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Season 32 Episode 4 - Origins: Back to the Beginning
"Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible for habitable worlds to emerge. The clues begin with a race among scientists to capture lingering echoes of the big bang's ferocious energy in a microwave "whisper" from deep space. The race pits underdog astronomer Tony Readhead and his improvised detector in the high Andes against NASA scientists and their state-of-the-art satellite probe. Host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his excitement with viewers as computer animation of the big bang's echo emerges on the screen. It's as close as we can get to a "photograph" of the primordial universe. Here we glimpse the seeds from which all the galaxies, stars, and planets eventually grew.
Episodes in Season 32
Origins: Earth is Born
55 min
Origins: How Life Began
55 min
Origins: Where Are the Aliens?
55 min
Origins: Back to the Beginning
55 min
The Most Dangerous Woman in America
55 min
America's Stone Age Explorers
55 min
Great Escape
55 min
Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
55 min
Welcome to Mars
55 min
The Boldest Hoax
55 min
Supersonic Dream
55 min
The Viking Deception
55 min
Saving the National Treasures
55 min
A Daring Flight
55 min
Wave That Shook the World
55 min
Hitler's Sunken Secret
55 min
Newton's Dark Secrets
55 min
Storm That Drowned a City
55 min
