Overview
This is the story of how our solar system will be transformed by the aging sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. Astronomers can peer into the far future to predict how it will happen by analysing distant galaxies, stars and even planets in their final moments. In this film, Horizon brings these predictions to life in a peaceful midwestern town that has a giant scale model of the solar system spread out all over the city. As it ages, the sun will bloat into a red giant star, swallowing planets... as well as half the town. The fate of the Earth itself hangs in the balance. How will the solar system end?
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53 - 1The Immortalist March 16, 2016 -
53 - 2Project Greenglow - The Quest for Gravity Control March 23, 2016 -
53 - 3The Mystery of Dark Energy March 30, 2016 -
53 - 4Oceans of the Solar System April 06, 2016 -
53 - 5The End of the Solar System April 13, 2016 -
53 - 6Should We Close Our Zoos? April 17, 2016 -
53 - 7How to Find Love Online April 25, 2016 -
53 - 8Ice Station Antarctica May 04, 2016 -
53 - 9Curing Alzheimer's May 11, 2016 -
53 - 10E-Cigarettes: Miracle or Menace? May 22, 2016 -
53 - 11Why Are We Getting So Fat? June 07, 2016 -
53 - 12Sports Doping - Winning At Any Cost? July 19, 2016 -
53 - 13Inside CERN August 10, 2016 -
53 - 14My Amazing Twin August 25, 2016 -
53 - 15The Lost Tribes of Humanity October 12, 2016 -
53 - 16The Wildest Weather in the Universe October 23, 2016