How the Universe Works

2010
4.8
367 reviews
TV-PG
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Season 3 episodes (8)

1 Sun
7/9/14
Season-only
How does light escape from the sun? We take a journey from the centre of the sun, following the path of light. We witness its fiery birth from in the core, its 430,000 mile battle against gravity and magnetism, and its escape from the solar surface.
2 End of the Universe
7/16/14
Season-only
How and when will the Universe end? Gravity and dark matter are poised to annihilate the Universe in a big crunch. Expansion and dark energy may tear it apart. Or, a phase transition could kill us tomorrow in a cosmic death bubble.
3 Jupiter
7/23/14
Season-only
Beneath Jupiter's swirling clouds lie our solar system's deepest secrets: from its violent youth, through the birth of life to the death of the sun. Now, scientists are unlocking these secrets and discovering that every living thing exists tha to Jupiter.
4 First Second
7/30/14
Season-only
The first second of the Universe, the creation of everything when space, time, matter and energy burst into existence. It is the most important second in history, which seals the Universe's fate and defines everything that comes after - including us.
5 Saturn
8/5/14
Season-only
Saturn's secrets are out. The ferocious weather, the evolving ring system and the discovery of active geology on Saturn's moons has rewritten the textbooks. Scientists are looking for life on Saturn's moons and they may have found it on Titan.
6 Extinction
8/12/14
Season-only
Asteroids strike, planets collide, black holes blast out death rays, volcanoes erupt and ice engulfs the planet. These are the universe's weapons of extinction. They've happened before - wiping out entire species, and they will happen again. Are we next?
7 Milky Way
8/19/14
Season-only
What built the Milky Way? New research might now have the answer, revealing an unlikely hero. At the heart of our galaxy sits a super massive black hole, one of the most destructive objects in the Universe. Could it be our creator?
8 Starman
8/27/14
Season-only
One day, a cosmic disaster will make life on Earth impossible. To survive, we must find a new home amongst the stars. Scientists are already developing new propulsion systems to take us to these distant worlds.

About this show

From the beginning of time, Stars, Galaxies, Planets, Solar Systems, and more have been working individually and together to produce all that is and all that we see. Take a deeper look at how the cosmos is designed, built, and actually works on How The Universe Works.

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4.8
367 reviews
Charles Gregory
September 9, 2017
Nothing on this stupid show is a fact like scientists believe. The only way it could become facts is with proof and that will never be possible, oh and just to let all of you scientists know science is supposed to be used to help save and understand lives, not destroy faith. You stupid atheists.
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kevin cornell
September 19, 2015
Funny how you never saw any of this,"can't be viewed in your country crap till the control of the internet was handed over by our president to a Chinese co. If I'm paying, or willing to pay, I'll watch it if I please. Or you can do without my business entirely.
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Al Garnier
March 14, 2021
The laws of thermodynamics can be boiled down to two types of energy, potential and kinetic energy. Potential energy is expansive energy and non-interactive while, kinetic energy is attractive and highly interactive. The only possiblity for interactions to occur in an expansion field is if, and only if, it collides with another expansion field of potential energy to become kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is where life's interactions begin.
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