NOVA - Season 32 Episode 4
NOVA - Season 32 Episode 4 - Documentary TV Shows 55:14. story about "Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible for habitable worlds to emerge. The clues begin with a race among scientists to capture lingering echoes of the big bang's ferocious energy in a microwave "whisper" from deep space. The race pits underdog astronomer Tony Readhead and his improvised detector in the high Andes against NASA scientists and their state-of-the-art satellite probe. Host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his excitement with viewers as computer animation of the big bang's echo emerges on the screen. It's as close as we can get to a "photograph" of the primordial universe. Here we glimpse the seeds from which all the galaxies, stars, and planets eventually grew.
- 1. Origins: Earth is Born2004-09-28
- 2. Origins: How Life Began2004-09-28
- 3. Origins: Where Are the Aliens?2004-09-29
- 4. Origins: Back to the Beginning2004-09-29
- 5. The Most Dangerous Woman in America2004-10-12
- 6. America's Stone Age Explorers2004-11-09
- 7. Great Escape2004-11-16
- 8. Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land2004-11-23
- 9. Welcome to Mars2005-01-04
- 10. The Boldest Hoax2005-01-11
- 11. Supersonic Dream2005-01-18
- 12. The Viking Deception2005-02-08
- 13. Saving the National Treasures2005-02-15
- 14. A Daring Flight2005-02-22
- 15. Wave That Shook the World2005-03-29
- 16. Hitler's Sunken Secret2005-11-08
- 17. Newton's Dark Secrets2005-11-15
- 18. Storm That Drowned a City2005-12-14
