A Moment in The Sun | The Planets | BBC Earth

When the Sun first formed, there were no planets to see it rise until gravity formed four planetary siblings. Narrated by Brian Cox.

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The Planets
This stunningly ambitious series brings to life the most memorable events in the history of the solar system, by using groundbreaking visual effects to tell the thrilling story of all eight planets. Transporting you to the surface of these dynamic worlds to witness the moments of high drama that shaped each one, The Planets reveals how the latest science allows us to unlock their past lives. It pieces together clues of magnificent lost waterfalls on Mars, the mass planetary migrations as they jostled for position early in their history, and even the distant fate of Saturn as one of its moons awakens to form a beautiful water world. Also available: The Planets: Behind the Science

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[XxDungeonGamingxX]

Animation and music together synergize so well

[simonpinkerton]

The gift that Brian Cox brings to the narration, is that he describes complex physics in a manner which we can understand.  Sir David Attenborough is a goliath of the natural history world, and I hope Cox gets the opportunity and BBC funding to follow in his footsteps by producing astrophysics based programming. Cannot wait for the rest of the series

[phye]

This video's quality is astonishing! Stars and planets formation is always so intriguing.

[ViralIndiaHindustan]

Thank you BBC for filming the entire event since 4.6 billion years.

[heinsaar]

Finally you were able to put this video up :-)

[jayfisher_nature]

forgot i was watching a clip then... disappointed when it finished XD

[Economically.]

This is quality, I can't wait to watch it all

[arjun-k]

I like the way you stop the narrative and show us the thick greenery... The very distinctive factor of the entire know universe.

[ttv_neon]

God brain cox just has one of those calming inspirational voices that makes you focus and love to learn what he is saying

[oc]

Science has changed my life. Being so deep in your thoughts about the beyond can really bring you to a calm and meaningful place in your mind.

[richiceyt]

It’s crazy how we are the only planet so far known with life, it really blows my mind. It’s really a miracle if you think of it from a bigger picture and take a step back

[thejerseyherper]

This sounds like an alien describing our solar system

[sebgee]

Phenomenal documentary by Brian Cox. Just watched episode 5. Outstanding.

[Francois]

I want the soundtrack for this.
The music that plays when Voyager II reaches Uranus is my favorite music of the whole series (Also plays when Saturn is forming and absorbing more Hydrogen/Helium)
Unfortunately it's split into multiple (awesome) segments but I miss the whole thing as one.
Googled, but so far have found nothing but ppl asking for it on twitter.

[leoleung]

Always happy when hear Brian Cox voice

[Matt-bgwg]

Damn Brian Cox is narrating this?! Absolutely inspired choice.

[desmondd]

Pumped to see this, great work on the visuals.

[abhishekkanaujia]

The best documentary, I have ever seen in any infotainment channel

[felipeg]

This series is gonna seriously touch my heart.

[mattharris]

Loved this series! Brian Cox, the special effects and the soundtrack!