1. Seeing is Believing

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. 31 August 1997. 49 min

Where did we come from? The history of cosmology from flat earth to Big Bang: Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Edwin Hubble.

2. The Big Bang

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. 7 September 1997. 49 min

Did the universe have a beginning? The Steady-State theory vs. The Big Bang, Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaître, Fred Hoyle, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, cosmic background radiation.

3. Cosmic Alchemy

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. 14 September 1997. 49 min

What is the universe and everything in it made of? The creation of matter, the building up of elements in stars.

4. On the Dark Side

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. 21 September 1997. 49 min

What is the destiny of the universe? Dark matter, WIMPS, MACHOS, neutrinos.

5. Black Holes and Beyond

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. 28 September 1997. 49 min

Are black holes real? Ultraluminous quasars and supermassive black holes, wormholes, and singularities.

6. An Answer to Everything

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. 5 October 1997. 49 min

Is there a theory that will encompass everything in the known universe? Inflation theory, quantum mechanics, string theory.