- Rating: 7.00
- Year of issue: 2019
- Genres: Documentary
- Countries: United Kingdom
- Duration: 59 minutes
Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.
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1. A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
DescriptionThe rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet have lived radically different lives. What immense forces are at play? -
2. The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
DescriptionProfessor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. -
3. The Godfather: Jupiter
DescriptionBrian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets. -
4. Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
DescriptionProfessor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice and in time transformed into a gas giant, ring-less and similar looking to its rival, Jupiter. -
5. Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
DescriptionIn the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.