The Solar System
13 episodes · Jan 1, 1998
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- S1E1
The Sun
Jan 1, 199810mBirth, life and death of the Sun. Interior dynamics, exterior fireworks. Sunspots, corona, solar wind - all about our local star.
- S1E2
Mercury
Jan 8, 199810mThe most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet. Takes a look at double sunrises, craters, cracks and, incongruously, maybe polar ice.
- S1E3
Venus
Jan 15, 199810mLooking at the planetary hell beneath the clouds, the poisonous, crushing atmosphere, seating heats, volcanoes and a runaway greenhouse effect.
- S1E4
Earth
Jan 22, 199810mThe evolution of the earth and of life, its internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather and El Nino.
- S1E5
Moon (aka Luna)
Jan 29, 199810mThe story of the Moon and its birth from collisions, its influence on Earth, Apollo landings and the recent discovery of water.
- S1E6
Mars
Feb 5, 199810mCould 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.
- S1E7
Jupiter
Feb 12, 199810mBigger than the other planets combined, Jupiter is a turbulent gas giant with 16 moons. We take a voyage through this mini Solar System.
- S1E8
Saturn
Feb 19, 199810mExploring the many rings and moons of this exotic gas cloud and a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon like primitive Earth.
- S1E9
Uranus and Neptune
Feb 26, 199810mThe outer giants. Uranus has a crazy tilt and a chaotic moon called Miranda and Neptune with tempests and a moon spurting geysers.
- S1E10
Realm of the Comets
Mar 5, 199810mLooking at comets and where they originate, the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt and the possibility that Pluto isn't a planet at all (recently declassified).
- S1E11
Earth Patrol
Mar 12, 199810mLaunched 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.
- S1E12
Space Frontier
Mar 19, 199810mHuman space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of space to the race for the Moon and the Apollo landings.
- S1E13
High Life
Mar 26, 199810mLiving and working in space, triumphs, tragedies and everyday practicalities on the Russian space-station Mir and America's Space Shuttle.