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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

It tells you how closelya body can come to a planet before it's pulledapart by the...

It tells you how closely
a body can come to a planet before it's pulled
apart by the planet's
tidal forces of gravity, and is turned into a ring

Full Transcript

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It tells you how closely a body can come to a planet
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before it's pulled apart by the planet's tidal forces of gravity,
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and is turned into a ring.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:32
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E09 Faster than the speed of light could possibly carry - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Faster than the speed of light could possibly carry
S01 • E11 Proxima B lies in the habitable zone of its star. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Proxima B lies in the habitable zone of its star.
S01 • E07 Within 60 seconds of the first takeoff, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Within 60 seconds of the first takeoff,
S01 • E02 After learning the ropes, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
After learning the ropes,
S01 • E12 They had an afterlife at the edge of space, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
They had an afterlife at the edge of space,
S01 • E10 In another time, there were others who faced a - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
In another time, there were others who faced a
S01 • E03 [colliding rocks] - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
[colliding rocks]
S01 • E13 They were great sculptors who introduced natural reality - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
They were great sculptors who introduced natural reality
S01 • E11 But we don't yet know if it could support life. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
But we don't yet know if it could support life.
S01 • E04 All the scientists and enemies of science gathered to - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
All the scientists and enemies of science gathered to
S01 • E06 But you could also be a "floater," - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
But you could also be a "floater,"
S01 • E02 In one experiment, only a small percentage would do so, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
In one experiment, only a small percentage would do so,
S01 • E09 These are two of the greatest unanswered questions in science. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
These are two of the greatest unanswered questions in scienc...
S01 • E12 They were silently congregating high above the Earth, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
They were silently congregating high above the Earth,
S01 • E11 Does it have the kind of protective magnetic field that - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Does it have the kind of protective magnetic field that
S01 • E05 Because our brains are a little like New York City... - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Because our brains are a little like New York City...
S01 • E08 That's the Roche limit. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
That's the Roche limit.
S01 • E07 With the sun as their compass, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
With the sun as their compass,
S01 • E03 It's called tidal flexing, and it's not just Jupiter, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
It's called tidal flexing, and it's not just Jupit...
S01 • E09 So, don't worry if they bother you. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
So, don't worry if they bother you.