Strip the Cosmos Hunting a Comet (Season 1, Episode 6)
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TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

Strip the Cosmos

Hunting a Comet (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV-G

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

Comets appear from nowhere and then blaze across the sky in a magnificent display of cosmic fireworks before disappearing into the darkness. This film reveals our extraordinary relationship with comets, exploring how these icy dirt balls ...See moreComets appear from nowhere and then blaze across the sky in a magnificent display of cosmic fireworks before disappearing into the darkness. This film reveals our extraordinary relationship with comets, exploring how these icy dirt balls may actually hold the key to all life on Earth. Stunning CGI animation tears open the comet to reveal the secrets locked inside its nucleus. We travel back in time to witness the early earth and the storm of meteor impacts that could have brought the water to its oceans. While they may pose a threat to life on earth, Comets could also be the reason that we are here at all. See less

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Name	Known for
Eric Loren Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Fourth Kind (2009)
Hakeem Oluseyi Self - Astrophysicist Self - Astrophysicist See fewer	The Stars in My Soul
Phil Plait Self - Astronomer Self - Astronomer See fewer	Arrival (II) (2016)
Mark Sykes Self - Planetary Scientist Self - Planetary Scientist See fewer	Nova (1974)
Michelle Thaller Self - Astronomer Self - Astronomer See fewer	Spaceship Spitzer: The Slowlian Web (2008)