doesn't exist. Electricity flows without resistance, fluids defy gravity and the speed of light can be reduced to a mere thirty eight miles (sixty one kilometres) per hour.

Is Gravity An Illusion?

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

This installment of "Through the Wormhole" will explore the mystery of gravity.

Is Reality Real?

Is the world we perceive truly real? Credit: Bruce Rolff, Shutterstock

Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we join host Morgan Freeman in another exciting episode of the highly acclaimed documentary series Through the Wormhole which will take us on a whirlwind tour through physics, neuroscience, philosophy and even sleight-of-hand magic to answer the question: Is Reality Real?

Einstein’s Biggest Blunder

In 1917, Albert Einstein inserted a term called the cosmological constant into his theory of general relativity to force the equations to predict a stationary universe in keeping with physicists' thinking at the time. 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present two video features that explore Einstein's "biggest blunder". 

Cheating with Michio Kaku - Mysteries of The Universe

Today Far Future Horizons we will be Cheating with Michio Kaku.

Suppose you are out with a group of friends gazing at the night sky and someone says, did you know that they just found a black hole at the center of our galaxy and someone else mentions dark matter or the whole universe was smaller then an atom the instant before the big bang.. 

The Universe ~ Extreme Energy

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the concept of energy. Energy is the driving force of the Cosmos. It is the very stuff of matter, life and mind. Energy can neither we created nor destroyed but, only transformed from one form of energy into another.

The Universe – Gravity

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a close look at the most pervasive yet the weakest force in the Universe. It is an attractive force between all matter and is very weak as compared to the other forces of nature.

Einstein's Beautiful Equation

More than a century has elapsed since Einstein unveiled his famous equation equating mass with energy. 

It is perhaps one of the most quoted and widely seen physics equations in the public domain. Yet contained in this short and concise equation is the heritage and ultimate destiny of our species. 

This equation expresses succinctly the process by which all the matter found in stars, planets, galaxies and people came into being. This equation expresses the very essence of cosmic history in a very brief and yet poetic phrase. For contained in this equation is the very essence of cosmic history and how in the span of fourteen billion years energy evolved into matter and matter evolved into life and consciousness. 

It also explains how within the first three minutes of the big bang pure energy condensed into matter and later , through the process of nuclear fusion, heavy elements were forged in the hearts of distant and massive suns. It’s the existence of these elements that make the existence of living things a possibility. Porpoises, petunias and people owe there existence to the laws of physics expressed and revealed within the expression E=mc².

Richard Feynman: The Best Mind Since Einstein

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a documentary from the acclaimed PBS series “NOVA” about the greatest physicist since Albert Einstein,  Richard P. Feynman.



Richard Feynman was one of the twentieth century’s most creative and unusual thinkers. He was an atomic bomb pioneer, Nobel prize-winning physicist for his work in quantum electrodynamics, acclaimed teacher and all-around eccentric, who helped solve the mystery of the space shuttle Challenger explosion. 

Feynman has also been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology.