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The Complete Cosmos: The Solar System
January 1, 1998
13 Episodes
~10 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
13
1
The Sun
Jan 1, 1998
10 min
Birth, life and death of the Sun. Interior dynamics, exterior fireworks. Sunspots, corona, solar wind - all about our local star.
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2
Mercury
Jan 8, 1998
10 min
The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet. Takes a look at double sunrises, craters, cracks and, incongruously, maybe polar ice.
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3
Venus
Jan 15, 1998
10 min
Looking at the planetary hell beneath the clouds, the poisonous, crushing atmosphere, seating heats, volcanoes and a runaway greenhouse effect.
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4
Earth
Jan 22, 1998
10 min
The evolution of the earth and of life, its internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather and El Nino.
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5
Moon (aka Luna)
Jan 29, 1998
10 min
The story of the Moon and its birth from collisions, its influence on Earth, Apollo landings and the recent discovery of water.
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6
Mars
Feb 5, 1998
10 min
Could 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.
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7
Jupiter
Feb 12, 1998
10 min
Bigger than the other planets combined, Jupiter is a turbulent gas giant with 16 moons. We take a voyage through this mini Solar System.
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8
Saturn
Feb 19, 1998
10 min
Exploring the many rings and moons of this exotic gas cloud and a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon like primitive Earth.
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9
Uranus and Neptune
Feb 26, 1998
10 min
The outer giants. Uranus has a crazy tilt and a chaotic moon called Miranda and Neptune with tempests and a moon spurting geysers.
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10
Realm of the Comets
Mar 5, 1998
10 min
Looking 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).
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11
Earth Patrol
Mar 12, 1998
10 min
Launched 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.
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12
Space Frontier
Mar 19, 1998
10 min
Human space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of space to the race for the Moon and the Apollo landings.
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13
High Life
Mar 26, 1998
10 min
Living and working in space, triumphs, tragedies and everyday practicalities on the Russian space-station Mir and America's Space Shuttle.
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