How the Universe Works

  • Premiered: Apr 2010
  • Episodes: 97
  • Followers: 117
  • Running
  • Science Channel
  • Wednesday at 21
  • Documentary

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Season 1
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Big Bang
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 25, 2010
This is the greatest story ever told, the creation of everything us. The programme investigates how the Universe came into existence out of nothing, and how it grew from a miniscule .. show full overview
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Black Holes
Episode overview
Air date
May 02, 2010
Black Holes,the most powerful destroyers in the Universe, the most mysterious phenomena in the heavens. For years they were only speculation, now modern astronomy is proving them .. show full overview
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Galaxies
Episode overview
Air date
May 10, 2010
Galaxies, home to stars, planets and us, come in all shapes and sizes. Witnesses the evolution of galaxies; from clouds of cold gas floating in the voids of space 13 billion years ago, to the magnificent spirals that fill our night sky.
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Stars
Episode overview
Air date
May 10, 2010
The story of how stars were made by the Universe and how Stars then went on to engineer everything else in that very universe. They changed the Universe by spawning further generations .. show full overview
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Supernovas
Episode overview
Air date
May 17, 2010
Stars are not eternal; they are dying in unimaginably large explosions called supernovas. Second only to the Big Bang, these explosions are where creation and destruction meet. Only now have we begun to understand how these wonders in our sky work.
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Planets
Episode overview
Air date
May 17, 2010
There are just eight planets in our solar system, but there could be a hundred billion planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. This show follows the journey of planets as they grow from grains of dust to the magnificently diverse worlds we see today.
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Solar Systems
Episode overview
Air date
May 24, 2010
Is our solar system unique? Since the first discovery of a planet orbiting another star, some 280 alien solar systems have been identified. It's only by looking at solar systems far .. show full overview
1x8 Season finale
Moons
Episode overview
Air date
May 24, 2010
Moons come in every possible shape and size. Home to incredible natural phenomena like gigantic geysers and colossal volcanoes, moons also offer perhaps the best chance of finding alien life in the Universe - and they probably exist in the billions.

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