SEZON IV

1. Śmierć Gwiazdy / Death Stars

Explore the threats to Earth from supernovas, gamma ray bursts, and stars that collide.


2. The Day the Moon Was Gone

Everyone knows that the Moon controls our tides, but did you know that if the moon disappeared, Earth would spin much faster, giving us a shorter day, winds would blow stronger and longer, and life on our planet would be doomed?


3. It Fell From Space

Every year, dozens of objects, both natural and manmade, plummet through our atmosphere and crash into the Earth. These messengers from the sky provide scientists with amazing insights into the natural phenomena of the cosmos. Explore the mystery of these objects, some of which have turned out to be pieces of Mars!


4. Największe Podmuchy / Biggest Blasts

The universe is full of explosions that both create and destroy. This is a countdown of the biggest, most powerful blasts to rock the cosmos.


5. Hunt for Ringed Planets

What are the physics that form the amazing phenomenon of planetary rings? From Saturn to Neptune (a little known fact: it has rings that were only recently discovered) and out into the realm of extrasolar planets, we explore the science behind the most beautiful planets in the sky.


6. 10 sposobów by zniszczyć Ziemię / 10 Ways to Destroy the Earth

Don’t try this at home! Our experts cook up 10 ways you could destroy the Earth including swallowing it with a microscopic black hole, blowing it up with anti-matter, hurling it into the Sun, and colliding with another galaxy.


7. The Search for Cosmic Clusters

They are some of the largest structures in the universe, huge gatherings of millions, or even billions, of stars in either globular or open clusters. But how are these clusters born? What keeps them together? And, what could tear them apart?


8. Wojny kosmiczne / Space Wars

The first shots of World War III will likely be fired in outer space. How will the physics beyond our atmosphere govern the future of warfare? Will lasers and phasers replace machine guns and missiles? And are rival nations already waging battles in space, targeting each other’s satellites, and using low earth orbit as a way to deliver warheads?


9. Płynny Wszechświat / Liquid Universe

While water is considered the key to life, the universe is awash in all sorts of strange liquids, from oceans of methane to blobs of alcohol floating in space, and even iron rain.


10. Pulsary & Kwazary / Pulsars & Quasars

Pulsars and Quasars sort of sound like the same phenomenon, but they are very different. Pulsars are tiny -- only a few miles across -- but they spin as fast as a kitchen blender and sweep the sky with beacons of radiation that make them appear to flash on and off. They have unbelievably strong magnetic fields, are more accurate than atomic clocks... and they can even tell aliens just where to find the Earth!


11. Fantastyka naukowa, Fakt naukowy / Science Fiction, Science Fact

Warp speed, transporters, wormholes and lasers – they are all staples of science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. But the fantastic world of tomorrow is quickly becoming the futuristic world of today. While you may not be “beaming” to your next appointment any time soon, researchers are preparing for the first tests of a present-day “transporter.” And while scientists have long mocked Hollywood’s visions of warp speed and faster-than-light travel as prohibited by Einstein’s laws, a new generation of physicists continues to rewrite the fundamental rules of the universe. Is there a way around the cosmic speed limit? Maybe … as long as you’re prepared to survive a journey through the ultra-high energies of one of the most violent places in the cosmos – the heart of a twisting, swirling vortex that leads either to strange, new worlds… or certain death. Next stop – the future… arriving today, as THE UNIVERSE explores the worlds of science fiction and science fact.


12. Ekstremalna Energia / Extreme Energy
Ours is a universe of energy, from powerful jets ejected from black holes to the raw nuclear fury of our Sun. But, the total amount of energy in the universe maintains perfect equilibrium— no more can be added or taken away. Because of this, there are enormous amounts of energy being transferred…electric, thermal, kinetic and magnetic energy are just a few that keep our universe balanced—and create awesome cosmic events and stellar displays.

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