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。
第1集太阳帝国
第2集从混沌到秩序
第3集蔚蓝色的大气层
第4集生与死
第5集未知世界
ProfessorBrianCoxvisitssomeofthemoststunninglocationsonearthtodescribehowthelawsofnaturehavecarvednaturalwondersacrossthesolarsystem.
InthisfirstepisodeBrianexploresthepowerhouseofthemall,thesun.InIndiahewitnessesatotalsolareclipse-whenthelinktothelightandheatthatsustainsusiscutoffforafewpreciousminutes.
Butheatandlightarenottheonlypowerofthesunoverthesolarsystem.InNorway,Brianwatchesthebattlebetweenthesun'swindandearth,asthenightskyglowswiththenorthernlights.
Beyondearth,thesolarwindcontinues,creatingdazzlingauroraonotherplanets.BrianmakescontactwithVoyager,aprobethathasbeentravellingsinceitslaunch30yearsago.Now14billionkilometresaway,Voyagerhasjustdetectedthesolarwindisbeginningtopeterout.Butevenherewehaven'treachedtheendofthesun'srule.
Brianexplainshowitsgreatestpower,gravity,reachesoutforhundredsofbillionsofkilometres,wherethelightestgravitationaltouchencirclesoursolarsysteminamysteriouscloudofcomets.
1EmpireoftheSun
2OrderoutofChaos
3TheThinBlueLine
4DeadorAlive
5Aliens
