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The Complete Cosmos: Season 1

The Solar System 1998

  • 1998-01-01T22:00:00Z
  • 10m
  • 4h 10m (25 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
The Complete Cosmos box set is an encyclopaedia of space and astronomy exploring the Solar System, our Milky Way and the Universe beyond. From the big bang and the formation of the planets to black holes and the farthest quasars, the film tells a crisp, intelligent and highly visual story uninterrupted by interviews or on-screen hosts.

25 episodes

Series Premiere

1998-01-01T22:00:00Z

1x01 The Sun

Series Premiere

1x01 The Sun

  • 1998-01-01T22:00:00Z10m

THE SUN - Covers the birth, life and death of the Sun, interior dynamics and exterior fireworks, sunspots, the corona, solar winds and everything you need to know about our local star

1998-01-02T22:00:00Z

1x02 Mercury

1x02 Mercury

  • 1998-01-02T22:00:00Z10m

The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet. Takes a look at double sunrises, craters, cracks and, incongruously, maybe polar ice

1998-01-03T22:00:00Z

1x03 Venus

1x03 Venus

  • 1998-01-03T22:00:00Z10m

Looking at the planetary hell beneath the clouds, the poisonous, crushing atmosphere, seating heats, volcanoes and a runaway greenhouse effect

1998-01-04T22:00:00Z

1x04 Eartth

1x04 Eartth

  • 1998-01-04T22:00:00Z10m

The evolution of the earth and of life, its internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather and El Nino

1998-01-05T22:00:00Z

1x05 Moon (aka Luna)

1x05 Moon (aka Luna)

  • 1998-01-05T22:00:00Z10m

The story of the Moon and its birth from collisions, its influence on Earth, Apollo landings and the recent discovery of water

1998-01-06T22:00:00Z

1x06 Mars

1x06 Mars

  • 1998-01-06T22:00:00Z10m

Could cold arid Mars be the next place we land? Looking at polar caps, volcanoes, the biggest canyon ever seen and the possibility that Mars once had oceans.

1998-01-07T22:00:00Z

1x07 Jupitar

1x07 Jupitar

  • 1998-01-07T22:00:00Z10m

Bigger than the other planets combined, Jupitar is a turbulent gas giant with 16 moons. We take a voyage through this mini Solar System.

1998-01-08T22:00:00Z

1x08 Saturn

1x08 Saturn

  • 1998-01-08T22:00:00Z10m

Exploring the many rings and moons of this exotic gas cloud and a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon like primitive Earth.

1998-01-09T22:00:00Z

1x09 Uranus and Neptune

1x09 Uranus and Neptune

  • 1998-01-09T22:00:00Z10m

The outer giants. Uranus has a crazy tilt and a chaotic moon called Miranda and Neptune with tempests and a moon spurting geysers.

1998-01-10T22:00:00Z

1x10 Realm of the Comets

1x10 Realm of the Comets

  • 1998-01-10T22:00:00Z10m

Looking at comets and where the originate, the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt and the possibility that pluto isn't a planet at all (recently declassified).

1998-01-11T22:00:00Z

1x11 Earth Patrol

1x11 Earth Patrol

  • 1998-01-11T22:00:00Z10m

Launched into Earth-orbit, these are the satellites that monitor the health of our planet. Looking at the ozone, the melting ice-caps, weather, deforestation and navigation.

1998-01-12T22:00:00Z

1x12 Space Frontier

1x12 Space Frontier

  • 1998-01-12T22:00:00Z10m

Human space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of space to the race for the Moon and the Apollo landings.

Season Finale

1998-01-13T22:00:00Z

1x13 High Life

Season Finale

1x13 High Life

  • 1998-01-13T22:00:00Z10m

Living and working in space, triumphs, tragedies and everyday practicalities on the Russian space-station Mir and America's Space Shuttle.

1998-01-14T22:00:00Z

1x14 Robots

1x14 Robots

  • 1998-01-14T22:00:00Z10m

A look at our scouts in the Solar System. Probes that trail-blaze on Mars, plunge into Jupiter and land on Saturn's moon Titan.

1998-01-15T22:00:00Z

1x15 Where Next ?

1x15 Where Next ?

  • 1998-01-15T22:00:00Z10m

The possibility of a spaceport in Earth-orbit, the colonisation of the Moon and Mars, the taming of Venus, plus an elevator into space !

1998-01-16T22:00:00Z

1x16 Breakthrough !

1x16 Breakthrough !

  • 1998-01-16T22:00:00Z10m

From the ancient sky-watchers of Babylon to space-age cosmology, the story of astronomy featuring Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton and Hubble.

1998-01-17T22:00:00Z

1x17 Aurorae and Eclipses

1x17 Aurorae and Eclipses

  • 1998-01-17T22:00:00Z10m

Taking a look at celestial shows, how the solar wind conjures an aurora, lunar and solar eclipses explained and a recent eclipse of the Sun.

1998-01-18T22:00:00Z

1x18 Impact !

1x18 Impact !

  • 1998-01-18T22:00:00Z10m

Exploring the threats of comets and asteriods and what would happen if the spacerock that slew the dinosaurs hit New York today.

1998-01-19T22:00:00Z

1x19 Light Fantastic

1x19 Light Fantastic

  • 1998-01-19T22:00:00Z10m

Visible light reveals only part of the Universe. We look at how other wavelengths fill out the picture, from gamma-rays to radio.

1998-01-20T22:00:00Z

1x20 Lifequest

1x20 Lifequest

  • 1998-01-20T22:00:00Z10m

Is there life elsewhere in the Solar System? Could life be sustained on Jupiter's moon Europa or even Saturn's moon Titan in the future?

1998-01-21T22:00:00Z

1x21 Milky Way

1x21 Milky Way

  • 1998-01-21T22:00:00Z10m

Our galaxy explored and light years explained. Looking at the life and death of stars, supernovae and the clouds where stars are born.

1998-01-22T22:00:00Z

1x22 Hubble's Eye

1x22 Hubble's Eye

  • 1998-01-22T22:00:00Z10m

After astronauts fix its faulty optics, the Hubble Space Telescope peers back through time to the depths of the cosmos.

1998-01-23T22:00:00Z

1x23 Infinity

1x23 Infinity

  • 1998-01-23T22:00:00Z10m

Looking at the structure of the Universe, galaxies, clusters, strands and how we measure to a nearby galaxy and to the farthest quasar.

1998-01-24T22:00:00Z

1x24 Big Bang, Big Crunch

1x24 Big Bang, Big Crunch

  • 1998-01-24T22:00:00Z10m

The theory of the Big Bang explained and how from that cataclysmic explosion the Universe continues to expand, but will it stop and reverse ?

1998-01-25T22:00:00Z

1x25 Black Holes, Dark Matter

1x25 Black Holes, Dark Matter

  • 1998-01-25T22:00:00Z10m

Although invisible, black holes betray their presence, which is the same with dark matter: the missing 90% of the Universe.

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