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  2. The World Set Free ( Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey )

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    The episode also examines the planet Venus to inspect the runaway greenhouse effect. [2] The episode's title alludes to H. G. Wells ' novel published in 1914, The World Set Free , where Wells predicts that humanity will develop destructive nuclear weapons , perpetuating a devastating global war and forcing the world to come to its senses to ...

  3. Passage de Vénus - Wikipedia

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    Passage de Vénus is a series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun on 9 December 1874. [1] They were purportedly taken in Japan by the French astronomer Jules Janssen and Brazilian engineer Francisco Antônio de Almeida using Janssen's 'photographic revolver'. [2] [3] [4] It is the oldest "film" listed on IMDb and ...

  4. Transit of Venus - Wikipedia

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    A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus is visible as a small black circle moving across the face of the Sun. Transits of Venus reoccur periodically.

  5. NASA's Parker Solar Probe to pass Venus on record-breaking ...

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    During the probe's third Venus flyby in July 2020, its camera – the Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR – captured images of Venus' scorching-hot surface through the thick cloud ...

  6. Dark side of Venus revealed in new NASA photos - AOL

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    A NASA spacecraft has captured never-before-seen images of Venus, providing stunning views of the hellishly hot surface of the second rock from the sun. Dark side of Venus revealed in new NASA ...

  7. Declassified (2004 TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Declassified fuses modern graphics and editing, story-telling, rock music (from Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P.) and expert interviews to bring to light the thrilling and secret tales of our modern era. The show's director Kosh , winner of three Grammy Awards , is the former creative director for Apple Records and designer for the Beatles and Eagles .

  8. Happy Festivus! How to celebrate and where to stream all the ...

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    The final holiday episode of Seinfeld, Season 9, Episode 10, “The Strike,” is where the story of Festivus is told. Where to watch the Festivus episode of Seinfeld: You can stream all nine ...

  9. Cosmic Odyssey (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    "The Enigma of Venus" – Venus, the Sun's second planet, is a dark, broiling oven. It is a high-pressure, volcanic world with temperatures soaring above 500 degrees Celsius and air choked with carbon dioxide. How can the planets Earth and Venus, so similar in size and composition, be so different?