The BEST episodes of The Universe season 5
Every episode of The Universe season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Universe season 5!
Explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists. From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.
#1 - Mars: The New Evidence
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/5/2010
A look for evidence of life on Mars which provides many clues that it now, or once had supported it; from the remains of lakes and rivers that once flowed on the surface; to the water ice frozen at the poles; to the seasonal changes in methane gases that may prove bacterial life still thrives underground.
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#2 - Dark Future of the Sun
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/23/2010
A look at the grim future of our home star, the sun, and what might happen to it five billion years in the future. Also the results of the growing sun as it kills life, including humans, if they were still around.
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#4 - Time Travel
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/19/2010
A look at time travel; how it could one day become reality; how Einstein's theory of relativity claims it is possible, and the probable results of traveling to the future and the mind-boggling consequences of traveling to the past.
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#6 - Magnetic Storm
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/12/2010
A look at magnetic storms – "Solar Katrinas" created by the sun with the power of ten-thousand nuclear weapons that could cause global electrical blackouts, electronics malfunctions and communication disasters if one should hit the Earth.
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#7 - Total Eclipse
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/16/2010
A look at the movements of the Earth, the sun and the moon during solar and lunar eclipses; how humans, if alone in the universe, may be the only intelligent creatures to witness these events; and how astronomers discover planets in other star systems that partially eclipse their stars.
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