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• Backyard Astronomer: August
  Backyard Astronomer: August

  Video Clip (2:24)

  Learn about the Perseus meteor shower in this "The Universe: Backyard Astronomer" video. Every year beginning in July and peaking in August, the Perseus meteors begin in the swift-Tuttle comet and sail into earth's atmosphere.

  Video Clip (2:24)

• Man Made Sun
  Man Made Sun

  Video Clip (3:09)

  Scientists are attempting to create a perpetual source of energy using nuclear fusion.

  Video Clip (3:09)

• Fire in the Sky
  Fire in the Sky

  Video Clip (3:28)

  The Universe video series Meteors: Fire in the Sky: Martian Life: ALH 84001 - Does this Martian meteorite prove that we are not alone?

  Video Clip (3:28)

• Interstellar Neighborhood
  Interstellar Neighborhood

  Video Clip (3:24)

  Our corner of the Milky Way galaxy is in an ideal area to sustain life.

  Video Clip (3:24)

• Creation of the Moon
  Creation of the Moon

  Video Clip (2:49)

  About 400 billion years ago, a catastrophic planetary impact created the moon and stabilized earth's orbit.

  Video Clip (2:49)

• What Put the Bang in the Big Bang?
  What Put the Bang in the Big Bang?

  Video Clip (1:09)

  Find out what most physicists believe caused the "bang" when the universe came into being.

  Video Clip (1:09)

Full Episodes

• The Universe: Extreme Energy
  The Universe: Extreme Energy

  Full Episode (45:13)

  Electrical, thermal, kinetic and magnetic are just a few forms of energy that keep our universe in perfect equilibrium.

  Full Episode (45:13)

• The Universe: Science Fiction, Science Fact
  The Universe: Science Fiction, Science Fact

  Full Episode (45:12)

  Warp speed, transporters, wormholes and lasers are all staples of science fiction books, movies and TV. Could this Star Trek world of tomorrow become the futuristic world of today?

  Full Episode (45:12)

• The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars
  The Universe: Pulsars and Quasars

  Full Episode (45:13)

  Explore two very different cosmic phenomena which are so strange, their existences seem almost impossible.

  Full Episode (45:13)