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Birth of the Solar System

By Martin Brown, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Educational doc goes beyond the basics.

TV Max Educational 2018
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The basic layout of this corner of the Milky Way (the sun, gravity, the order of the planets) is well known, but this is an educational documentary that could seismically shift viewers' understanding. Going well beyond the basics, Birth of the Solar System makes sense of the cosmic chaos that preceded life on Earth, and unpacks the scientific process behind that knowledge.

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