The Planets
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2019
Documentary
Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.
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- Cast:
- Brian Cox
Episode 5 : Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
June. 25,2019
In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.
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Episode 4 : Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
June. 18,2019
Professor 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.
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Episode 3 : The Godfather: Jupiter
June. 11,2019
Brian 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.
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Episode 2 : The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
June. 04,2019
Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.
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Episode 1 : A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
May. 28,2019
The 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?
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