One Strange Rock
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45:00Our home: one strange rock, floating in space. But just how strange is it? Are we alone?
February 2020
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Of all life on Earth, we're the only ones with the smarts to leave our planet. How did Earth make us so intelligent?
45:00Is there another planet like ours out there and would it be packed with life like Earth's?
44:00For nearly 4 billion years, life has sculpted almost every part of Earth. But how exactly did life turn this once barren rock into a paradise?
January 2020 45:00
45:00Astronaut Chris Hadfield has seen the bullet holes left by asteroids on Earth's surface. Our planet is vulnerable. Could we ever survive elsewhere?
45:00It's not enough for Earth to be habitable, it also has to be lethal for life to flourish. This is the story of how life evolved hand in hand with death.
45:00Our rock is special - it's alive. But how did life begin here and is it likely elsewhere?
44:00It's a David and Goliath story - Earth's relationship with its greatest threat: the sun. Hurling devastating particles and deadly radiation at us, how can we survive here against the might of the sun?
September 2019 45:00
45:00Ever wonder how our planet got here? Earth is a very lucky planet. Born in a cosmic storm, the violence could have destroyed us, but instead it made us.
August 2019 45:00
45:00Astronaut Chris Hadfield's view of the incredibly complex systems that allow life on our planet to breathe is the focus of this groundbreaking series premiere. Hosted by Will Smith.