Description:Produced exactly one-half century after man undertook his premier forays into space, the History Channel documentary series The Universe rests on the premise that outer space only just began to reveal its secrets in the early years of the 21st century. The program thus explores this colossal subject with each episode devoted to one subtopic - from the moon to the Big Bang to Jupiter to Mars. Episodes reflect on the ways in which new technologies during the 1990s and 2000s began to dramatically ... Read more alter mankind's perception of itself and the universe around it. Each one employs a combination of space footage, CG graphics and intense, often speculative scientific discussion. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi Close