
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Air Date: 1997-08-31
Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, K...
Air Date: 1997-09-07
Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaître, Fred ...
Air Date: 1997-09-14
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
Air Date: 1997-09-21
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Air Date: 1997-09-28
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
Air Date: 1997-10-05
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string t...