S01E01 Seeing is Believing
Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.
Stephen Hawking's Universe
S01E05: Black Holes and Beyond
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
Overview
A six-part astronomical documentary series featuring the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Episodes
S01E02 The Big Bang
Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaître, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, cosmic background radiation.
S01E03 Cosmic Alchemy
What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.
S01E04 On the Dark Side
What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.
S01E05 Black Holes and Beyond
Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.
S01E06 An Answer to Everything
Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.
Cast
Stephen Hawking
