The Sky at Night · SEASON 52
Battle of the Giants
Episode 6 · 2008-06-02
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
As NASA, along with the European Space Agency, plan a return mission to either Jupiter or Saturn, two prominent astronomers discuss which planet we should return to. The gas giants Jupiter and Saturn are magnificent and mysterious worlds, surrounded by moons which still perplex the astronomers with their strange appearance and incredible diversity. Europa, Jupiter's moon, offers the best chance yet of finding life elsewhere in our solar system, while Saturn's moon Titan, with its complex organic chemical lakes and a shore line uncannily like Cornwall, is now believed to be like the primeval Earth.
Season 52 episodes
1. Cosmic Debris2008-01-07
2. Messenger to Mercury2008-02-04
3. Return to the Moon2008-03-03
4. The Sun Revealed2008-04-07
5. We Just Don't Know2008-05-05
6. Battle of the Giants2008-06-02
7. Rise of the Phoenix2008-07-07
8. Double Vision2008-08-04
9. Galaxy Zoo2009-09-07
10. Astral Autumn2008-10-06
11. Big Bangs2008-11-03
12. Other Worlds2008-12-08
