Secrets Of The Solar System

This landmark series explores the greatest set of journeys humankind has ever taken, on a quest to answer the deepest of questions: where do we come from? How was the solar system formed? Are we alone in the universe?

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Secrets Of The Solar System
Secrets Of The Solar System

Series 1 | Episode 6

Jupiter is big, very dangerous and has moons as big as planets, but the more we learn we must conclude this giant is less of a planet and more of a failed star.

Secrets Of The Solar System
Secrets Of The Solar System

Series 1 | Episode 3

For centuries, humans imagined Venus to be a tropical paradise, but in reality its clouds are full of acid and the temperature is the same even at the poles.

Secrets Of The Solar System
Secrets Of The Solar System

Series 1 | Episode 1

Embark on a grand tour of the solar system, unravelling secrets that the planets have harboured for millions of years and discover that Earth almost never existed at all.

Secrets Of The Solar System
Secrets Of The Solar System

Series 1 | Episode 5

Discover the eerie wasteland of failed planets and strange rocks that lies beyond Mars and before Jupiter.

Secrets Of The Solar System
Secrets Of The Solar System

Series 1 | Episode 7

In 1610, Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe Saturn's rings and this celestial mystery has been puzzling mankind ever since.

Secrets Of The Solar System
Secrets Of The Solar System

Series 1 | Episode 8

The first mission to Pluto. Speaking to the people involved, the steps on this incredible journey are retraced, while also looking at the events that led them there.