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Building The Sun: The 250 Million Degree Problem

Breakthrough: Season 2: Episode 8

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Building The Sun: The 250 Million Degree Problem

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National Geographic | Air Date: October 5, 2019

Summary: Scientists investigate the way the sun builds its power through fusion hoping to find a way to use fusion as a less dangerous and less radioactive waste-producing path to energy than fission. But there are some major difficulties along the way.

Genre(s): News/Documentary, Health & Lifestyle, Documentary, Science, Tech & Gaming

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Air Date: July 29, 2021
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Air Date: July 19, 2021
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Air Date: July 12, 2021

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: December 5, 2019
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: December 5, 2019
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: May 2, 2017
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: May 9, 2017
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E35. World Without Water
  Air Date: July 29, 2021
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  S2:E33. Perseverance Rover: Countdown to Impact
  Air Date: July 19, 2021
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  S2:E32. Peru's Mysterious Cloud Warriors
  Air Date: July 12, 2021
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  S2:E31. The West is Burning
  Air Date: February 13, 2021
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  S2:E30. Return of the Wolves
  Air Date: December 22, 2020
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  S2:E30. Raising Dinos From The Dead
  Air Date: January 4, 2021
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  S2:E30. Raising Dinos From The Dead
  Air Date: January 4, 2021
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  S2:E29. Return of the Wolves
  Air Date: December 22, 2020
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  S2:E29. Return of the Wolves
  Air Date: December 22, 2020
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  S2:E28. Opportunity: A Life on Mars
  Air Date: December 22, 2019
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  S2:E28. The Body vs. Coronavirus
  Air Date: October 25, 2020
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  S2:E28. The Body vs. Coronavirus
  Air Date: October 25, 2020
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  S2:E27. Shark Family Tree
  Air Date: October 23, 2019
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  S2:E27. Opportunity: A Life on Mars
  Air Date: December 22, 2019
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  S2:E26. Shark Family Tree
  Air Date: October 23, 2019
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  S2:E26. T Rex Timeline
  Air Date: October 23, 2019
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  S2:E25. Fixing A Broken Heart
  Air Date: October 23, 2019
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  S2:E25. T Rex Timeline
  Air Date: October 23, 2019
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  S2:E24. Fixing A Broken Heart
  Air Date: October 23, 2019
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  S2:E23. Modern Day Killer Asteroid
  Air Date: October 21, 2019
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  S2:E22. Private Moonshot
  Air Date: October 21, 2019
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  S2:E21. Mars InSight: Seven Minutes to Touchdown
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E20. Space Junk Dangers
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E19. Greenland is Melting
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E18. Drilling For Marsquakes: Mars InSight
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E17. Little Foot: Exploring Our Origins
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E16. Reversing Alzheimers
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E16. Return of the Wolves
  Air Date: December 22, 2020
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  S2:E15. New Horizons: The Kuiper Belt Target
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E15. Space Junk Dangers
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E14. Direct From An Asteroid
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E14. Opportunity: A Life on Mars
  Air Date: December 22, 2019
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  S2:E13. Miami Beach Underwater
  Air Date: October 18, 2019
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  S2:E13. Greenland is Melting
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E12. Exoplanets
  Air Date: October 18, 2019
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  S2:E12. Escaping Rip Currents
  Air Date: October 7, 2019
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  S2:E11. Cassini: The Grand Finale
  Air Date: October 18, 2019
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  S2:E11. Climate Crisis
  Air Date: October 27, 2020
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  S2:E10. World's Best Dinosaur Fossil
  Air Date: October 18, 2019
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  S2:E10. Touching the Sun
  Air Date: October 22, 2019
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  S2:E9. Resurrecting Tasmanian Tigers
  Air Date: October 17, 2019
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  S2:E9. Saber Tooth Brawl
  Air Date: October 7, 2019
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  S2:E8. Building The Sun: The 250 Million Degree Problem
  Air Date: October 5, 2019
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  S2:E8. Herculaneum Scrolls: Unraveling History
  Air Date: October 4, 2019
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  S2:E7. Greenland is Melting
  Air Date: November 30, -0001
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  S2:E7. The Eighth Continent: Zealandia
  Air Date: October 5, 2019
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  S2:E7. Modern Day Killer Asteroid
  Air Date: October 21, 2019
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  S2:E6. Power to the People
  Air Date: June 6, 2017
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  S2:E6. New Horizons: The Kuiper Belt Target
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E5. Predicting the Future
  Air Date: May 30, 2017
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  S2:E5. Direct From An Asteroid
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
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  S2:E4. Game of Drones
  Air Date: May 23, 2017
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  S2:E4. Recovering From Extinction
  Air Date: November 29, 2019
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  S2:E3. Curing Cancer
  Air Date: May 16, 2017
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  S2:E3. The First Picture of a Black Hole
  Air Date: July 30, 2021
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  S2:E2. Cyber Terror
  Air Date: May 9, 2017
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  S2:E2. Fixing Broken Heart
  Air Date: March 22, 2022
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  S2:E1. Addiction: A Psychedelic Cure?
  Air Date: May 2, 2017
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  S2:E1. Little Foot: Exploring Our Origins
  Air Date: October 19, 2019
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 1, 2015