Search for Second Earth

Search for Second Earth

TV-PG2018•52m•7.3/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(8)

Search for Second Earth brings to life, in breathtaking CGI, an epic future journey that our species has already begun: the voyage of an autonomous spacecraft to a planet beyond our Solar System in search of life. Join NASA planetary explorers Gentry Lee and Steve Squyres; and exo-planet hunters Sara Seager, Francois Forget and Natalie Batalha on their quest to find life beyond Earth.

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Production

Essential Media and Entertainment, ZED, ARTE, CuriosityStream, UKTV, U&Yesterday

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

August 14, 2018

Last Aired

September 4, 2018

Networks

ABC TV

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

The Planet Hunters

E1

The Planet Hunters

Air date: 2018-08-14

The Explorers

E2

The Explorers

Air date: 2018-08-21

The new space race has begun. After more than 50 years exploring nearby planets, it's time to venture beyond our solar system to explore alien worlds orbiting distant suns.

Second Earth

E3

Second Earth

Air date: 2018-08-28

The discovery of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system has reset the odds of finding a Second Genesis beyond our planet. Could life on Earth be the product of a random miracle, never to be repeated?

Contact

E4

Contact

Air date: 2018-09-04

Are we alone? From the moment we were conscious as a species, we have been on a quest to answer this question.

Cast

Lee Perry

Lee Perry

Narrator (voice)

Chloé Boreham

Chloé Boreham

Artemis (voice)

Natalie Batalha

Natalie Batalha

Herself

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