A massive glowing “super comet” made its path toward Earth at speeds exceeding 425,000 miles per hour – and Science Channel will air the definitive special chronicling its historic voyage. The world premiere special SUPER COMET ISON 2013 will offer stunning views of the Comet ISON from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and leading observatories across Earth as it completed its 4.5 trillion mile journey which began millions of years ago. SUPER COMET ISON 2013 will premiere on Science Channel on Saturday, December 7 at 10PM ET/PT.
ISON was predicted to be one of the most significant comets in recorded history.
SUPER COMET ISON 2013 will tell the entire story in the life
cycle of the comet. This special will offer mind-blowing views of
historic celestial fireworks with stunning HD images from an
interplanetary network of HD cameras headlined by NASA’s Goddard
Space Center.
For SUPER COMET ISON 2013,
Science Channel assembled a star-studded line-up of world-renowned
astronomers and astrophysicists to curate coverage of the comets
flight. Host Dan Rifkin
will guide viewers along ISON’s spin around the solar system
accompanied by other leading minds including: Dr. Matthew Knight (Comet
Scientist, Lowell Observatory), Karl Battams (Astrophysicist, Naval
Research Lab), and Dr. Carey Lisse (Sr. Scientist, Johns
Hopkins Applied Physics Lab) to name a few.
“There are
very few events that create true global moments – happenings that touch
every human on Earth and bind us together. The passing of Comet ISON is
one of those moments,” said Debbie
Adler Myers, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Science
Channel. “SUPER COMET ISON 2013”
combines stunning images from Mars, and all around Earth,
with the most credible scientific minds and organizations. We hope
everyone will tune into Science Channel to learn about the brilliant
journey of this significant scientific event.”
SUPERCOMET ISON 2013
is produced for Science Channel by Discovery Canada. For Science
Channel Joshua C. Berkley is Executive Producer and Debbie Adler Myers
is General Manager and Executive Vice President.
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