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The telescope has to beoutside the earth's atmosphere because the earth's...

Universe • S01E04 • 2021
The telescope has to be
outside the earth's atmosphere because the earth's atmosphere,
thankfully for us, blocks out X-rays

Full Transcript

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The telescope has to be outside the earth's atmosphere
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because the earth's atmosphere, thankfully for us, blocks out X-rays.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:08
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 • E03 Alien stars from galaxies - Universe 00:16
Alien stars from galaxies
S01 • E02 And we knew that we only had a couple of spare gyroscopes, - Universe 00:07
And we knew that we only had a couple of spare gyroscopes,
S01 • E05 One of the biggest discoveries - Universe 00:11
One of the biggest discoveries
S01 • E04 The Chandra satellite, - Universe 00:09
The Chandra satellite,
S01 • E01 I think at closest approach, - Universe 00:10
I think at closest approach,
S01 • E04 Black holes can excite matter in their vicinity to very high energies. - Universe 00:05
Black holes can excite matter in their vicinity to very high...
S01 • E02 And since we needed three, - Universe 00:06
And since we needed three,
S01 • E04 They can get atoms and parts of atoms whipping around, - Universe 00:17
They can get atoms and parts of atoms whipping around,
S01 • E05 We can well imagine that the universe is going to continue to expand - Universe 00:09
We can well imagine that the universe is going to continue t...
S01 • E03 And driving the dance of the galaxies - Universe 00:13
And driving the dance of the galaxies
S01 • E01 So we were expecting things to be very hot, - Universe 00:10
So we were expecting things to be very hot,
S01 • E02 I had hoped that they'll figure out a way to work with two gyros, - Universe 00:06
I had hoped that they'll figure out a way to work with ...
S01 • E05 They'll be so far away from us and moving so rapidly that we have no hope - Universe 00:11
They'll be so far away from us and moving so rapidly th...
S01 • E03 It surrounds us. In fact, it dominates the mass in our own galaxy. - Universe 00:06
It surrounds us. In fact, it dominates the mass in our own g...
S01 • E02 So the very clever people, the engineers and scientists, - Universe 00:09
So the very clever people, the engineers and scientists,
S01 • E01 That's a real challenge for the spacecraft - Universe 00:05
That's a real challenge for the spacecraft
S01 • E03 And yet, we don 't know what it is. We can 't touch it. We can 't feel it. - Universe 00:21
And yet, we don 't know what it is. We can 't touc...
S01 • E04 When we look at Sagittarius A* today, it's quiet and not doing very much. - Universe 00:05
When we look at Sagittarius A* today, it's quiet and no...
S01 • E01 So in order to do that, there's a very large heat shield - Universe 00:10
So in order to do that, there's a very large heat shiel...
S01 • E05 We still have these mysteries of - Universe 00:10
We still have these mysteries of