The Universe The Outer Planets (Season 1, Episode 11)
TV-14
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History

The Universe

The Outer Planets (Season 1, Episode 11)

TV-14

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary, History

New discoveries regarding the Outer Planets are creating a fundamental rethinking of our solar system. Uranus is a toxic combination of hydrogen, helium and methane. Scientists speculate that the planet was knocked on its side after ...See moreNew discoveries regarding the Outer Planets are creating a fundamental rethinking of our solar system. Uranus is a toxic combination of hydrogen, helium and methane. Scientists speculate that the planet was knocked on its side after colliding with another body. Neptune's largest moon, Triton, is cold and barren, but some scientists speculate that liquid water might exist under Triton's icy surface. If this is proven true, Triton could be the home to one of the biggest discoveries of all time. Cold and inhospitable, Pluto completes one orbit around the solar system every 248 years. Cutting-edge computer graphics are used to bring the universe down to earth to show what life would be like on other planets, and to imagine what kind of life forms might evolve in alien atmospheres. Written by Anonymous See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Erik Thompson Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	A Murder of Crows (1998)
Mike Brown Self - CalTech Self - CalTech See fewer	PBS NewsHour (1975)
Henry Throop Self - Southwest Research Institute Self - Southwest Research Institute See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Leslie Young Self - Southwest Research Institute Self - Southwest Research Institute See fewer	Nova (1974)
Dave Grinspoon Self - Denver Museum of Nature & Science Self - Denver Museum of Nature & Science See fewer	Nova (1974)
Michael Mischna Self - JPL Self - JPL See fewer	The Universe (2007)
Edward Stone Self - CalTech / JPL (as Ed Stone) Self - CalTech / JPL (as Ed Stone) See fewer	Space Age (1992)
Clyde Tombaugh Self - Astronomer (archive footage) Self - Astronomer (archive footage) See fewer	Wax, or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991)
William Herschel Self - Astronomer (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Astronomer (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Percival Lowell Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer