Space

Sam Neill takes an amazing journey across the Universe and finds beauty and danger on the way.

Storyline

Sam Neill takes an amazing journey across the Universe and finds beauty and danger on the way.

First Aired

2001-07-22
Last Aired

2001-08-26
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

6
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

BBC One

Keywords:

space

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Season 1

1. Star Stuff

All life on Earth, including humans, comes from outer space - every single molecule of our bodies orig...More

All life on Earth, including humans, comes from outer space - every single molecule of our bodies originated from an unimaginably large hydrogen cloud created by the Big Bang - and there are even serious claims that life was carried to earth by meteors.Less

30mins 2001-07-22

2. Staying Alive

Sam Neill takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the galaxy to discover how disasters in space regul...More

Sam Neill takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the galaxy to discover how disasters in space regularly threaten our entire world. We go back to the very earliest days of our planet to see why we are lucky life ever got started, and we learn just what will happen if a massive asteroid ends up on a collision course with Earth.Less

30mins 2001-07-29

3. Black Holes

Black Holes are the Universe's ultimate monsters, sucking everything into their super-dense centres. T...More

Black Holes are the Universe's ultimate monsters, sucking everything into their super-dense centres. There are an estimated ten million of these cosmic killers in our galaxy and once created they never die. What are the chances of Earth having a fatal encounter?Less

30mins 2001-08-05

4. Are We Alone?

Are We Alone? looks at the possibility of extraterrestrial life and visits SETI, a scientific project ...More

Are We Alone? looks at the possibility of extraterrestrial life and visits SETI, a scientific project that for the past 40 years has been searching for information beamed from intelligent life in other solar systems.Less

30mins 2001-08-12

5. New Worlds

Even if we avoid destruction by asteroids, we face eventual melt-down, as our Sun is getting progressi...More

Even if we avoid destruction by asteroids, we face eventual melt-down, as our Sun is getting progressively hotter. New Worlds looks at where we could go to escape this fate and talks to scientists who are already exploring how we could turn a planet like Mars into a Noah's ark for the earth's animal and plant life. It may even be that humans have to change themselves genetically to survive.Less

30mins 2001-08-19

6. Boldy Go

If humans are ever to reach deep space, there will need to be some revolutionary changes in transport....More

If humans are ever to reach deep space, there will need to be some revolutionary changes in transport. Boldly Go demonstrates how ion propulsion and solar sails may become effective means to galaxy-hop and considers 'wormholes' as ways to cheat time and space.Less