The Sky at Night · SEASON 59
Venus, Earth's Twin
Episode 4 · 2015-05-10
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
The team explores our nearest neighbour Venus, discovering how it formed and how ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has revealed the secrets of its atmosphere. -- How can two such similar planets have become so different? One is the crucible of life, the other an inferno with a surface scorched by raining acid, yet both began as almost identical bodies. With Venus prominent in the sky in May, the team explores our nearest neighbour, discovering how it formed and how ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has revealed the secrets of its atmosphere.
Season 59 episodes
1. The Billion Pixel Camera2015-01-11
2. What Have UFOs Done for Us?2015-02-08
3. Hubble: The Five Greatest Images of the Cosmos2015-04-12
4. Venus, Earth's Twin2015-05-10
5. Rosetta Update - A Comet's Story2015-06-14
6. Pluto Revealed2015-07-20
7. Cosmic Blasts2015-08-09
8. Playing With a Clockwork Universe2015-09-13
9. Volcanoes of the Solar System2015-10-11
10. Second Earth?2015-11-08
11. The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Christmas Special2015-12-30
