Thought I would use the time of this lecture free week to digg around the web and find some quality documentaries for you. In the posts below you find the entire episodes of the first season of “The Universe”, a series about, well the name says it, the universe.

Most episodes cover the different planets, however more recent ones are also about “how to travel at the speed of light”. What I like about the universe is that the individual segments are (to my understanding) well researched, featuring mostly NASA and NASA JPL (Jet propulsion labs?) experts or scientists.
Still, at the same time, it is not too geeky and fun to watch.

I watched the universe when living in London pretty much up and down and enjoyed the typical history channel documentary series set-up. It may be just me, but I think the speaker’s are always the same?
Anyway, enjoy!

To know our place in the universe take a look far, far away to the realm of Alien Galaxies. Our galaxy is one of hundreds of billions in the universe. The Milky Way consists of more than a billion stars, our sun being only one of them. Take a view of the universe through the Hubble Space telescope and go back almost all the way to the Big Bang. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

http://rapidshare.com/files/192083812/the.universe.109.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192088399/the.universe.109.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part2.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192092636/the.universe.109.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part3.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192079124/the.universe.109.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part4.rar

All episodes from season one of The Universe to season three can be found at the paste bin at http://paste2.org/p/143414 or at the bottom of the about page.

Are the rings of Saturn a real celestial phenomenon or merely a cosmic Illusion? Technology allows the experts to get closer to the furthest planet visible to the naked eye. Old questions are answered and new ones arise. Does Saturn hold the key to Earth’s weather and will one of its moons supply us with all the oil we’ll ever need? Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to show what life would be like on other planets and to imagine what kinds of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

http://rapidshare.com/files/192066696/the.universe.108.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192071196/the.universe.108.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part2.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192075969/the.universe.108.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part3.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192062271/the.universe.108.ws.dsr.xvid-sys.part4.rar

All episodes from season one of The Universe to season three can be found at the paste bin at http://paste2.org/p/143414 or at the bottom of the about page.

The Inner Planets – Scorched by their proximity to the sun, Mercury and Venus are hostile worlds; one gouged with craters from cosmic collisions and the other a vortex of sulfur, carbon dioxide and acid rain. Prime examples of planets gone awry, do they serve as a warning for ominous scenarios that might someday threaten Earth? Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to show what life would be on other planets and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres.

http://rapidshare.com/files/192152802/The.Universe.S107.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192157552/The.Universe.S107.part2.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192162121/The.Universe.S107.part3.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/192148070/The.Universe.S107.part4.rar

All episodes from season one of The Universe to season three can be found at the paste bin at http://paste2.org/p/143414 or at the bottom of the about page.