布赖恩考克斯教授游历地球上一些最令人惊奇的地点，向观众展示和剖析自然法则所造就的太阳系的伟大自然奇观。n第1集 太阳帝国n第 2集 从混沌到秩序n第3集 蔚蓝色的大气层n第4集 生与死n第5集 未知世界nProfessor Brian Cox visits some of the most stunning locations on earth to describe how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system.nIn this first episode Brian explores the powerhouse of them all, the sun. In India he witnesses a total solar eclipse - when the link to the light and heat that sustains us is cut off for a few precious minutes.nBut heat and light are not the only power of the sun over the solar system. In Norway, Brian watches the battle between the sun's wind and earth, as the night sky glows with the northern lights.nBeyond earth, the solar wind continues, creating dazzling aurora on other planets. Brian makes contact with Voyager, a probe that has been travelling since its launch 30 years ago. Now 14 billion kilometres away, Voyager has just detected the solar wind is beginning to peter out. But even here we haven't reached the end of the sun's rule.nBrian explains how its greatest power, gravity, reaches out for hundreds of billions of kilometres, where the lightest gravitational touch encircles our solar system in a mysterious cloud of comets.n1 Empire of the Sunn2 Order out of Chaosn3 The Thin Blue Linen4 Dead or Aliven5 Aliens
