Alien Planet
Movies & TV / DVD
Movies/TV › Television: Discovery Channel
UPC: 014381615326 / Publisher: Discovery - Gaiam, September 2009
A wide variety of scientific and other experts conjecture at what life may be like on a planet six and a half light years from Earth.
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While the plot of this computer-animated film may seem fantastical, it's actually based on the theories of some of the world's top scientists, including Stephen Hawking, J. Craig Ventor, Michio Kaku and David Moriarty. Sent to investigate the planet Darwin IV (which is about 6.5 light years away), a pair of artificial intelligence probes nicknamed Ike (Newton) and Leo (Da Vinci) discover a richly populated ecosystem that rivals Earth's.
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