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Professor Brian Cox explores the dramatic lives of the eight majestic planets/worlds that make up our solar system.
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- E1 A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial PlanetsNext upMay 28, 2019 · 58 min · ★ 8.2
Synopsis
The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet have lived radically different lives. What immense forces are at play?
- E2 The Two Sisters - Earth & MarsJun 4, 2019 · 58 min · ★ 7.8
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Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.
- E3 The Godfather: JupiterJun 11, 2019 · 58 min · ★ 8.5
Synopsis
Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets.
- E4 Life Beyond the Sun: SaturnJun 18, 2019 · 58 min · ★ 8.6
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Professor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice and in time transformed into a gas giant, ring-less and similar looking to its rival, Jupiter.
- E5 Into the Darkness: Ice WorldsJun 25, 2019 · 58 min · ★ 9.5
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In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.
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