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How the Universe Works

Birth of the Earth (Season 2, Episode 8)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary

The Earth was formed by a series of cosmic cataclysms including the most powerful blast in the Universe. Yet amid the turmoil our world was born. Could the same chain of events have created other earths elsewhere, inhabited by creatures ...See moreThe Earth was formed by a series of cosmic cataclysms including the most powerful blast in the Universe. Yet amid the turmoil our world was born. Could the same chain of events have created other earths elsewhere, inhabited by creatures like us? Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
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Chris Sutcliffe (photography)
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Updated Aug 29, 2012

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Aug 29, 2012 (United States)

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12 cast members
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Erik Dellums
Self - Narrator (voice) (as Erik Todd Dellums) Self - Narrator (voice) (as Erik Todd Dellums)   See fewer
Richard Lintern
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Mike Rowe
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Russell Schweickart
Self - Apollo 9 Astronaut, B612 Foundation (as Rusty Schweickart) Self - Apollo 9 Astronaut, B612 Foundation (as Rusty Schweickart)   See fewer
Mark Sykes
Self - Planetary Astronomer, Planetary Science Institute (as Dr. Mark Sykes) Self - Planetary Astronomer, Planetary Science Institute (as Dr. Mark Sykes)   See fewer
Phil Plait
Self - Astronomer, Discover Magazine (as Dr. Phil Plait) Self - Astronomer, Discover Magazine (as Dr. Phil Plait)   See fewer
Michelle Thaller
Self - Astronomer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (as Dr. Michelle Thaller) Self - Astronomer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (as Dr. Michelle Thaller)   See fewer
Geoff Marcy
Self - Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley (as Prof. Geoff Marcy) Self - Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley (as Prof. Geoff Marcy)   See fewer
Lawrence Krauss
Self - Theoretical Physicist, Arizona State University (as Prof. Lawrence Krauss) Self - Theoretical Physicist, Arizona State University (as Prof. Lawrence Krauss)   See fewer
Hal Levison
Self - Planetary Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (as Dr. Hal Levison) Self - Planetary Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (as Dr. Hal Levison)   See fewer
Jürgen Blum
Self - Experimental Physicist, Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics (as Prof. Jürgen Blum) Self - Experimental Physicist, Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics (as Prof. Jürgen Blum)   See fewer
Michio Kaku
Self - Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York (as Prof. Michio Kaku) Self - Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York (as Prof. Michio Kaku)   See fewer
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