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Back to Search#37 What's in that unexpected gap between Mars and Jupiter? Let's take a look at the asteroid belt - a fascinating element of our solar system
Season 1 Episode 37
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There's a strange gap between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, a gap where Bode's law says we would expect the fifth planet to be. The…
4 years, 10 months ago
#36 The Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are the furthest travelled objects ever made by humans. What did they find on the grand tour of the solar system? And where are they now?
Season 1 Episode 36
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Voyager 1 took the famous photograph the Pale Blue Dot. It's the furthest travelled machine ever made by people. At 23 billion km, it…
4 years, 11 months ago
#35 Planet Neptune. The most distant major planet in our solar system and the first to be located by mathematical calculations. Let's take a look.
Season 1 Episode 35
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Neptune. Something was perturbing Uranus' orbit, turns out it was the eighth planet, Neptune. Neptune was the first planet to have it…
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#34 Planet Uranus. Is that how you say it? The ice giant that was the first planet that needed to be 'discovered'.
Season 1 Episode 34
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Uranus. Stop giggling, is the first planet to be discovered by telescope. The inner planets have always been known about, but Uranus …
5 years, 1 month ago
#33 Planet Jupiter. It's more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined and it's a gas giant. What makes Jupiter different from the rocky terrestrial planets, and does it really have planetary rings?
Season 1 Episode 33
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Jupiter is the first of the gas giant planets. Let's take a look at what makes these planets different from the inner planets. It has…
5 years, 2 months ago
#32 Kate the Chemist special. We meet with Dr. Kate Biberdorf to talk STEM, TV's Ice Road Truckers, and her new book It's Elemental
Season 1 Episode 32
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How do you keep a chemistry class's attention in the age of smart phones? Explosions, loud noises and passion! That's how Kate the Ch…
5 years, 2 months ago
#31 A conversation with Earl Swift about NASA's lunar rovers and his new book - Across the Airless Wilds
Season 1 Episode 31
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We have a great chat with Earl Swift about NASA's lunar rovers and his new book Across the Airless Wilds. It's a fascinating dive int…
5 years, 2 months ago
#30 Planet Mars. Lets take a look at the friendliest planet beyond Earth and some of the cool spacecraft that have been there
Season 1 Episode 30
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There's a lot about Mars that is very Earth-like, from the length of a day to the kinds of seasons it has. Being a neighbouring plane…
5 years, 3 months ago
#29 Planet Earth. Let's take a look at our home - as a planet, in a solar system.
Season 1 Episode 29
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Earth. It's home to every living thing we've ever known, but what if we really take a step back and study our planet the same way we …
5 years, 4 months ago
#28 Planet Venus. It's Earth's twin - but somehow remains mysterious. Let's take a look.
Season 1 Episode 28
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Planet Venus is sometimes called Earth's twin. It's the same size and in planetary terms it's close by, but why isn't it our first ch…
5 years, 5 months ago