Horizon
Season 52 Episode 17 - Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation
Forget the big bang. The real moment of creation was the Cosmic Dawn - the moment of first light. This is the scientific version of the story of Genesis. The big bang gets all the credit for creating our universe. But in fact, the universe it gave was dark and boring. There were no stars, no galaxies, just a vast, black fog of gas - the cosmic dark ages. But, after a hundred million years of nothing, came a dramatic moment of transformation - the Cosmic Dawn. It's the moment the first stars were born, the moment that lit up the Universe, and made the first structure and the first ingredients of life. This was the real moment of creation. Astronomers are now trying to witness the cosmic dawn. For the first time they have the tools to explore the very first stars of the universe and to tell the scientific story of our creation.
Episodes in Season 52
Should I Eat Meat? The Big Health Dilemma
60 min
Should I Eat Meat? How to Feed the Planet
60 min
Allergies: Modern Life and Me
60 min
Inside the Dark Web
60 min
Ebola - The search for a cure
60 min
Is your Brain Male or Female?
60 min
Secrets of the Solar System
60 min
Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves
60 min
Dancing in the Dark - The End of Physics?
60 min
70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret
60 min
Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?
60 min
The Trouble with Space Junk
60 min
Are Health Tests Really A Good Idea?
60 min
First Britons
60 min
OCD: A Monster In My Mind
60 min
Which Universe Are We In?
60 min
Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation
60 min
Are Video Games Really That Bad?
60 min
