The Universe Alien Galaxies (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV-14
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History

The Universe

Alien Galaxies (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV-14

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History

How the various structural types of galaxies form by merging with smaller galaxies is explained and simulated. The preliminary hints at the importance of dark matter in the process are mentioned.

Director

Colin Campbell

Writers

Colin Campbell (written by) | Andrew Holland (additional writing)

Composer

Eric Amdahl

Cinematographers

Tom Collins | Jason Newfield

Editors

Benedict Jackson | Motoshi Wakabayashi | Kyle Yaskin

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Updated Jul 31, 2007

Release date

Jul 31, 2007 (United States)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Erik Thompson Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	A Murder of Crows (1998)
Richard Ellis Self - CalTech Self - CalTech See fewer	Naked Science (2004)
Nate McCrady Self - Univ. of California, Los Angeles Self - Univ. of California, Los Angeles See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Michelle Thaller Self - CalTech Self - CalTech See fewer	Spaceship Spitzer: The Slowlian Web (2008)
Suvi Gezari Self - CalTech Self - CalTech See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Jeffrey Byrnes Self - US Geological Survey Self - US Geological Survey See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Alex Filippenko Self - Univ. of California, Berkeley Self - Univ. of California, Berkeley See fewer	The Universe (2002)
Michael Liu Self - University of Hawaii Self - University of Hawaii See fewer	The Universe (2007)