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Wonders of the Solar System

Specials 2010 - 2011
TV-G

  • 2010-06-02T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 2h (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
In this spellbinding series, Professor Brian Cox visits the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural wonders across the solar system.

4 episodes

2010-06-02T20:00:00Z

Special 1 Shorts - Mars Loops

Special 1 Shorts - Mars Loops

  • 2010-06-02T20:00:00Z30m

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.

2010-10-16T20:00:00Z

Special 2 Shorts - Aliens

Special 2 Shorts - Aliens

  • 2010-10-16T20:00:00Z30m

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.

2010-09-24T20:00:00Z

Special 3 Shorts - Aurora

Special 3 Shorts - Aurora

  • 2010-09-24T20:00:00Z30m

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.

2011-01-18T21:00:00Z

Special 4 Shorts - Eclipse

Special 4 Shorts - Eclipse

  • 2011-01-18T21:00:00Z30m

Professor Brian Cox witnesses a total solar eclipse in India.

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