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Series in eight parts about natural phenomena and catastrophic events: 1) Star Wounds: meteorites and the possibilities of a meteorite collision; 2) White Terror: avalanches; 3) Dangerous Waters: volcanic...
Dr Eugene Shoemaker tours asteroid and meteorite craters around the world, explaining how they have become a key to our understanding of the origins of the solar system and a continued threat to the safety...
Looks at the evidence discovered in 1979 of an extra-terrestrial impact that obliterated the dinosaurs and much other life. After some 12 years of detective work, scientists have discovered the 200km-wide...
Shows evidence for an extraterrestrial object colliding with the earth - the Chicxulub impact crater of more than 200km in diameter in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, rocks in Haiti and northern Mexico, and...
Examines the evidence for and the effects of extraterrestrial impacts on the earth’s surface. Asks if scientists really know whether a crater on earth was produced as a result of impact with a rock from...
Fossils in a small meteoric rock discovered in the Antarctic have been cited as evidence that life once existed on Mars. Follows the detective story of rock ALH8401 and speaks to NASA scientists and their...
Discusses the thousands of asteroids orbiting the sun that are on a potential collision course ith earth. A warning of a possible disaster was given when a huge comet the size of Australia smashed into...
Looks at the birth and death of stars and the interstellar matter that keeps the whole cosmic cycle turning. Infrared astronomy has revealed previously hidden details of starbirth behind dust clouds....
Uses computer graphs and footage of meteorite craters around the world to discuss the science of meteors and meteorites and relate the legend and myth surrounding them.
3: Studies the formation of protostars through computer modelling of galactic cloud collisions filmed at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Support video. 4: Explains the forces that are balanced within a...
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