It's time for a new look at a very old universe. In its mysteries, we are finding the secrets of our past and the key to our future. This is a history of how we know what we do about space. Fifty years have flown by since man first ventured into outer space, but the heavens are only now yielding their greatest secrets. Robotic rovers give us eyes on the red rock of Mars. NASA probes slam into comets at hyperspeed. Deep space telescopes capture violent images of the birth of stars and their collapse into black holes. All of these have significantly changed the way we look at ourselves. As our own planet churns with the effects of global warming, it's natural to look into the heavens and wonder about the rest of the real estate. Is there anywhere else out there that that can support life? Or, is there truly no place like home? Each episode will examine how the discoveries were made and the fascinating stories of the scientists and explorers who dared to venture into the uncharted ter

THE NAZI GOSPELS digs deep into the twisted psyche of the Nazi state, revealing its bizarre occult underpinnings: from Himmler's idea of the SS as an ancient knightly order, to the Ariosophic and Thule secret societies; the Wotan pagan rites and forest festivals; expeditions to Tibet; the search for the Holy Grail; the occultist Karl Wiligut and his SS weddings inside Himmler's castle at Wewelsburg; the mystical power of music and ancient runes; the mad cosmology of Hans Horbiger, through to the strange sexual beliefs enforced by Nazi power. From this twisted hotchpotch of legend, ritual, religion and fairy-tale, the Third Reich created their own unique faith. Race, love, sex, war, history, geology, education, health, astronomy, and music were all covered by the gospels of the Nazis. Here was a new way to understand human life, the natural world and the supernatural, the history of the planet and the working of the cosmos.

A two-hour portrait of the evolution of the Holocaust--from the early days of persecution in Nazi Germany to the final days of wanton annihilation. This special travels through the archives of Eastern Europe, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., and the restoration labs of Yad Vashem in Israel tell the story of persecution, theft and murder through artifacts, rarely seen photographs and motion picture footage. Experts from across the globe illuminate what it took to systematically implement the destruction of millions of people.

Does a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean hold the final clue to the Mayan's apocalyptic predictions concerning 2012? Archaeologist Jim Turner was island-hopping off the coast of Chile when he discovered a giant ancient monolith he claims was built by the Ancient Mayans. Mayan symbols on the statue predict the site to be the best vantage point for observing the total solar eclipse that will signal the 2012 apocalypse. Turner takes viewers on an exciting expedition to uncover the monolith’s secrets, using advanced carbon dating techniques to pinpoint the era when the rock was carved. In addition, he interviews the elders of the ancient tribe that has lived on the island for centuries, home to what may be the exact coordinates of Armageddon's ground zero.

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