NOVA: Alien Planets Revealed
It's a golden age for planet hunters: recently, they've discovered more than 750 planets orbiting stars beyond our sun. Some of them, like a planet called Kepler-22b, might even be able to harbor life. What would that life look like? Combining startling animation with input from expert astrobiologists, Alien Planets Revealed takes viewers on a journey of the imagination as we ""build"" aliens from the ground up.
What chemical building blocks will make up their genetic code? How will life get started and how will the exotic environment on a planet like Kepler-22b drive evolution? Bringing the creative power of veteran animators together with the latest discoveries in astrobiology, Alien Planets Revealed provides a glimpse of the creatures we might one day encounter beyond our solar system.
Producer: Darlow Smithson Productions
Executive Producer: Alex Sutherland, Paula S. Apsell
Production Company: Channel FIVE; Darlow-Smithson Productions
Production Year: 2013
Copyright Year: 2014
Director: Nathan Williams
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English (SDH)
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen