Name: The Universe
Released: 2007-05-29T07:00:00.000Z
Cast: Erik Thompson

TV Show · Documentary

In the years since man first ventured into space, scientific discoveries have had a dramatic impact on mankind's perception of both the universe and the human race's relationship to it. This ambitious series examines the known universe and the speculative worlds that may lie out there beyond the edge of the unknown.

2007 · 42m

Starring Erik Thompson

Director Laura Verklan, Louis Tarantino

EPISODE 1

Secrets of the Sun

Behold the sun and all of its glory. Learn all things about the sun ranging from its beginning to its death. Also learn about how stars work in general.
EPISODE 5

The Moon

Find out how the Earth's satellite came to be. From a god, to a compass to NASA's space exploration, its use has changed throughout history.
EPISODE 2

The Day the Moon Was Gone

How Earth without the moon would be a very different and desolate place with just four hours of sunlight, giant hurricanes that would last for months and virtually no complex life forms.
EPISODE 7

Total Eclipse

The complex movements of the Earth, Moon and Sun that produce total eclipses, detail why we may be the only intelligent beings to witness eclipses like those on Earth.