The Sky at Night
Season 59 Episode 4 - Venus, Earth's Twin
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1957
Documentary, News
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.
Episodes in Season 59
1
The Billion Pixel Camera
2
What Have UFOs Done for Us?
3
Hubble: The Five Greatest Images of the Cosmos
4
Venus, Earth's Twin
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Rosetta Update - A Comet's Story
6
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7
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8
Playing With a Clockwork Universe
9
Volcanoes of the Solar System
10
Second Earth?
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