Solar System: Volcano Worlds
Season 51Episode 10Season 51Episode 12

E11 Solar System: Volcano Worlds

NOVA / Season 51 / Episode 11

17 Oct, 2024 · 54min

 
Season 51Episode 10Season 51Episode 12

E11 Solar System: Volcano Worlds

NOVA / Season 51 / Episode 11

17 Oct, 2024 · 54min

 

All around our solar system, volcanoes are powerful shapers of worlds. Next door on Mars is Olympus Mons, a giant volcanic mountain more than twice the size of Mt. Everest. And closer to the Sun, thousands of volcanoes produce the toxic atmosphere that keeps Venus boiling. Then there’s Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the entire solar system, and Saturn’s moon Enceladus, where clues in its watery... see more

All around our solar system, volcanoes are powerful shapers of worlds. Next door on Mars is Olympus Mons, a giant volcanic mountain more than twice the size of Mt. Everest. And closer to the Sun, thousands of volcanoes produce the toxic atmosphere that keeps Venus boiling. Then there’s Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the entire solar system, and Saturn’s moon Enceladus, where clues in its watery... see more
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