Join professor Brian Cox in an investigation of how the laws of nature have carved natural celestial wonders across our solar system. Explore the powerhouse of them all, the sun.
Journey to Tunisia to analyze the way planets orbit our sun, and discover how the tilt of the earth creates our seasonal weather. Join Brian in the Atlas Mountains, as he explains how the ancients observed the rotation of the stars.
Something as flimsy as an envelope of gas, also called an atmosphere, can create some of the most wondrous sights in the solar system. Join the ranks of the few privileged astronauts and pilots who have seen this thin blue line with their own eyes.
Travel to the tallest mountain on earth, the dormant volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii, to discover how something as basic as a planet's size can make the difference between life and death.
Descend to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in a submarine with professor Cox to witness the extraordinary life forms that survive in the cold, black waters.
Brian Cox
Host
Andrew Cohen
Producer
Danielle Peck
