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Secrets Of The Solar System

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.

Series 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.
A team of scientists launch a probe to touch the sun and make a surprise discovery on the tiny planet Mercury.
Discover the eerie wasteland of failed planets and strange rocks that lies beyond Mars and before Jupiter.
Mars is one of the best-explored places in the solar system and yet we still don't know the answer to the big question: is there or was there life on Mars?
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.
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.
In 1610, Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe Saturn's rings and this celestial mystery has been puzzling mankind ever since.
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.
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.
In 1610, Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe Saturn's rings and this celestial mystery has been puzzling mankind ever since.
In 1610, Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe Saturn's rings and this celestial mystery has been puzzling mankind ever since.
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.
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.
Discover the eerie wasteland of failed planets and strange rocks that lies beyond Mars and before Jupiter.
Discover the eerie wasteland of failed planets and strange rocks that lies beyond Mars and before Jupiter.
Mars is one of the best-explored places in the solar system and yet we still don't know the answer to the big question: is there or was there life on Mars?
Mars is one of the best-explored places in the solar system and yet we still don't know the answer to the big question: is there or was there life on Mars?
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.
A team of scientists launch a probe to touch the sun and make a surprise discovery on the tiny planet Mercury.
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