First Rock from the Sun The Sky at Night : Season 2018 Episode 10
BBC Four 20m
Aired: November 18th, 2018 @ 10:00 PM EST on BBC Four
A report on BepiColombo, a spacecraft sent on a seven-year journey to the heart of the solar system to study Mercury. The objective is to discover why the smallest planet in the solar system seems to be shrinking even further, how it survives orbiting so close to the sun, and how it was formed in the first place.
