TV Guide: The Universe

Video: The Most Dangerous Place in the Universe

Hulu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:20:43 -0500

Season 1, Episode 12: The universe is vast, wondrous, electrifying. But for space travelers looking for a thrill ride, it could be a one-way ticket.

Video: Search for ET

Hulu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:20:43 -0500

Season 1, Episode 13: It is the question that has kept many people awake at night, staring at the stars, pondering the possibilities: In a galaxy filled with a billion stars, in a universe filled with a hundred billion galaxies - are we alone?

Video: The Outer Planets

Hulu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:20:43 -0500

Season 1, Episode 11: Meet the man who killed Pluto and sparked a controversy. New discoveries regarding the Outer Planets are creating a fundamental rethinking of our solar system.

Video: Alien Galaxies

Hulu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:20:43 -0500

Season 1, Episode 9: In the furthest reaches of space, they dance like glittering jewels. Massive collections of stars, bound by gravity, and shaped by destiny.

Video: Life and Death of a Star

Hulu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:20:43 -0500

Season 1, Episode 10: When we turn our heads to the night sky, thousands of delicate stars twinkle in seeming tranquility. But each star you see in the night sky is actually a raging, luminous sphere of superheated gas much larger than any planet.

Video: Saturn: Lord of the Rings

Hulu — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:20:43 -0500

Season 1, Episode 8: It is the show stopper of our solar system. Basking in its own glow. A massive, frigid ball of gas, surrounded by icy rings hurtling at 40,000 miles per hour.

Video: Mercury and Venus - The Inner Planets

Hulu — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:16:35 -0500

Season 1, Episode 7: One a planetary carcass, gouged by millions of asteroids and meteors. The other is very much alive and seething with poisonous clouds, a million volcanoes, toxic gases, a tempest of lightning and heat hot enough to melt solid lead.

Video: Spaceship Earth

Hulu — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:12:33 -0500

Season 1, Episode 6: We take viewers on a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun. Galactic investigators will hunt for answers to some puzzling questions. How was Earth created? What creatures hold clues to how life began?

Video: Secrets of the Sun

Hulu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:11:58 -0500

Season 1, Episode 1: It's so large that within its boundaries you could fit one million Earths, and so powerful that each second it churns out as much energy as one billion one-megaton hydrogen bombs.

Video: The Moon

Hulu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:11:58 -0500

Season 1, Episode 5: It's so close, yet so far away. For thousands of years, mankind has found comfort in its presence. It's been a lantern for nighttime travelers, a timekeeper for farmers, and a location finder for sailors at sea.

Video: Mars: The Red Planet

Hulu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:11:58 -0500

Season 1, Episode 2: It's home to the largest volcano in the Solar System and a colossal, boulder-strewn valley that would make the Grand Canyon look like a streambed, but Mars is also the most likely candidate for eventual human habitation.

Video: The End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats to Our Planet

Hulu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:11:58 -0500

Season 1, Episode 3: The Earth has become a dangerous place to live in the Universe. It's only a matter of time before a cosmic force will annihilate the planet.

Video: Jupiter: The Giant Planet

Hulu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:11:58 -0500

Season 1, Episode 4: Half a billion miles from earth exists a mini solar system of over 60 moons rotating around a powerful planet of gas. It's flowing colors and spots hold strange beauty, but contain violent storms and jet streams.

Video: The Universe: The Milky Way

History — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:44:40 -0500

The Milky Way galaxy is not only our home, but one of the most active and explosive galaxy known to man.

Video: The Universe: Spaceship Earth

History — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:44:40 -0500

From its early struggles with asteroids and comets to its current battles against global warming, the creation of Spaceship Earth is one of the most complex and controversial scientific detective stories of all time.

Video: The Universe: Mercury and Venus: The Inner Planets

History — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:44:40 -0500

Mercury and Venus are two hostile worlds that suffered very different fates. One a planetary carcass, gouged by millions of asteroids and meteors. The other, very much alive, is a tempest of lightning and heat hot enough to melt solid lead.

Video: The Universe: Life and Death of a Star

History — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:44:40 -0500

When we turn our heads to the night sky, thousands of delicate stars twinkle in seeming tranquility. But each star you see in the night sky is actually a raging, luminous sphere of superheated gas much larger than any planet.

Video: The Universe: Unexplained Mysteries

History — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:44:40 -0500

The Universe explores myths, misconceptions, truths and amazing mysteries of our truly unique universe.

Video: The Universe: Saturn, Lord of the Rings

History — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:45:32 -0500

It is the show stopper of our solar system. A massive, frigid ball of gas, surrounded by icy rings hurtling at 40,000 miles an hour. Even Saturn's moons are amazing, one features gigantic geysers another has an atmosphere with oceans and mountains.

Video: The Universe: Mars, The Red Planet

History — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:44:59 -0500

It's home to the largest volcano in the Solar System and a colossal, boulder-strewn valley. It's the planet most like Earth, and the most likely candidate for eventual human habitation.

Video: The Universe: Jupiter, The Giant Planet

History — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:29:28 -0500

The Universe takes a closer look at the Jupiter and suggests how this massive planet keeps the universe in order.

Photo: The Universe - "Life and Death of a Star" - Planetary Nebula NGC 7027

courtesy Flight 33 Productions LLC/History Channel — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0500

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Photo: The Universe - "Life and Death of a Star" - Lagoon nebula

courtesy Hubble Telescope — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0500

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Photo: The Universe - "Moon"