Extreme Astronomy - Horizon: Seeing Stars. 720p

Around the world, a new generation of astronomers are hunting for the most mysterious objects in the universe. Young stars, black holes, even other forms of life. They have created a dazzling new set of super-telescopes that promise to rewrite the story of the heavens.

This film follows the men and women who are pushing the limits of science and engineering in some of the most extreme environments on earth. But most strikingly of all, no-one really knows what they will find out there.

Not even drop-dead good looks and boyish enthusiasm could save Brian Cox from the first law of science on TV. No matter how hard you try, you can't make cutting-edge astrophysics intelligible for the scientifically illiterate. After all, even the scientifically literate barely have a clue what's going on; and if they do, they don't always agree. So throughout Wonders of the Solar System, I found myself saying: "I'm sure this is a-m-aaazing, Brian, but I haven't a clue why."

Horizon: Seeing Stars showcasing the world's best telescopes, got round this problem by not bothering to explain the difficult stuff, the basic message of the voiceover being: "This is all really important but I'm not going to say why, as you won't understand, so just sit back and enjoy the pictures because they are stunning." This no-nonsense approach was surprisingly effective because it lived up to its billing: the images were breathtaking.

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[atista007]

Wars are a waist of money, nasa gets $ 20 billion, us mitary trilions.

[Ellieways]

Viva La Resolution. ;)

[kaids]

VL Turbo

[greekfitercod4ever]

@atista007 since ancient times war were waisted money

[greekfitercod4ever]

why cant they build a telscope on the moon?

[AftonWaters]

@fowzie Your comprehension requires a little exercise. Point 1. if you listen, yes Point 2. Ditto Point 3. Not irrational, delusional

[greekfitercod4ever]

why not build telescopes on the moon?

[spamero2]

Why the hell I can't decide that 10% (or whatever) of my taxes would go to NASA / CERN / ESA .. etc ?!

[gotsda]

@stephenboing I would absolutely love for more of my money to be pumped into these things, a global organisation would be somthing that I would love to see.

But Nasa is just a cold war throw back, a way of indirectly measuring military technology against Russia. The American governments only interest in space is that it was impressive, not its true importance.

So they no longer see it as cost effective... unfortunatly.

[gotsda]

3:32 Wasn't this the bond villians hideout in Quantom of Solace?

[gotsda]

@atista007 Nasa is in essence, just an offshoot of the US military.

[wizardmori]

The horizon is spreading and opens forever. I fill all up.

地平は何処までも広がっている。全て埋め尽くす。