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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED
- Block Feed: Programs 101-123 Program Details
- 3 hours, 60 minutes
- Friday, October 5 at 6:00 am on KETED
- Wednesday, October 24 at 2:00 am on KETED
- Friday, March 7 at 6:00 am on KETED
- Block Feed: Programs 124-125 Program Details
- 22 minutes
- Friday, October 5 at 2:00 pm on KETED
- Thursday, October 25 at 3:35 pm on KETED
- Friday, March 7 at 2:00 pm on KETED
Episodes Included in These Block Feeds
- 101. Our Star Is Born
- The birth, life, and probable death of the sun, plus information on interior dynamics and exterior fireworks, sunspots, the corona, the solar wind, and recent discoveries.
- 102. Mercury
- The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet, depicting its double sunrises, craters, cracks, and (perhaps) polar ice.
- 103. Venus
- An exploration of Venus' poisonous, crushing atmosphere; searing heat; volcanoes; and runaway greenhouse effect.
- 104. Blue Planet
- The evolution of the Earth and of life, with a look at internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather, and El Niño.
- 105. Moon
- The story of Earth's natural satellite: its origin, its influence on Earth, the Apollo landings, and the recent discovery of water.
- 106. Red Planet
- Cold, arid Mars, the next destination for the manned space program, with its polar caps, volcanoes, enormous canyons, and evidence of former oceans.
- 107. Jupiter
- A journey to the turbulent gas giant, bigger than all the other planets combined, and its mini-solar system of 16 moons.
- 108. Saturn
- The many rings and moons of this gas giant, with a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon resembling the primitive Earth.
- 109. Uranus and Neptune
- The outer giants, particularly Uranus' crazy tilt and chaotic moon.
- 110. Realm of the Comets
- The origins of comets in the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt and a discussion of whether tiny Pluto is really a planet.
- 111. Earth Patrol
- Satellites that monitor the planet's health, ozone layer, melting ice caps, weather, deforestation, and navigation.
- 112. Space Frontier
- Human space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of Earth to the race for the moon and the Apollo landings.
- 113. High Life
- Triumphs, tragedies, and everyday practicalities aboard the Russian space station, Mir, and America's space shuttles.
- 114. Robots
- Robotic scouts exploring the solar system, including Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn's moon Titan.
- 115. Where Next
- A spaceport in Earth orbit, the colonization of the moon and Mars, and the taming of Venus—plus an elevator into space.
- 116. Pioneers
- The story of astronomy from ancient Babylonian skywatchers through Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Hubble, and space-age cosmology.
- 117. Eclipse and Aurorae
- How solar winds conjure an aurora, an explanation of lunar and solar eclipses, and the 1998 eclipse of the sun.
- 118. Impact!
- Comets and asteroids: a look at what would happen if the space rock that killed off the dinosaurs hit New York today.
- 119. Light Fantastic
- How wavelengths other than visible light—from gamma rays to radio—fill the universe.
- 120. Life Quest
- Searching for life elsewhere in the universe: on Jupiter's moon Europa and, in the future, on Saturn's moon Titan and in deep space.
- 121. Milky Way
- Our galaxy, light years, the lives and deaths of stars, supernovae, and the clouds where stars are born.
- 122. Hubble's Eye
- Peering back through time to the depths of the cosmos with the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 123. Infinity
- The structure of the universe (galaxies, clusters, strands) and how astronomers measure the distances to nearby galaxies and the farthest quasar.
- 124. Big Bang, Big Crunch
- The theory of the Big Bang, the cataclysmic explosion from which the universe continues to expand.
- 125. Black Holes, Dark Matter
- Detecting invisible black holes and dark matter, the missing 90% of the universe.
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