The BEST Episodes of alpha-Centauri
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Feb 14, 2020
Network: BR-alpha
Astrophysics explained graphically, well-founded and with a dash of humor - that is what you can expect of these 15-minute essays by Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch from the university observatory in Munich, Germany. Each show is centered around one topic that is of special interest to Lesch. The setting is simplistic and reminiscent of a university mini-lecture. But exactly that is what makes this show so special.
#1 - Asteroids - Bombs from space?
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Nov 8, 1998
9.00 
#2 - Are there extrasolar planets?
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired Jan 17, 1999
9.00 
#3 - How was the moon formed?
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Jan 31, 1999
9.00 
#4 - Did the Star of Bethlehem exist?
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired Dec 19, 1999
9.00 
#5 - Why is the universe so dark?
Season 7 - Episode 26 - Aired Dec 22, 2004
9.00 
#6 - What is going on in the Tau-Ceti-System ?
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired May 24, 2006
9.00 
#7 - What are Chrondules ?
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired Jul 19, 2006
9.00 
#8 - Do planets migrate ?
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired Aug 13, 2006
9.00 
#9 - What use is Jupiter to us?
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired Jan 2, 2000
8.91 
#10 - Is there a 2nd Black hole in the galactic center ?
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired May 10, 2006
8.80 
#11 - Are there natural reactors ?
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired Aug 16, 2006
8.75 
#12 - What is a pulsar?
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired Sep 12, 1999
8.50 
#13 - What is a cooling flow?
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired Jan 19, 2005
8.50 
#14 - Do Black Holes rotate?
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired Feb 16, 2005
8.50 
#15 - What happened in Kambrium-Alpha Centauri ?
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired Apr 12, 2006
8.40 
#16 - How do you sail on light ?
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired Feb 15, 2006
8.33 
#17 - Climate change 10.000 years ago
Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired Oct 11, 2006
8.33 
#18 - How big is the universe?
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired Dec 6, 1998
8.25 
#19 - Are we alone in the universe? Part 2
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired Sep 26, 1999
8.25 
#20 - When did the last comet impact?
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired Mar 16, 2005
8.03 
#21 - Why does Mars fascinate us?
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Oct 11, 1998
8.00 
#22 - What is it all about the face on Mars?
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 25, 1998
8.00 
#23 - What is Dark Matter?
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired Feb 28, 1999
8.00 
#24 - Have we forgotten planet Mercury?
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Apr 11, 1999
8.00 
#25 - What is a northern light?
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired Apr 25, 1999
8.00