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Cosmos: Shape Of The Universe

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Playlists

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  • Play Greatest Discoveries in Astronomy
    10 Clips Playlist Greatest Discoveries in...

    100 Greatest Discoveries (24:38)

    From cosmic radiation to planetary orbits!
  • Play Asteroids
    6 Clips Playlist Asteroids

    (13:31)

    These outer space projectiles can cause damage on a galactic scale.
  • Play Space on the Brink
    9 Clips Playlist Space on the Brink

    Brink (40:02)

    Space themed clips from Science Channel's Brink
  • Play Spaced Out: Comets
    14 Clips Playlist Comets

    (33:17)

    Do you know the difference between a comet, asteroid, and meteorite? Why do comets have tails? What can we learn from comets?

The Science Channel Clips

  • Play Space School: The Sun
    The Sun

    Space School (05:03)

    What might life look like once the Sun is gone?
  • Play Space School: Uranus
    Uranus

    Space School (05:22)

    Powerful ice storms and an upside-down ring system are just a few things that puzzle scientists today.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Cosmic Radiation
    Cosmic Radiation

    100 Greatest Discoveries (01:23)

    Through his hot air balloon experiments, physicist, Victor Hess discovers the phenomenon and effects of cosmic radiation.
  • Play Space School: Jupiter
    Jupiter

    Space School (05:59)

    Jupiter plays home to violent storms; one storm has been raging for centuries.
  • Play Wonders of the Solar System: Power of the Sun
    Power of the Sun

    Wonders of the Solar System (02:31)

    The sun does more than just give us earthlings a good tan! The fusion of hydrogen into helium is the source of the sun's boundless energy and extraordinary power.
  • Play Space School: Earth
    Earth

    Space School (06:26)

    Earth remains a complex and fragile planet, unique in almost every way.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Plate Tectonics
    Plate Tectonics

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:05)

    Bill Nye and geologist, Dr. Neal Driscoll visit the California coastline where the Pacific and North American plates collide to help explain the phenomenon and effects of plate tectonics
  • Play Wonders of the Solar System: View from the Edge
    View from the Edge

    Wonders of the Solar System (02:24)

    Here on Earth, the sun appears as a giant ball of light in the sky. But how does the sun look from other planets in the solar system that are billions of kilometers away?
  • Play Sci Fi Science: Asteroid To Mars
    Asteroid To Mars

    Sci Fi Science (01:30)

    The key to the continuing future of the human race might just be the very sort of destruction that we fear here on earth.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Global Warming, Shrinking Glaciers and CO2 Emissions
    Global Warming, Shrinking...

    100 Greatest Discoveries (01:57)

    Watch one of the most visible effects of global warming and how the emission of fossil fuels may contribute to current warming trends.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: The Core of the Earth
    The Core of the Earth

    100 Greatest Discoveries (02:39)

    Take an in depth look at our planet with host Bill Nye, as he examines the Earth's inner and outer core.
  • Play 100 Greatest Discoveries: Opabinia
    Opabinia

    100 Greatest Discoveries (00:40)

    Opabinia, one of the underwater creatures discovered in the Burgess Shale, having five eyes and a trunk like appendage was unlike any animal today
 

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