Episode
The Planets: The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars
Overview
Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.
Details
- Series
- The Planets
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2019-06-04
- Runtime
- 58 min
Episode context
The Two Sisters - Earth & Mars is Episode 2 in Season 1 of The Planets. It aired on 2019-06-04. The runtime is 58 min.
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Episode 1: A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets
The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet have lived radically different lives. What immense forces are at play?
Episode 3: The Godfather: Jupiter
Brian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Its size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Life Beyond the Sun: Saturn
Professor Brian Cox reveals the history of Saturn. Saturn began life as a strange planet of rock and ice and in time transformed into a gas giant, ring-less and similar looking to its rival, Jupiter.
Episode 5: Into the Darkness: Ice Worlds
In the final episode, Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system, a place that the most mysterious planets call home.