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Having explored the wonders of the solar system, Professor Brian Cox steps boldly on to an even bigger stage - the universe.
For thousands of years humanity
has turned to religion and myth for answers to these enduring
questions. But in this series, Brian presents a different set of
answers - answers provided by science. Stardust In the second stop in his exploration of the wonders of the universe, Professor Brian Cox goes in search of humanity’s very essence to answer the biggest questions of all:
This film is the story of matter - the stuff
of which we are all made. Gravity In the third episode, Professor Brian Cox takes on the story of the force that sculpts the entire universe - gravity. Gravity seems so familiar, and yet it is one of the strangest and most surprising forces in the universe.
Starting with a zero gravity
flight, Brian experiences the feeling of total weightlessness, and
considers how much of an effect gravity has had on the world around
us.
In the last episode of Professor Brian Cox’s epic journey across the universe, he travels from the fossils of the Burgess Shale to the sands of the oldest desert in the world to show how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, including our own deepest origins.
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