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This six part series tackles the big questions about the solar system, space and the universe. At one time the ancients thought the sky was never-changing. Not any more. Adam joins a team in Leice...ster tracking down the biggest bangs since the Big Bang. We discover that something huge is lurking at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way - a 'super massive' black hole. Closer to home, the violent nature of the sun is about to be revealed for the first time in 3D by a pair of new spacecraft, and Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock investigates the threat to Earth from an asteroid that might come our way in 2036. She is joined by a scientist planning the first attempt to deflect a real asteroid - something that could one day save the Earth.
This six part series tackles the big questions about the solar system, space and the universe. At one time the ancients thought the sky was never-changing. Not any more. Adam joins a team in Leice...ster tracking down the biggest bangs since the Big Bang. We discover that something huge is lurking at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way - a 'super massive' black hole. Closer to home, the violent nature of the sun is about to be revealed for the first time in 3D by a pair of new spacecraft, and Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock investigates the threat to Earth from an asteroid that might come our way in 2036. She is joined by a scientist planning the first attempt to deflect a real asteroid - something that could one day save the Earth.
| Series: | The cosmos a beginner's guide |
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| Episode | 5 |
| Published: | 2007 |
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| Duration: | 00:30:00 |
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| Producer: | Mark Jacobs |
| Contributors: | Maggie Aderin; Adam Hart-Davis; Janet Sumner |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University Screenhouse Productions |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/cosmos/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Asteroids--Collisions with Earth--Prevention; Black holes (Astronomy); Expanding universe; Universe |
| Footage description: | Two posters about the series are available for reference use only |
| Production number: | JOUA479L |
| Videofinder number: | 7759 |
| Available to public: | no |
