Season 1 (Winter) (1997)

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Week 1: The Journey Begins (New Year)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Why it is cold when the Earth is closest to the sun. Why we see Venus in the morning. The planets are close, the stars unreachable.

Week 2: Travelling in the Solar System (Early January)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Day and Night. A gigantic Sun with tiny planets. A look at the Zodiac. The solar system is the present; the stars are the past.

Week 3: The Moon, Our Companion (Mid-January)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

The Sun is on time but the Moon is late. Why we see the Moon as a crescent. The half-moon crosses the Earth's orbit. Where the Mo...Read more

Week 4: The Full Moon (Late January)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Discovering Mercury. Distant moons of other planets. Why we always see the same side of the Moon. Why we see the Sun so low but the Moon so high.

Week 5: Earth's Rotation (January/February)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Earth's Rotation. The Moon shows us where Mars is. Copernicus: The Earth in orbit. Why the Earth turns. Crossing time zones.

Week 6: Copernicus and Kepler (Early February)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Hidden planets. Kepler discovers the planets' timetable. The Earth moves more quickly in Winter. Earth overtakes Mars. Why we ha...Read more

Week 7: Gravity (Early/Mid-February)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Why the Earth is round. Newton's apple. Why the Earth does not fall into the Sun. Three minutes more Sun every day. Sundials and t...Read more

Week 8: The Stars (Mid-February)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Columbus and the Pole Star. Earth wobbles over the centuries. The imaginary 'heavenly vault'. The Sun, our star. Infinitely large to infinitely small.

Week 9: The Calendar (Late February)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Leap Days: The Earth misses a quarter of a day. Gregorian and Orthodox calendars. Solar and lunar calendars. Solid and gaseous planets.

Week 10: Waning Moon and Solar Eclipses (Early March)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

The half-moon shows where we are going. Where the stars go during the day. The Moon and the planets: The Sun's invisible companion...Read more

Week 11: Eclipses and Occultations (Mid-March)
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May 18, 1997 • 5m

Annular solar eclipses. Partial solar eclipses. The Moon eclipsed in Earth's shadow. Occultation of Aldebaran.