Wonders of the Solar System

Specials

2010 · 4 episodes · 2h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Shorts - Mars Loops

   2 Jun 2010 · 30 min

   Chasing tornadoes in Oklahoma, Brian explains how the same physics that creates these spinning storms shaped the young Solar System. And out of this celestial maelstrom emerged the jewel in the crown, Brian's second Wonder - the magnificent rings of Saturn.

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   2. Shorts - Aliens

   16 Oct 2010 · 30 min

   Professor Brian Cox explores how the search for aliens in the solar system has followed the search for water. He looks at Jupiter's moon Europa - a dazzling ball of ice.

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   3. Shorts - Aurora

   24 Sept 2010 · 30 min

   Brian looks at the power of the Sun, seeing a total solar eclipse in India and the Northern Lights in Norway as well as making contact with the probe, Voyager.

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   4. Shorts - Eclipse

   18 Jan 2011 · 30 min

   Professor Brian Cox witnesses a total solar eclipse in India.