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1. Kingdom of Saturn: Cassini's Epic Quest (2017)

52 min | Documentary

Before the joint NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, humanity only knew what had been learned, decades earlier, with the previous limited, rapid "fly-by" Pioneer and Voyager missions. ... See full summary »

Director: Dave Brody | Star: Perry Norton

Votes: 81

2. Anton Petrov (2012– )
Episode: Woah! Giant Comet/Minor Planet is Approaching from Oort Cloud (2021)

12 min | Documentary, Animation, News

c2014 un271 is a 300 km diameter object from deep in the Oort cloud that will come close to the orbit of Saturn in 2031. It is presumed to be a comet but due to it's highly eccentric orbit ... See full summary »

Star: Anton Petrov

3. V101 Science (2014– )
Episode: Makemake - The Icy Red World (Beyond Pluto Episode 2) (2018)

4 min | Documentary, Animation

Dwarf planet Makemake is a Kuiper belt object a bit smaller than Pluto. Like Pluto it is thought its surface is composed of frozen nitrogen and methane which reacts with solar radiation to ... See full summary »

Star: Rob Olley

4. V101 Science (2014– )
Episode: Gonggong - The Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System (2019)

5 min | Documentary, Animation

GongGong is the seventh dwarf planet discovered. It is thought to be an icy rock world and like other Kuiper Belt objects it has a reddish surface likely due to tholins. It's rotation rate ... See full summary »

Star: Rob Olley

5. V101 Science (2014– )
Episode: Sedna - The Oort Cloud Dwarf Planet (Beyond Pluto Episode 4) (2019)

5 min | Documentary, Animation

Sedna is an object in the outer Solar system so distant is presumed to be a Oort cloud object. It is thought to be large enough to classify as a dwarf planet and is to have surface tholins ... See full summary »

Star: Rob Olley

6. V101 Science (2014– )
Episode: The Goblin Dwarf Planet - An Inner Oort Cloud Object (2019)

6 min | Documentary, Animation

The Golblin, discovered in 2009, is believed to be a dwarf planet and Oort Cloud object about 200 miles in diameter with a orbital period of 32,000 years. It is currently inbound to the ... See full summary »

Star: Rob Olley

7. How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode: Moons (2010)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

Moons come in every possible shape and size. Home to incredible natural phenomena like gigantic geysers and colossal volcanoes, moons also offer perhaps the best chance of finding alien ... See full summary »

Director: Shaun Trevisick | Stars: Mike Rowe, Chris McKay, David Grinspoon, Dan Durda

Votes: 154

8. Astrum (2013– )
Episode: The Bizarre Characteristics of Triton: Our Solar System's Moons (2019)

12 min | Documentary

Neptune's moon Triton revolves opposite to Neptune's rotation in an inclined orbit that convinces astronomers it is a capture moon from the Kuiper belt. Since it is larger than Pluto it is ... See full summary »

9. V101 Science (2014– )
Episode: Orcus - The Anti-Pluto Dwarf Planet (2019)

5 min | Documentary, Animation

Orcus is a dwarf planet with a eccentric orbit similar to Pluto's but oriented about 180 degrees around the Solar system. Each reaches aphelion when the other is a perihelion.

Star: Rob Olley

10. Astrum (2013– )
Episode: NASA's Most Unusual Mission Lucy (2021)

11 min | Documentary

NASA is preparing (2021) to launch a probed named LUCY to explore Jupiter's Greek asteroids surrounding it's L4 Lagrange Point and a binary Trojan asteroid near Jupiter's L5 Lagrange Point.... See full summary »

Star: Alex McColgan

11. Science grand format (2016– )
Episode: À la conquête de Titan (2017)

90 min | Documentary

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a planetary body capable of human habitation. Cassini-Huygens probe journeyed to Titan. Discover what lies on its surface and find out if it may one day become a habitable zone.

Director: Frédéric Ramade

Votes: 66