Solar System

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Season 1

Our solar system is home to a myriad of fascinating smaller bodies, including moons, asteroids, and comets. In recent decades, space missions have brought these neighboring worlds into sharp focus. Now, planetary scientists take us on a journey across the solar system to uncover new revelations about our celestial neighborhood--and illuminate how Earth may be the oddest world of all. From NOVA.

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S1 E1 - Storm Worlds
October 1, 2024
53min
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Across the solar system, wild storms are raging. From globe-spanning dust storms, to monsoons of liquid methane, to monstrous storms with lightning bolts ten times more energetic than anything on Earth--our solar system is full of weird and wonderful weather. Explore the forces that create the truly awesome and extreme conditions found on our neighboring planets and moons. From NOVA.
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S1 E2 - Strange Worlds
October 8, 2024
53min
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Misshapen worlds offer clues to understanding how a fundamental force of nature--gravity--works to shape our solar system. From a dwarf planet that looks like a deflated football, to a tiny moon with cliffs taller than Mt. Everest, to the spectacular rings of Saturn, discover how the effects of gravity produce the amazing variety of bizarre worlds in our solar system. From NOVA.
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