Wonders of The Solar System

[DRTY]

Anyone else watch it on Sunday? Was pretty good, I quite like Brian Cox...... any of you lot read his book?

Here's a trailer......



Part of a new series, couldn't tell you how many episodes.

Sunday's is on the iPlayer now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... f_the_Sun/

[magma]

Watched it last night on the iPlayer... I love Brian Cox, he always explains things how I think about them.

There was a bit of going over old ground, I thought, but some of the demonstrations were fantastic. Especially the views of the sun from the planets... Mercury is officially terrifying.

Can't wait for the rest of the series... well up for episode 2 on my Bloc comedown!

[drokkr]

I saw it. Quite enjoyed it too... I liked the fact that Brian Cox was so enthusiastic about his work too.

Did you see the other short "science" series BBC did recently - How the Earth Shaped Us?

[hackman]

i thought this was shit
oooooo an eclipse
ive never seen that before

and brian cox is a nob, what is he smiling about?

[DRTY]

I saw it. Quite enjoyed it too... I liked the fact that Brian Cox was so enthusiastic about his work too.

Did you see the other short "science" series BBC did recently - How the Earth Shaped Us?

Na I missed this, might try catch it somewhere, looked pretty good.

@hackman, I think he just likes what he does

EDIT: I don't think I've seen a total eclipse before

[hackman]

I saw it. Quite enjoyed it too... I liked the fact that Brian Cox was so enthusiastic about his work too.

Did you see the other short "science" series BBC did recently - How the Earth Shaped Us?

Na I missed this, might try catch it somewhere, looked pretty good.

@hackman, I think he just likes what he does

EDIT: I don't think I've seen a total eclipse before

there was one about five eyars ago i think

[DRTY]

I saw it. Quite enjoyed it too... I liked the fact that Brian Cox was so enthusiastic about his work too.

Did you see the other short "science" series BBC did recently - How the Earth Shaped Us?

Na I missed this, might try catch it somewhere, looked pretty good.

@hackman, I think he just likes what he does

EDIT: I don't think I've seen a total eclipse before

there was one about five eyars ago i think

where the fucking hell was I then lol, I'm gonna look into this

[DRTY]

24th August 1999 apparently. I definitely didn't see it though. That fucking SUCKS.

[hackman]

lol unlucky

[magma]

24th August 1999 apparently. I definitely didn't see it though. That fucking SUCKS.

Watched it from a boat in Torbay. Shit ruled... one of the weirdest experiences.

The solar wind/aurora borealis stuff was great on this programme.. lovely demonstratons and the pictures of them on other planets were great.

The footage of sunrise on Mars. YES.

[Motorway to Roswell]

I liked it. I don't like how they make it all dramatic with emotive music etc but it was good. Brian Cox is alright.

The solar wind/aurora borealis stuff was great on this programme.. lovely demonstratons and the pictures of them on other planets were great.

The footage of sunrise on Mars. YES.

[Neurotik]

Thanks for putting this up, i'm going to go watch this now. Just gave me something worthwhile to do on a pointless day.
Love these documentaries, i just managed to miss the rest of Extreme Universe.

[kay]

24th August 1999 apparently. I definitely didn't see it though. That fucking SUCKS.

If I remember correctly, I slept through it

Thanks for the heads up on this series, I've been in TV limbo. Still haven't got reception for my tv after moving.

[Coppola]

I didn't really like the program that much. Although the Eclipse and Aurora Borealis did look spectacular.

Th Eclipse happened when I was 6. I remember going to the local hill and wearing these little glasses. It was the coolest thing ever to a 6 year old!

[magma]

I saw it. Quite enjoyed it too... I liked the fact that Brian Cox was so enthusiastic about his work too.

Did you see the other short "science" series BBC did recently - How the Earth Shaped Us?

Na I missed this, might try catch it somewhere, looked pretty good.

It was awesome... especially the first and last episodes!

[hackman]

most of what he talked about was covered in gcse physics
talk about dumbing down

[Motorway to Roswell]

most of what he talked about was covered in gcse physics
talk about dumbing down

Yeah. BBC docs are quite often like that.

[lloydnoise]

most of what he talked about was covered in gcse physics
talk about dumbing down

haterz gonna hate..
It's not a Caltech course, it's a modern popular science program so, yes, old ground will be retrodden. Who are you, Ed Witten?
I have loads of physics books of different levels of complexity/technicality, I still learn stuff from even the most simple laymans texts.

Chill

On a side note, Brian Cox is such a G
He used to play keyboard in D:ream while he was at Uni (around the time their tune was used for the Labour campaign in '97.
Gave up international pop stardom to become a physicist. Winner.

[magma]

most of what he talked about was covered in gcse physics
talk about dumbing down

I kind of see these documentaries a bit like getting a great mixtape of all my favourite songs... obviously, you know them already, but it's cool when someone comes and presents it in a nice way for you. I like Brian Cox too, I have to admit... he reminds me a lot of me.. excited *all* the time, I love enthusiastic people.

I'd not seen the footage of Aurora Borealis on other planets seem from our probes and I hadn't seen the footage of sunrise on Mars... yeah, it's easy enough to find that stuff on the Internet (maybe you lot get to see it in school now, but we definitely didn't 10 years ago!), it's awesome that the BBC take the time to put it all together into an hour, IMHO. The sunrise from Mars made me genuinely emotional... I'm a sucker for that stuff.

Will be interesting to see what the rest of the series focuses on... obviously, we already know quite a lot about the Sun (because we all see it every day!), but there might be a bit more new stuff to present for the rest of the Solar System.

[kay]

On a side note, Brian Cox is such a G
He used to play keyboard in D:ream while he was at Uni (around the time their tune was used for the Labour campaign in '97.
Gave up international pop stardom to become a physicist. Winner.

Really?

Not that D:ream lasted that long...

obviously, we already know quite a lot about the Sun

I think we actually still don't know a lot about the Sun (and therefore stars). We've barely scratched the surface.