Catastrophe - Episode 1 - Birth of the Planet

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of Catastrophe, a five-part documentary series, presented by Tony Robinson.  This series investigates the history of natural disasters, from the planet's beginnings to the present, putting a new perspective on our existence and suggesting that we are the product of catastrophe.

Catastrophe first aired on Britain’s Channel 4 on November 21^th, 2008.

The first installment of this series tells the story of Earth's difficult birth, and how the formation of our moon set us on a unique course to being a planet ripe for life.

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.