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Search for Second Earth

52min

Documentary

Search for Second Earth brings to life, in breathtaking CGI, an epic future journey that our species has already begun: the voyage of an autonomous spacecraft to a planet beyond our Solar System in search of life. Join NASA planetary explorers Gentry Lee and Steve Squyres; and exo-planet hunters Sara Seager, Francois Forget and Natalie Batalha on their quest to find life beyond Earth.

Production Companies

Essential Media and Entertainment

ZED

ARTE

CuriosityStream

UKTV

U&Yesterday

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

The Planet Hunters

1. The Planet Hunters

52min

14th Aug 2018

The Explorers

2. The Explorers

52min

21st Aug 2018

The new space race has begun. After more than 50 years exploring nearby planets, it's time to venture beyond our solar system to explore alien worlds orbiting distant suns.

Second Earth

3. Second Earth

52min

28th Aug 2018

The discovery of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system has reset the odds of finding a Second Genesis beyond our planet. Could life on Earth be the product of a random miracle, never to be repeated?

Contact

4. Contact

52min

4th Sep 2018

Are we alone? From the moment we were conscious as a species, we have been on a quest to answer this question.

First air date

14th Aug 2018

Last air date

4th Sep 2018

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks