We'll seek out alien life. Witness the birth of new worlds. And we'll discover why what happens out there in space affects all of us here on the one small planet we call our home. We'll take you from the beginning of time to the far future of humanity. This is the voyage of a lifetime. This is the voyage into space. We begin with the big question: where did we come from?

What could threaten a globe 13,000 km across, or 6 billion people? To understand the threat, you have to see it first hand. I want to show you planet Earth as it was in its earliest days. This is where it all begins. We're lucky there's even a planet here for us to live on; because it was very nearly blown apart before life had even begun.

But there is one object out there whose pull is so powerful you can never escape, no matter how fast you go, not even if you travel at the speed of light. Meet the monster. This is a black hole in action. It is tearing apart a star that has strayed too close. Anything that comes near is destroyed. It's hard to believe anything is powerful enough to destroy a planet or a star, but it's true.

So, what about other planets? Could they have produced life, too? There's one creature on Earth that would like to know - us! If intelligent life could evolve here on Earth, then why not elsewhere? We're the first generation that might actually find out. Scientists have begun to discover new worlds out there in space. Places where one day we might encounter alien life.

If human beings are to have a long-term future, we must leave our planet behind and search for new places to live. One day, our homes will be out there somewhere in space. In the distant future, this could be our home. Out here in space, we'll have to seek refuge on new worlds where we could settle and live.

Our ancestors journeyed into the unknown to discover new lands. And now it's time to do it again. And this time, it's not a voyage between continents. This time, it's a voyage to the stars. As our telescopes get ever more powerful, they've shown us a universe of unimaginable beauty and power.

The calcium in my bones, the oxygen we breathe, where did it come from? It all began at the time the universe gave birth to the stars.

They call it a supernova, a power so bright it outshines entire galaxies. Billions of tones of star stuff hurtle outwards, into space.

So next time someone asks you where you came from, tell them this. You came from outer space, created in the heart of a star.

Jupiter made life on Earth possible. It drew the asteroids' fire and shielded our planet.

Look at a handful of sand. How many grains? Thousands? Hundreds of thousands? How many grains on a whole beach? The numbers are too big to think about. Well, think about this. For every grain of sand on our entire planet, there are a million stars out there in space.

For the last 35 years, scientists have been working on a project to settle the question of whether we're alone. Their mission - to scan every star in the sky for signs of alien life. It's called SETI - the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence.

To find worlds where aliens could live, they'll need a whole new approach. And this could be it. A fleet of orbiting telescopes flying in laser-guided formation. Each is many times more powerful than the Hubble space telescope. When they are launched in 2025, the telescopes won't be looking for the subtle wobble of a star. They'll look straight at the planet itself.

This is probably the strongest candidate for alien life in our solar system. It's one of Jupiter's 16 moons - Europa.

Robert Zubrin's goal is to make us a home on Mars. Today, Mars is cold and lifeless. Temperatures regularly drop to 100 below freezing. Its atmosphere is 200 times thinner than ours.

If humans go to Mars and develop the craft of using these resources, then we can make Mars a place where we can sustain ourselves. A world for our posterity.

NASA scientist Chris McKay believes we can turn Mars into something surprisingly like Earth. When we think about going into space, we focus on humans.

Space movie series online | Star Stuff movie - Once upon a time, every single thing that makes us what we are came from the stars. We live in a small corner of the universe. This is our neighborhood - the solar system. At its centre, the sun. And just 150 million kilometres away is our home: the Earth. It's an astonishing planet. The only place we know of in the whole universe where conditions are right for life. The air we breathe... Rich seas and oceans... Our planet is alive! And what's remarkable is, it shouldn't be! Life on Earth shouldn't even exist. So where did it all come from - me, you, the planet we live on, even our sun? It's a puzzle because at the beginning none of it was here. The Big Bang created the universe, but a universe containing only a vast cloud of hydrogen gas. So how did something so featureless create our world? And how did it create us?


Space movie series online | Staying Alive movie - We go around the galaxy about once every 250 million years. But, also, we go through the densest part of the galaxy every 30 million years. That's the risk zone. Every 30 million years, planet Earth travels through a region heavily packed with stars. And it so happens that it's every 30 million years or so that life on Earth comes close to being wiped out. The question is what on earth are we going to do about it? It seems we have a problem. This asteroid is huge, 50 km across, 100 billion tones of rock surrounded by clouds of dust and debris. It's travelling at 40 km a second. And it's heading straight towards Earth. There are several possibilities. One is to send a rocket up with a nuclear device and blow it to pieces. Another possibility is to put chemical rockets on the object and try to shove it out of the way. This all requires that we have time to mount a project and do something about it. There are two possibilities for human beings to survive far into the future. One is some kind of planetary protection. The other is insurance - moving off of this planet onto other planets.




Space movie series online | Black Holes movie - This black hole is sitting right at the centre of OUR galaxy. Suddenly the idea that the Earth might one day fall victim to a black hole doesn't seem quite so unlikely. If we ARE ever unlucky enough to meet one, what would it be like? It begins far out in space, beyond the furthest planets. A black hole ploughs into the cloud of comets that surrounds our solar system and flings them towards Earth with incredible force. These impacts are the first warning of our fate. As the black hole comes closer, its next victim is Jupiter, the giant of our solar system. Even from so far away, the black hole's gravity makes itself felt here on Earth.




Space movie series online | Are We Alone movie - Look at the stars. Each of them is a sun like ours, and our sun has planet Earth. Could this really be the only planet anywhere that's full of life? To find out, we must leave our own world behind. Let's travel further. Beyond our sun and out into space. There's Mars, cold and inhospitable. Next is Jupiter, a vast and lifeless ball of gas. Then another gas giant - Saturn. Then Uranus, Neptune and on. All the other planets of our solar system are barren worlds, devoid of life. But beyond our solar system are the stars and, remember, each of these is another sun. In a vast, swirling cloud. The Milky Way - our galaxy. And when you leave our galaxy behind, you begin to realize just how vast the universe is. Because each of these is a galaxy just like ours. And these are clouds of galaxies. Is it really possible that the only planet with intelligent life is this one? It's all a question of numbers. If there are enough stars out there, the chances that alien life exists could be very good indeed.




Space movie series online | New Worlds movie - But what is it that makes our planet so special? And why is it so dependent on the sun? Here is the sun as it is today, in the centre of our solar system. The Earth goes round it about there. And there are the other planets. The reason our planet is the one with life on it is that it's the right distance from the sun. Closer in and we'd boil, further out and we'd freeze. We live in a kind of safe zone that's perfect for life. Trouble is that zone is moving. The sun is getting hotter and the region where life can exist is shifting further out. Ultimately, the safe zone will leave Earth behind. When it does, we'll be in serious trouble. We can only guess at the future. What will our descendants be like? We'll have to wait and see. And where will they live? The only certainty is it cannot possibly be here.



Space movie series online | Boldly Go movie - At least in theory, it is possible to create a tunnel that reaches clear across the universe. Experiments have already begun to try and build the first tiny wormholes. In theory, wormholes will take you across the universe in literally no time at all. Instant travel anywhere! A wormhole could just as easily have taken me halfway across our galaxy. But how do you decide where to go? For that, you're going to need a map. Space, as we've discovered, is very big. You focus on a journey, and that's what carries you forward. There's a lot out there to explore, and one day, humanity may be lucky enough to do it. Our descendants will reach for the stars. So, the next time you look at the night sky, remember that space is stranger and more beautiful than we can begin to imagine. And, above all, remember this out there in space is our future.