Astronomy is a never-ending wonder: planets and stars, comets, black holes, supernovas, quasars, pulsars and much more. And above all, the miracle of life. This exciting travel questions the place of the human race in the universe showing its fascinating and incredible events: creation of black holes and planets, destruction of stars, the infinite wandering of the comets and other things enough to love the astronomy and the science forever. This Channel 4 TV series covers it all in 10-minutes episodes.
Episodes Season Discovery Into Deep Space · 0/12 The Solar System · 0/13 0/13 watched · 1998
S01E01 The Sun 1998-01-01 10m
Birth, life and death of the Sun. Interior dynamics, exterior fireworks. Sunspots, corona, solar wind - all about our local star. more
S01E02 Mercury 1998-01-08 10m
The most comprehensive portrait ever of this scorched little planet. Takes a look at double sunrises, craters, cracks and, incongruously, maybe polar ice. more
S01E03 Venus 1998-01-15 10m
Looking at the planetary hell beneath the clouds, the poisonous, crushing atmosphere, seating heats, volcanoes and a runaway greenhouse effect. more
S01E04 Earth 1998-01-22 10m
The evolution of the earth and of life, its internal structure, continental drift, day length, seasons, oceans, climate, weather and El Nino. more
S01E05 Moon (aka Luna) 1998-01-29 10m
The story of the Moon and its birth from collisions, its influence on Earth, Apollo landings and the recent discovery of water. more
S01E06 Mars 1998-02-05 10m
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. more
S01E07 Jupiter 1998-02-12 10m
Bigger than the other planets combined, Jupiter is a turbulent gas giant with 16 moons. We take a voyage through this mini Solar System. more
S01E08 Saturn 1998-02-19 10m
Exploring the many rings and moons of this exotic gas cloud and a preview of a landing on Titan, a moon like primitive Earth. more
S01E09 Uranus and Neptune 1998-02-26 10m
The outer giants. Uranus has a crazy tilt and a chaotic moon called Miranda and Neptune with tempests and a moon spurting geysers. more
S01E10 Realm of the Comets 1998-03-05 10m
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). more
S01E11 Earth Patrol 1998-03-12 10m
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. more
S01E12 Space Frontier 1998-03-19 10m
Human space exploration, from Yuri Gagarin's first orbit of space to the race for the Moon and the Apollo landings. more
S01E13 High Life 1998-03-26 10m
Living and working in space, triumphs, tragedies and everyday practicalities on the Russian space-station Mir and America's Space Shuttle. more 
