Wonders of Our Solar System

^^ It's 5000 light years from Earth, so we can only hope it went super nova about 4999 years ago, because that would be one hell of a light show!
 
This is a truly excellent program and the presenter is really good as well. *This* is what the BBC excels at.

Ive never cared for UK TV drama shows but when it comes to documentaries we are the undisputed world leaders no doubt! Thoroughly enjoying this and of course if you miss it theres the equally fabulous iPlayer.
 
KatanaDV20 said:
This is a truly excellent program and the presenter is really good as well. *This* is what the BBC excels at.

Ive never cared for UK TV drama shows but when it comes to documentaries we are the undisputed world leaders no doubt! Thoroughly enjoying this and of course if you miss it theres the equally fabulous iPlayer.
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So far so good!

On a side note - They're talking about doing a new Cosmos series... IMHO Cosmos is the best popular science program ever made.
 
Ive been watchin a few clips of Cosmos on YT, Sagan was indeed a legend and its horribly tragic for the human race when such noble people are taken from us early.

But the next generation is out there and this new Solar System program is proof of that. Who would have ever thought that we would enjoy physics and astronomy on TV?! If they had taught us like this in hi-skool I would have totally done a Science degree!
 
Really enjoyed these two programs, the presenter does get the information across in an understandable way for most people to understand.

next episode

The Thin Blue Line

Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. He reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas - an atmosphere - can create some of the most wondrous sights in the Solar System. He takes a ride in a English Electric Lightning and flies 18kms up to the top of Earth's atmosphere, where he sees the darkness of space above and the thin blue line of our atmosphere below.
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Not too bad a series so far but for people who have seen all the episodes of The Universe from the history channel and various other space type documantaries, there really isnt anything new here.
 
this is a guy who did a series called Earth which I've mentioned several times on here.
Basically in one of them he talks about how we are totally unique because of how the Earth was formed and continued to form.
Because of him it concreted my beliefs that we are alone or at the very least if there is some sort of life it looks nothing like us and isn't intelligent.
 
dmpoole said:
this is a guy who did a series called Earth which I've mentioned several times on here.
Basically in one of them he talks about how we are totally unique because of how the Earth was formed and continued to form.
Because of him it concreted my beliefs that we are alone or at the very least if there is some sort of life it looks nothing like us and isn't intelligent.
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You do understand how evolution works, right? If other sentient life has or will evolve elsewhere (which is pretty undeniable when you look at the statistics) then some Scientists say that they would have to look a lot like us, assuming the planet is similar.
 
dmpoole said:
No - never studied it.
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Well essentially all the proof you need comes in the form of three facts.

1) Every living thing must have a parent (theories for the 'first' life on Earth stem from it arriving on a comet to very simple life being formed in a very complex chemical reaction).

2) Some living creatures are very different from some others.

3) Simple animals and plants existed on earth long before more complex ones.

Couple that with our knowledge that animals more suited to their environment survive while other, less successful species or members of the species don't and you have pretty concrete proof.

By evolution I mean, very simply, the development of animal and plant species out of other species not at all like them, for example, the process by which, say, a species of fish gets transformed (or evolves) through various stages into a cow, a kangaroo, or an eagle.

So what, when you look at the many billions of stars out there and then the many billions more planets makes you think that there are none others similar
 
Well of course i disagree with the Sci-Fi mentality of portraying aliens as 'humans with extra bits'. That's mainly done for budget reasons, not for reality. And i was just saying that without backing from most of the Scientific community i don't understand how you can believe it without doubt. I'm not taking sides.
 
Still haven't caught up with this weeks episode! Tried watching it tonight but iPlayer HD wasn't having any of it. Hopefully watch some this weekend.
 
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