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Astronomers call this erathe cosmic dark ages

Universe • S01E05 • 2021
Astronomers call this era
the cosmic dark ages

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Astronomers call this era the cosmic dark ages.
Duration
5 seconds
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61
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:32
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary
Production
Samsa Film,KeyFilm

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Professor Brian Cox journeys across the vastness of time and space revealing epic moments of sheer drama that changed the universe forever.
S01 • E01 With surface temperatures in excess of 100,000 degrees. - Universe 00:06
With surface temperatures in excess of 100,000 degrees.
S01 • E05 If we continue tojourney back in time, - Universe 00:08
If we continue tojourney back in time,
S01 • E01 They were the largest stars ever to have lived... - Universe 00:04
They were the largest stars ever to have lived...
S01 • E02 It orbits very close to its star, circling once every 14 days. - Universe 00:07
It orbits very close to its star, circling once every 14 day...
S01 • E04 dwarfed by the stars around it. - Universe 00:08
dwarfed by the stars around it.
S01 • E05 The galaxies would disappear. - Universe 00:13
The galaxies would disappear.
S01 • E01 The force of gravity is constantly trying to collapse it, - Universe 00:12
The force of gravity is constantly trying to collapse it,
S01 • E03 Kepler-444 was orbited by five planets... - Universe 00:05
Kepler-444 was orbited by five planets...
S01 • E04 Sagittarius A* today is four million times the mass of the sun. - Universe 00:07
Sagittarius A* today is four million times the mass of the s...
S01 • E02 ...with an albeit unusually close to its smaller sibling. - Universe 00:05
...with an albeit unusually close to its smaller sibling.
S01 • E02 The proximity of both its star and sister planet - Universe 00:12
The proximity of both its star and sister planet
S01 • E01 Now, when those protons get close enough together, - Universe 00:11
Now, when those protons get close enough together,
S01 • E05 and darkness truly would be upon the face of the deep. - Universe 00:23
and darkness truly would be upon the face of the deep.
S01 • E04 So, it must have formed by the collapse of something much smaller, - Universe 00:10
So, it must have formed by the collapse of something much sm...
S01 • E03 and something new had appeared in their skies. - Universe 00:05
and something new had appeared in their skies.
S01 • E04 And fortunately, there has been a lot of stuff around for it to eat. - Universe 00:05
And fortunately, there has been a lot of stuff around for it...
S01 • E01 That releases energy, which creates a pressure which holds the star up. - Universe 00:06
That releases energy, which creates a pressure which holds t...
S01 • E01 Now, the more massive the star, the stronger the inward pull of gravity, - Universe 00:12
Now, the more massive the star, the stronger the inward pull...
S01 • E03 A smaller galaxy was approaching the Milky Way, - Universe 00:23
A smaller galaxy was approaching the Milky Way,
S01 • E04 The young black hole's inexorable gravitational pull - Universe 00:09
The young black hole's inexorable gravitational pull