The universe has long captivated humanity with its immense scales of distance and time. But how big is it really? Find out through this short documentary.
Look into the sun with Dr. Robert Stein, a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State Universe. He has long envisioned a day when he could use supercomputer programs to "see" through the roiling surface of the sun and glimpse its dynamic interior.
Prof. Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of light and darkness in terms of their astronomic importance, and their role in our understanding of the universe.
This educational biography of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace tells the story of two independent discoveries of the natural origin of species: the Theory of Evolution.
The Hubble Space Telescope has led us into an era of amazing new scientific discoveries about our universe. Here are some of those discoveries convoluted into a documentary film.
Some people embrace ageing as a beautiful thing. Others see it as a disease. Follow those who fight ageing and find out how far scientists are from achieving eternal youth.
The Secrets of Quantum Physics is a documentary series hosted by Jim Al-Khalili. It traces the story of arguably the most important, accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever - quantum physics.
Walking with Beasts is an epic documentary series which takes a look at the animals and nature of the Cenozoic era, a time stretching back from 66 million years ago until present day. Some of the concepts it illustrates are the evolution of whales, horses, and humans.
Walking with Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs takes a look at the Paleozoic, an era on earth existing between 541 to 252 million years ago. Through visual art and re-enactment, the documentary brings renewed life to extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles.
A human is an extraordinarily intelligent, loud voiced, enterprising and in a high degree gregarious monkey. The Human Animal studies the pattern of one of the most interesting animal species on planet Earth - ourselves, the human.
What are the oldest mummies in the world? Ancient Egypt was considered to be the origin of the practice of mummification. In Chile, however, spectacular graves containing mummies a thousand years older than those of the Egyptians, are being unearthed.
Building on images taken from the Hubble telescope, Journey to the Edge of the Universe explores the science and history behind the distant celestial bodies in the solar system and beyond.