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Wonders of the Solar System
Wonders of the Solar System
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Wonders of the Solar System

8.1 / 10
2010
1 season
5 episodes
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.

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Wonders of the Solar System - Trailer - BBC Two

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Professor Brian Cox

Seasons

  • Empire of the Sun

    1.Empire of the Sun

    8.0
    07-03-201058m

    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.

  • Order Out of Chaos

    2.Order Out of Chaos

    8.0
    14-03-201059m

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

  • The Thin Blue Line

    3.The Thin Blue Line

    8.0
    21-03-201059m

    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...

  • Dead or Alive

    4.Dead or Alive

    7.5
    28-03-201059m

    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 talle...

  • Aliens

    5.Aliens

    8.0
    04-04-201059m

    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 t...

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