Journey into the Cosmos — Season 1, Episode 3: Visiting Saturn, Titan, Uranus, Neptune, and the Oort Cloud

Episode synopsis

Today's imaginary journey into the cosmos targets Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, mysterious outer planets of the solar system millions of kilometers away from Earth. The NOOS astronauts visit Titan, traveling across its methane lakes in a special overcraft, and Miranda, Uranus's icy moon, carved by fractures and ravines. Their next stop, at the edge of the solar system, are the geysers of Triton and the Hoort Cloud: a cluster of approximately one hundred billion comets that seems to envelop the solar system like a shell. Alberto Angela is joining us from NASA's Exobiology Research Center, at El Tatio, 4,300 meters above sea level in the Andes, and from the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Frascati, Rome (where experiments are being conducted to reach absolute zero).

About Journey into the Cosmos

Seven episodes explore the fascinating adventure of the universe. Scientific rigor is complemented by spectacular images created with the aid of cutting-edge technology and special effects, films, animated fact sheets, and astronomical instruments. Piero Angela connects with a replica of himself in space, AstroPiero. A second correspondent, Alberto Angela, connects with the study from astrophysics laboratories and observatories around the world.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Landing on the Moon, visiting Venus, Visiting and Descending into the Sun
• E2Exploration of Mars and the Moon Phobos, Asteroid Encounter, Flyby of Jupiter and Io
• E4Journey to the Outer Solar System
• E5Visit the Monsters of the Sky, Namely Supernovae, Pulsars, Quasars and Black Holes
• E6Man in Space and the Possibility of Adaptation
• E7Life in Space