How Has Physics Shaped the Solar System?
Concentrating on how the laws of physics shaped Earth and all the other wonders of the solar system is the factor that sets this series apart. It goes beyond astronomy, and explains phenomena such as the solar winds, gravity and, excitingly, how huge geyser-like ice fountains could come to have been discovered on one of Saturn’s moons Enceladus. Professor Cox also explains how the physics of the weather on Earth is mirrored by another of Saturn’s moons, Titan. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsense_ad_2_hidden’).innerHTML; But whereas on Earth we have liquid water which is drawn up in vapours to form clouds and then rained back down, on Titan the lakes and rivers are all liquid methane. Incredible. It is so cold on Saturn, some 888 million miles away from the sun, that its moon Titan flows with rivers of something that here on Earth only exists as a gas. But due to the atmosphere Titan possesses, its weather system is carving out a
