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As a star collapses, its core heats up and turns intoa giant nuclear fusion reactor

Universe • S01E05 • 2021
As a star collapses, its core heats up and turns into
a giant nuclear fusion reactor

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As a star collapses, its core heats up
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and turns into a giant nuclear fusion reactor.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:16
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary
Production
Samsa Film,KeyFilm

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Movie Summary

Professor Brian Cox journeys across the vastness of time and space revealing epic moments of sheer drama that changed the universe forever.
S01 • E02 So Kepler-36b just goes to show there's so much more - Universe 00:11
So Kepler-36b just goes to show there's so much more
S01 • E04 And as our black hole's power and influence grew, - Universe 00:04
And as our black hole's power and influence grew,
S01 • E01 After only a million years, - Universe 00:06
After only a million years,
S01 • E05 Hydrogen is converted into helium that releases energy - Universe 00:08
Hydrogen is converted into helium that releases energy
S01 • E03 The Gaia data tell us that - Universe 00:07
The Gaia data tell us that
S01 • E04 its surroundings were changing, too. - Universe 00:12
its surroundings were changing, too.
S01 • E02 There's the details of its orbits - Universe 00:11
There's the details of its orbits
S01 • E05 But stars like our sun burn hundreds of millions - Universe 00:08
But stars like our sun burn hundreds of millions
S01 • E03 Some galaxies cease to exist as independent islands of stars, - Universe 00:06
Some galaxies cease to exist as independent islands of stars...
S01 • E05 And although they are big, they're not infinite in size. - Universe 00:06
And although they are big, they're not infinite in size...
S01 • E04 slowly spinning around their common centre of mass, - Universe 00:06
slowly spinning around their common centre of mass,
S01 • E05 Stars, just like human beings, have a lifetime. - Universe 00:04
Stars, just like human beings, have a lifetime.
S01 • E05 They are subject to the relentless march of time. - Universe 00:04
They are subject to the relentless march of time.
S01 • E05 And for stars like our sun, the collapse continues - Universe 00:11
And for stars like our sun, the collapse continues
S01 • E04 evolving into the familiar spiralling disk... - Universe 00:05
evolving into the familiar spiralling disk...
S01 • E03 The survival of the fittest, writ large. - Universe 00:16
The survival of the fittest, writ large.
S01 • E02 Kepler-36b is just one of thousands of planets - Universe 00:07
Kepler-36b is just one of thousands of planets
S01 • E04 the majestic Milky Way, - Universe 00:08
the majestic Milky Way,
S01 • E03 I mean, you imagine that our sun were, - Universe 00:09
I mean, you imagine that our sun were,
S01 • E02 We now know beyond doubt that our galaxy is home - Universe 00:09
We now know beyond doubt that our galaxy is home