Are We Truly Alone In The Universe? | Episode 1 | Steps To The Future

Sometime in the future humans will leave Earth to colonize Mars, and in doing so will begin to adapt to life on another planet in surprising ways. Evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Solomon foresees a series of changes to our species from the size of our hearts and heads to the pigments in our skin. Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.

Who watches the sky for any likely threats? We start by visiting the La Sagra Observatory in Spain, in search of near-Earth asteroids. As a protection from astronomical catastrophes, a U.S. businessman builds underground bunkers. Will life be found in other planets? We shall ask children in Bogotá and find out through Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque what life is like in space. We shall also visit the largest Mexican observatory in San Pedro Martir, and get to know the project to build the largest optical telescope in the world, which will be installed in the North of Chile. We shall finish our journey at the Mexican ruins of Bonampak, where father and son will convey to us the importance of guarding the knowledge of our ancestors. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00 - Intro ▷ 02:16 - Future of the Universe | Children of the Stars (9/10) ▷ 50:56 - Credits ------- ------- Children of the Stars is a voyage through the history of the people of America and their vision of the sky, since the earliest civilizations until the present. In

Are we alone in the universe? In 2018, NASA and ESA will launch the scheduled space telescopes TESS and CHEOPS. In 2019 the James Webb telescope will arrive, one which will revolutionize astronomy. Among scientists there is the certainty that life extends throughout the Cosmos. Finding it is only a matter of time. Astrophysicists, geologists, engineers, astrobiologists ... Thousands of people and a lot of resources are being utilized in hopes of finding life inside and outside our solar system. With telescopes both in land and in space as well as missions to places like Mars or the moons of Jupiter, a whole generation of researchers aspire to be first to discover that Earth is not something exceptional, that other life forms may exist outside our planet. The time is approaching, and one day we might say that we are not the only inhabited world. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00 - Intro ▷ 02:01 - Searching for Life - On the Trail of Exoplanets ▷ 52:28 - Credits ------- ------- Original Title - Searching for Life - On the Trail of

Forging The Future | S1E04 | Life Off Earth Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.

ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE presents the expert opinions on both sides of the never-ending argument, and leaves it up to the viewer to decide what to believe. The world around us contains many complex systems that work so perfectly together, sparking the question, "Do these things happen by chance, or do they happen by design?" Our award-winning host, Todd Cantelon, interviews from behind the camera and acts as 'stand-in' for the audience, pushing each of these experts for answers that make sense. Expert interviews are given by: Ken Ham Dr. PZ Myers Dr. Georgia Purdom Dr. Terry Mortenson Dr. David Menton Dr. Jason Lisle Dr. Polly Winsor Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.

In this chapter, a physicist from Uruguay tells us about the vision of Mars that science fiction and comics have conveyed to us and wonders whether mankind is ready to coexist with other types of life, such as might be found on a planet like Mars. In order to research the likelihood of life on Mars, NASA has carried out experiments in the Atacama Desert, which we shall visit, since this is the most similar place on Earth to the red planet. We will become acquainted with the Curiosity, a robot sent to Mars, and meet a Colombian astronaut who has trained to travel to the red planet. Finally, we shall visit a factory of rockets with state-of-the-art technology, which may soon take us to Mars. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00 - Intro ▷ 02:13 - Mars | Children of the Stars (2/10) ▷ 51:19 - Credits ------- ------- Children of the Stars is a voyage through the history of the people of America and their vision of the sky, since the earliest civilizations until the present. In this crossing between