About this season
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.
Episodes (4)
1. The Planet Hunters
Aired 14 August 2018 • 52 min
2. The Explorers
Aired 21 August 2018 • 52 min
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.
3. Second Earth
Aired 28 August 2018 • 52 min
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?
4. Contact
Aired 4 September 2018 • 52 min
Are we alone? From the moment we were conscious as a species, we have been on a quest to answer this question.