The Seven Astonishing Wonders of Our Solar System

Solar System Painting©David A. Hardy

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another fascinating episode from the History Channel's highly acclaimed documentary series The Universe with a grand tour highlighting the magnificent “Seven Wonders of the Solar System”.

The New Twilight Zone - Paladin of the Lost Hour

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an episode of “The New Twilight Zone” titled “Paladin of the Lost Hour” which was one of the last television appearances of veteran actor Danny Kaye.

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.

The Universe - Space Travel

Today on Far Future Horizons we are going to look at some revolutionary ideas about travelling in space, from spaceship designs to innovative methods of propulsion such as solar sails and laser beams. We will also take a look at antimatter as a power source and the possibilities of faster-than-light travel that could make the greatest dream of science fiction a reality. 


Our video feature for today is History Channel’s outstanding documentary series The Universe ~ Space Travel.

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.

400 Years of the Telescope

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the landmark PBS documentary “400 Years of the Telescope” hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, which is a celebration of Galileo's first telescopic observations of the cosmos in 1609, and the resulting journey of discovery for humanity that has transpired over the past four centuries.

This documentary features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy — a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.

Titan, a sense of déjà vu?

Today on Far Future Horizons we focus our sights on Saturn’s mysterious and mesmerizing moon Titan. Titan is a moon shrouded in a thick orange red atmosphere which, like the planet Venus, hides its surface from the gaze of terrestrial astronomers. To paraphrase the great Winston Churchill, Titan was a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. And, our puzzlement over Titan only deepened when we pierce its veil and obtained our very first pictures of its surface.

So much so, and quoting directly from an upcoming article in Scientific American titled “The Moon That Would Be a Planet”:

“….. On the morning of January 14, 2005, at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany, the pictures caused jubilation and puzzlement in equal measure. None of us expected the landscape to look so Earth-like. 

As Huygens parachuted down, its aerial pictures showed branching river channels cut by rain-fed streams. It landed on the damp, pebble-covered site of a recent flash flood. What was alien about Titan was its eerie familiarity”. 

And, it is this sense of déjà vu that prompts us to ask the question is Titan, A Place Like Home?