HADEAN EON: 4.54 — 4 BILLION YEARS AGO

Ancient Planet Trilogy: Hadean Eon (Tubi)

4.6B - 4B YA

Takes us 4.6 billion years back and tells the story of our planet's formation, appearance of the Moon, atmosphere, and water.

2020 | TV-PG | 24 min | CC

Documentary | Science & Nature

Eons S7 E12: How Asteroids Set the Stage for Life on Earth (PBS)

4.6B - 4B YA

We may have planet-shattering asteroids to thank for the origin of life on Earth.

01/14/2025 | Rating NR | 10m 38s | CC

Docuseries | Science & Nature

Eons S5 E1: Where Did Water Come From? (PBS)

4.6B - 3.6B YA

Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all super low on water – so where did ours come from and why do we have so much of it? We think our water came from a few unlikely sources: meteorites, space dust, and even the sun.

09/27/2022 | 10m 17s | CC

Docuseries | Science & Nature

Eons S1 E20: The Search for the Earliest Life (PBS)

4.6B - 3.2B YA

More than 4 billion years ago, the crust of the Earth was still cooling and the oceans were only beginning to form. But in recent years, we’ve started to discover that, even in this hellish environment, life found a way.

11/20/2017 | 5m 37s | CC

Docuseries | Science & Nature

Eons S1 E19: A Brief History of Geologic Time (PBS)

4.6B - 521M YA

By looking at the layers beneath our feet, geologists have been able to identify and describe crucial episodes in life’s history. These key events frame the chapters in the story of life on earth and the system we use to bind all these chapters together is the Geologic Time Scale.

11/07/2017 | 12m 8s | CC

Docuseries | Science & Nature