In recent years, astronomers have been caught up in one of the most exciting scientific quests - to find new planets around distant stars. Planets from Hell tells the story of these hostile new worlds that have been discovered and explores the tantalising possibility of one day finding a planet like Earth.
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Series 1 Episode 1
Planets from Hell
In recent years, astronomers have been caught up in one of the most exciting scientific quests - to find new planets…
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Series 1 Episode 2
Killers in Space
A look at how our solar system is teeming with thousands of asteroids and comets. While an impact would be catastrophic…
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Series 1 Episode 3
Final Frontier
Cosmologists answer questions about the shape and size of the cosmos, and how, by decoding radiation from the dawn of…
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