Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman

2010 • Science
4.8
874 reviews
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (8)

1 Is There a Creator?
6/9/10
Season-only
Did our Universe come into being by chance or was it created by a God? The latest science shows that the four forces governing our universe are finely tuned, so much so that it has led many to believe that something must have calibrated them.
2 The Riddle of the Black Holes
6/16/10
Season-only
They are the most powerful objects in the universe. Astronomers now think there are billions of them, swallowing up planets and stars in violent feeding frenzies, and that reality may take place on a two-dimensional hologram at the edge of the universe.
3 Is Time Travel Possible?
6/23/10
Season-only
Einstein's Theory of Relativity says time travel is possible, if you're going forward in time. But finding a way to travel backwards requires breaking the speed of light. Now strange-but-true phenomena such as quantum nonlocality may make this a reality.
4 What Happened Before the Beginning?
6/30/10
Season-only
Cosmologists and astronomers agree: our Universe is 13.7 billion years old. Using cutting-edge technology, scientists are now able to take a snapshot of the Universe a mere heartbeat after its birth. But if the Universe was born, where did it come from?
5 How Did We Get Here?
7/7/10
Season-only
Everywhere we look on Earth, in the most hospitable of environments and in the most extreme, we find life. Yet we have only ever found life on our planet. How did the stuff of stars come together to create life as we know it? What do we mean by 'life'?
6 Are We Alone?
7/14/10
Season-only
Aliens almost certainly do exist. So why haven't we yet met E.T.? We're only just developing instruments powerful enough to scan for them. One leading astronomer believes she may already have heard a hint of their first efforts to communicate.
7 What Are We Made Of?
7/21/10
Season-only
Our understanding of the universe and reality has drastically changed over the last 100 years, and it's on the verge of another seismic shift based on LHC findings. What we find could validate theories about how the world works and what we are made of.
8 Beyond the Darkness
7/28/10
Season-only
What is the universe made of? If you answered stars, planets, gas and dust, you're wrong. Today scientists think there must be five times as much dark matter as regular matter, but they have no idea what it is only that it's not made of atoms we know of.

About this show

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the greatest mysteries of the universe. From the latest work at NASA and private enterprise facilities to the latest theories from academics and researchers, this series looks at black holes, colonizing the planets, string theory and more.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
874 reviews
Zyra L. F.
April 19, 2017
Important and crucial thought provoking presentations by Morgan Freeman on the latest scientific, technological, and psychological discoveries and research. Later seasons explore, time, security, privacy, why all humans are liars, biased, prone to evil and terrorism...Ought to be required viewing for inept career politicians-their ignorance is criminal.
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Anthony Vais
August 11, 2016
High level science turned simple for business people and less educted science lovers. It explains the now, the next, and the future in an entertaining and educational way that can be utilized by VCs as well bar patrons looking for a great discussion tomorrow. Plus it gives space for common men to make opinions to amazing research. If I could give it ten stars I would, bravo Morgan, finally a reason to turn on a television.
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A Google user
June 14, 2017
Doesn't matter what I think about the show. Stop relying on the biased opinions and preconceived notions of others to determine whether or not this series is worthy of experiencing for yourself. Especially upon taking into consideration, there has never been two grown individuals made up of the exact same beliefs, life experience, morals, knowledge, interests, chemical makeup, and so on. In conclusion, many of us on a daily basis really should try to limit the amount of experiences we certainly can have however, choose not to, based solely on the opinions of many who we, and even themselves, know next to nothing about. Rather than basing your life's path on what you think you know about what others think they know including myself, the bottom line is everyday and TODAY especially, YOU have the opportunity to start experiencing YOUR life for YOURself.
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