Chris Holt
Director
Wonders of the Solar System (2010)
Specials
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.
Released March 7, 2010
Episode 58 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, Family
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Watch Providers: Pluto TV
Production Companies: Science Channel, BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S0E1 - Shorts - Mars Loops
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.
June 2, 2010, midnight
S0E2 - Shorts - Aliens
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.
Oct. 16, 2010, midnight
S0E3 - Shorts - Aurora
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.
Sept. 24, 2010, midnight
S0E4 - Shorts - Eclipse
Professor Brian Cox witnesses a total solar eclipse in India.
Jan. 18, 2011, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 58 min.
Season Runtime: 294 min.
Released: March 7, 2010
Last Air Date: April 4, 2010, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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