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How the Universe Works

Perhaps our solar system oncehad large, rocky planets, but debris from the colliding inner...

Perhaps our solar system once
had large, rocky planets, but debris from the colliding inner planets slowed down
their orbits, dragging the young
super-Earths into the Sun. These primordial super-Earths
get pushed onto the Sun
and destroyed altogether

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Perhaps our solar system once had large, rocky planets,
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but debris from the colliding
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inner planets slowed down their orbits,
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dragging the young super-Earths into the Sun.
00:00:16.267 --> 00:00:19.467
These primordial super-Earths get pushed
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onto the Sun and destroyed altogether.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
84
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:06
Uploaded
Jan 12, 2024
Season
11
Episode
5
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

A users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
S02 • E03 IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE PLANETS MORE EXTREME THAN COROT-7b... - How the Universe Works 00:19
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE PLANETS MORE EXTREME THAN COROT-7b...
S01 • E07 THEIA IS DESTROYED, AND EARTH BARELY SURVIVES. - How the Universe Works 00:22
THEIA IS DESTROYED, AND EARTH BARELY SURVIVES.
S02 • E04 MONSTER MEGA-FLARES ARE EVERYWHERE WE LOOK. - How the Universe Works 00:19
MONSTER MEGA-FLARES ARE EVERYWHERE WE LOOK.
S01 • E08 Narrator: THE TRUTH IS, - How the Universe Works 00:28
Narrator: THE TRUTH IS,
S02 • E04 WE'RE LULLED INTO THINKING THAT THE SUN IS STATIC, - How the Universe Works 00:09
WE'RE LULLED INTO THINKING THAT THE SUN IS STATIC,
S01 • E05 ASTRONOMERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE LOOKING FOR NEW PLANETS - How the Universe Works 00:14
ASTRONOMERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE LOOKING FOR NEW PLANETS
S01 • E08 Narrator: WHEN GIANT STARS EXPLODE... - How the Universe Works 00:10
Narrator: WHEN GIANT STARS EXPLODE...
S01 • E05 MOST ARE HUGE GAS GIANTS, LIKE JUPITER... - How the Universe Works 00:14
MOST ARE HUGE GAS GIANTS, LIKE JUPITER...
S01 • E08 BUT WHAT GIVES THEM SO MUCH PUNCH? - How the Universe Works 00:27
BUT WHAT GIVES THEM SO MUCH PUNCH?
S01 • E08 Narrator: COMPUTER MODELS COULDN'T MAKE THE SIMULATED STARS BLOW UP. - How the Universe Works 00:06
Narrator: COMPUTER MODELS COULDN'T MAKE THE SIMULATED S...
S04 • E03 Spiralling temperatures will cause even more evaporation, - How the Universe Works 00:30
Spiralling temperatures will cause even more evaporation,
S01 • E07 THE SECOND SHOT IS A HEAD-ON COLLISION. - How the Universe Works 00:22
THE SECOND SHOT IS A HEAD-ON COLLISION.
S04 • E05 Spaghettification is real. - How the Universe Works 00:14
Spaghettification is real.
S01 • E01 IT'S THE SINGLE MOST VIOLENT EVENT IN THE UNIVERSE -- - How the Universe Works 00:31
IT'S THE SINGLE MOST VIOLENT EVENT IN THE UNIVERSE --
S01 • E07 Narrator: THERE'S NO EARTH LEFT, - How the Universe Works 00:23
Narrator: THERE'S NO EARTH LEFT,
S02 • E03 THE OPPOSITE HELL IS NO BETTER -- - How the Universe Works 00:26
THE OPPOSITE HELL IS NO BETTER --
S01 • E07 OH, OH, GORGEOUS! OH, MY GOSH! - How the Universe Works 00:19
OH, OH, GORGEOUS! OH, MY GOSH!
S01 • E01 Narrator: TELESCOPES AROUND THE WORLD SCAN THE SKIES FOR SUPERNOVAS. - How the Universe Works 00:29
Narrator: TELESCOPES AROUND THE WORLD SCAN THE SKIES FOR SUP...
S01 • E05 IN MARCH 2009, NASA LAUNCHED THE KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE. - How the Universe Works 00:19
IN MARCH 2009, NASA LAUNCHED THE KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE.
S01 • E07 BUT THIS WAS THE BEGINNING -- THE BEGINNING OF OUR MOON. - How the Universe Works 00:23
BUT THIS WAS THE BEGINNING -- THE BEGINNING OF OUR MOON.