Stars That Kill

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

In this instalment of “How the Universe Works” we will profile “Killer Stars”. Death Stars that could destroy planet Earth.

Black Holes: The Secret Origin

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

In this instalment of “How the Universe Works” will focus on the origin of Supermassive Black Holes.

Cosmic Odyssey – Stellar Evolution

Each of us, in the immortal words of the American poet Walt Whitman, “…are the journeywork of the stars, no less than the leaves of grass." As Carl Sagan would put it later in the twentieth century – “Our lives, our past and our future are tied to the sun, the moon and the stars… We humans have seen the atoms which constitute all of nature and the forces that sculpted this work… and we, who embody the local eyes and ears and thoughts and feelings of the cosmos, have begun to wonder about our origins… star stuff contemplating the stars, organized collections of ten billion billion billion atoms, contemplating the evolution of nature, tracing that long path by which it arrived at consciousness here on the planet earth… Our loyalties are to the species and to the planet. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves but also to that cosmos ancient and vast from which we spring”.

Today on Far Future we trace this stellar legacy. We present an episode of Cosmic Odyssey narrated by the veteran actor William Shatner. 

Journey to the Edge of the Universe

Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we embark on a grand voyage of adventure and wonder through the universe as revealed by twenty-first century science. 

The Universe ~ The Search for Cosmic Clusters

The Pleiades star cluster (which is an example of an open cluster)

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed History Channel series The Universe, concerning the Search for Cosmic Clusters.

Cosmic clusters are the one-stop-shopping places for learning all about the nature, variety and evolution of stars in the Universe. 

A Globular Cluster

They are unique, because in clusters, all the stars were born at about the same time, from the same material and all are at the same approximate distance from Earth. This means we can be sure that any differences among them are due to their true natures and not distorted by different distances from Earth and other factors.

Red Giant ~ Swallowed by the Sun

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a horrific scenario. What if our life-giving Sun were to suddenly begin expanding into a Red Giant? A stellar Rip Van Winkle effect.



Something the Sun was not supposed to do until five billion years from now when it exhausts all its hydrogen fuel in its core and leaves the Main Sequence stage of its life. 

The current size of the Sun (now in the main sequence) compared to its estimated maximum size during its red-giant phase in the future

How the Universe Built Your Car

Today on Far Future Horizons we reveal the cosmic legacy behind the automobile in your garage in another exciting episode of How the Universe Works.

Sisters of the Sun

Today on Far Future Horizons we proudly present the eighth episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

The title of this installment is “Sisters of the Sun” and explores the violent cosmic phenomenon of supernovas, which on average occur once per galaxy per century or one billion times per year in the observable universe.

How the Universe Works ~ Supernovas

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

In this installment of How the Universe Works we explore the cataclysmic death of massive supergiant stars. These explosions are known as Supernovas and they play an important role in Cosmic Evolution.

The Universe – Dark Future of the Sun

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another episode of the History Channels highly acclaimed documentary series The Universe  – Dark Future of the Sun.

Our Sun has served Earth well for almost five billion years. It has bathed us with heat and energy and sustained life on our planet. But just like all people, our home star is mortal.

In five billion years, it will stop nurturing its planetary offspring. In this exciting episode we voyage some five billion years into the future to see how the Sun will eventually end its existence and affect the future of life on our planet. Will humanity one day find a new home amongst the stars and survive the death of the Sun?

Extreme Stars

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the fascinating story of the birth of stars and how their creation changed the cosmos forever, eventually leading to planets, life and, at least in our nook of the universe, the emergence of sentience itself.

Our Place in the Cosmos

Today on Far Future Horizons we present a Google Tech Talk delivered by Puragra (Raja) GuhaThakurta on December 1, 2011 titled Our Place in the Cosmos.

The Universe - Supernovas

"We are the journeywork of the stars, no less than the leaves of grass." -Walt Whitman

Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we explore our stellar legacy. 


Each of us, in the immortal words of the American poet Walt Whitman, “…are the journeywork of the stars, no less than the leaves of grass." As Carl Sagan would put it later on in the twentieth century – “We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands. The loom of time and space works the most astonishing transformations of matter”.

Mysteries of Deep Space - To the Edge of Space

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second episode of the acclaimed PBS series “Mysteries of Deep Space”.

In the second instalment of the series we will be taking a voyage to the edge of space, where we will encounter stars coming to life and dying violent deaths.


To some there is no vision more reassuring: the cycles of the sun and the moon, the heavens ceaselessly turning. The night sky is unchanging and eternal -- Or so it seems.

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos – The Lives of the Stars

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the ninth episode of Carl Sagan’s highly acclaimed PBS documentary series – Cosmos: The Lives of the Stars.

The Universe - Life and Death of a Star

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode from season one of the acclaimed documentary series – The Universe, and revisit the whole topic of stellar evolution and our cosmic legacy.

Hyperspace – Star Stuff

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of the highly acclaimed, six part BBC documentary series, Space (Hyperspace in the United States) hosted and narrated by veteran actor Sam Neill.


"Let's go on a journey a journey like no other, a journey out into the depth of the Universe. Look up at the night sky, what do you see? The Planets, the Stars, a million points of light. You are looking at your universe in all its glory". ~ Sam Neill