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How the Universe Works

Season 6 2018
TV-PG

  • 2018-01-10T02:00:00Z on Science
  • 42m
  • 7h (10 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

2018-01-10T02:00:00Z

6x01 Are Black Holes Real?

Season Premiere

6x01 Are Black Holes Real?

  • 2018-01-10T02:00:00Z42m

New discoveries are challenging everything we know about black holes, and astronomers are beginning to question if they even exist. The latest science tries to explain how they work and what they look like, despite the fact we've never actually seen one.

Our solar system is home to hundreds of strange, tiny worlds called dwarf planets, and new discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.

Planets that orbit two suns instead of one might be deadly hell worlds, but new discoveries reveal that sci-fi star systems with binary stars might be optimal places for alien life.

Uranus and Neptune are mysterious, icy worlds at the edge of our solar system, and new discoveries reveal that these strange planets might have helped start life on Earth.

2018-02-07T02:00:00Z

6x05 The Quasar Enigma

6x05 The Quasar Enigma

  • 2018-02-07T02:00:00Z42m

Quasars are the brightest and most powerful objects in our universe, and though they have shaped the cosmos, they might ultimately destroy everything that exists.

2018-02-14T02:00:00Z

6x06 Death of the Milky Way

6x06 Death of the Milky Way

  • 2018-02-14T02:00:00Z42m

The Milky Way is dying, and using the latest science and discoveries, experts are investigating what's killing it.

2018-02-21T02:00:00Z

6x07 War on Asteroids

6x07 War on Asteroids

  • 2018-02-21T02:00:00Z42m

Scientists are using cutting-edge technology to stop an asteroid apocalypse, and for the first time, mankind is closer than ever to keeping Earth safe from these killer space rocks.

2018-02-28T02:00:00Z

6x08 Secret History of Mercury

Mercury is a deadly world, facing attacks from the Sun, comets, and other planets, and even though it's the smallest planet in our solar system, it has a dangerous secret a dangerous secret that might one day threaten life on Earth.

Our solar system hides a dark and violent past, and new discoveries reveal that Earth and the planets were formed from the destruction of strange alien worlds that came before us.

Season Finale

2018-03-14T01:00:00Z

6x10 Mystery of Spacetime

Season Finale

6x10 Mystery of Spacetime

  • 2018-03-14T01:00:00Z42m

Spacetime is the secret structure that controls our universe, and this strange four-dimensional substance controls time, light, and energy. It will also determine how our universe will end.

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