BBC Two 2010 - 2011 1 season 5 eps TV-G Ended

Wonders of the Solar System

Name: Wonders of the Solar System
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Brian Cox

2010 - 2011 1 season 5 eps TV-G

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60 min

S1 · E1 · Mar 7, 2010

Empire of the Sun Episode 1

Physicist Brian Cox examines the sun's rule over our planet, heading for India to witness a total solar eclipse, and viewing the Northern Lights in the Arctic Circle.

7.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E2 · Mar 14, 2010

Order Out of Chaos Episode 2

Brian reveals how the beauty and order of the solar system was formed from a chaotic cloud of gas.

7.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E3 · Mar 21, 2010

The Thin Blue Line Episode 3

Brian reveals how something as flimsy as an atmosphere can create some of the most wondrous sights in the solar system. He takes a ride to the top of earth's atmosphere, and in the Namib desert, he tells how Mercury lost its atmosphere.

8.0 · You

60 min

S1 · E4 · Mar 28, 2010

Dead or Alive Episode 4

The worlds that surround our planet are all made of rock, but there the similarity ends. Some have a beating geological heart, others are frozen in time. Brian travels to the tallest mountain on earth, the volcano Mauna Kea on Hawaii, to show how something as basic as a planet's size can make the difference between life and death. Even on the summit of this volcano, Brian would stand in the shade of the tallest mountain in the solar system, an extinct volcano on Mars called Olympus Mons, which rises up 27 km. Yet the fifth wonder in the series isn't on a planet at all. It's on a tiny moon of Jupiter. The discoveries made on Io have been astonishing. This fragment of rock should be cold and dead, yet, with the volcanic landscape of eastern Ethiopia as a backdrop, Brian reveals why Io is home to extraordinary lakes of lava and giant volcanic plumes that erupt 500 km into the sky.

7.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E5 · Apr 4, 2010

Aliens Episode 5

Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most stunning locations on earth to describe how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. Brian descends to the bottom of the Pacific in a submarine to witness the extraordinary life forms that survive in the cold, black waters. All life on Earth needs water so the search for aliens in the solar system has followed the search for water. Soaring above the dramatic Scablands of the United States, Brian discovers how the same landscape has been found on Mars. And it was all carved out in a geological heartbeat by a monumental flood. Armed with a gas mask, Brian enters a cave in Mexico where bacteria breathe toxic gas and leak concentrated acid. Yet relatives of these creatures could be surviving in newly-discovered caves on Mars.

8.0 · You

5 episodes in Season 1

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Wonders of the Solar System