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BBC: The Planets – 08 – Destiny (1999)

OpenM1nd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:00:46 +0000

The Planets – Destiny. All stars have a finite amount of fuel to burn before they expand into red giants and then collapse into darkness. In three billion years, the sun will expand into a red giant and may consume Earth. Scientists are already searching for a planet in nearby solar systems with Earthlike qualities

BBC: The Planets – 07 – Life (1999)

OpenM1nd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:00:55 +0000

From the startling Copernican revelation that the Earth was not the centre of the Universe, humanity has wondered if life is unique to our world. But how likely is it that the Earth is the only reservoir of life in the vastness of space? Come along for the ride as early planetary researches learn that

BBC: The Planets – 05 – Sun (1999)

OpenM1nd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:00:45 +0000

To primitive peoples, the Sun was synonymous with God – the ultimate source of life-giving warmth and light. Now, step aboard with the Skylab space station. Probe the turbulent heart of our local power source. Plunge into the centre of the Sun to witness the reactions driving its primordial atomic pulse. And observe the spectacle

BBC: The Planets – 04 – Moon (1999)

OpenM1nd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:00:33 +0000

While a number of planets are accompanied by moons of all sizes and compositions, only the Earth boasts such a comparatively huge “companion world.” What forces could have resulted in this planetary odd couple? Join the search for the answer to one of the solar system’s most baffling mysteries, from Cold Warrior scientists racing to

BBC: The Planets – 03 – Giants (1999)

OpenM1nd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:00:07 +0000

In August 1977 two space craft started an incredible journey. If they survive the hazardous that lay across billions of miles of space… they would reach worlds so distance and strange they deify the imagination, The Gas Giants. Streaming-Madness.net – Watch Top Documentaries Online

BBC: The Planets – 01 – Different Worlds (1999)

OpenM1nd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:02 +0000

Different Worlds. The eight known planets of our solar system are each so different from each other that they give no easy answers to how the universe was formed. Clues to the birth and evolution of the solar system lie scattered throughout the solar system, on the faces, in the orbits and rotations of the