Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A 65 minute astonishingly detailed look into the 8 planets in our solar system. With a forecast into what our home planet Earth might look like 5 billion years into the future, to some insight into why the planet Saturn got it's renowned rings. There's a lot to uncover in our solar systems rich & dynamic history and a full hour is the best place to start.

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Taken from: The Planets (2019)

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:10 What Will Earth Look like In 5 Billion Years?
00:05:55 Why Is Uranus On Its Side?
00:12:03 The Planet That Rains Diamonds
00:16:24 The Largest Waterfall In The Solar System
00:22:31 The Planet With Supersonic Winds
00:26:39 Mercury: The Scorched Planet
00:36:54 The Death of Mars
00:43:21 How Saturn Got Its Rings
00:49:57 Jupiter: The Godfather Planet
00:58:31 The Attacker & Defender of Earth

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