S4 E3 • Terraforming Mars - Making a New Earth on Mars

The terraforming of Mars is the process by which man would transform the barren land of Mars into a new, Earth-like planet capable of sustaining life. According to Dr. McKay of the NASA Ames Research Center, this could become reality as early as 100 years from now. Artificial microorganisms created with the latest techniques in synthetic biology would be used to produce resources such as iron, energy, and food directly on the planet itself. This episode of COSMIC FRONT reveals the details of this megaproject by using images created based on the most up-to-date potential scenarios.

Première diffusion : 13 février 2014

S4 E6 • Meteorites - Treasures from Space

Collecting meteorites is a current craze among celebrities in the West. Some meteorites are even bought and sold for investment purposes at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Meteorite hunters are the ones behind this craze. Seeking to get rich quick, they scour the earth, from Antarctica to the Sahara desert, for pieces of space rock. This episode follows the work of world-renowned meteorite hunters and takes a look at the front lines of the meteorite business. It also reveals the recently discovered and amazing truth regarding the relationship between meteorites and the presence of life on planet earth.

Première diffusion : 27 mars 2014

S4 E7 • Himiko and Orochi, Monster Galaxies Unveiled

Himiko and Orochi, giant galaxies first discovered by a Japanese astronomer, are receiving lots of international attention. Himiko is located 13 billion light years away from earth and is the oldest galaxy ever discovered, and Orochi is fifty times the size of our Milky Way. Viewers will be dazzled with a striking animation of a galaxy collision, the same kind as would have given birth to these two giants. This episode unmasks these two cosmic bodies and the potential they have to rewrite our galactic evolutionary history. What did the giant galaxies that existed at the dawn of the universe look like? What fate awaits the Milky Way as it slowly moves on its 7-billion-year collision course, with the Andromeda Galaxy?

Première diffusion : 3 avril 2014