Episode
How the Universe Works: Dark History of the Solar System
Overview
Our solar system hides a dark and violent past, and new discoveries reveal that Earth and the planets were formed from the destruction of strange alien worlds that came before us.
Details
- Series
- How the Universe Works
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2018-01-23
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Dark History of the Solar System is Episode 3 in Season 6 of How the Universe Works. It aired on 2018-01-23. The runtime is 42 min.
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