Cosmic Journeys — Season 1, Episode 36: The Improbable Rise of Planet Earth
Documentary • 24 min • 1 season, 37 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
Planet hunters have detected nearly 5000 confirmed and candidate planets beyond our solar system. Most sun-like stars, it seems, are ringed with giant planets that crowd their parent stars and leave no room for planets like ours. The old theories about planetary formation are giving way to a new one defined by fierce gravitational battles and titanic collisions. How did Earth manage to survive?
About Cosmic Journeys
Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets. How did the universe begin? Where will it end? Are there other worlds like Earth?
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Birth of the Moon
- E2Attack of the Sun
- E3Super Hurricanes
- E4Saturn's Mysterious Moons
- E5The Largest Black Holes in the Universe
- E6How Large Is the Universe?
- E7When Will Time End
- E8The Incredible Journey of Apollo 12
- E9Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy
- E10Mars: Earth That Never Was
- E11The Search for Earth-like Planets
- E12Voyage to Pandora: First Interstellar Space Flight