How the Universe Works

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

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Season 4
4x1
How the Universe Built Your Car
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 14, 2015
Beneath the hood of your car lies the history of the Universe. The iron in your chassis, the gold in your stereo and the copper in your electronics all owe their existence to violent cosmic events that took place billions of years ago.
4x2
Earth, Venus's Evil Twin
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 21, 2015
There is a hellish planet in our solar system; covered in thick dense clouds and roasted by colossal temperatures. Incredibly this is a vision of Earth's future. To understand how our .. show full overview
4x3
Monster Black Hole
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 2015
A look inside the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way to discover terrifying secrets about parallel universes, wormholes, and space-time.
4x4
Edge of the Solar System
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Air date
Aug 04, 2015
Huge magnetic bubbles millions of miles wide; strange invisible matter, and a death star tearing through bands of icy comets, flinging them into violent orbits.
4x5
Dawn of Life
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Air date
Aug 11, 2015
Discovering how life on Earth came to be; the possibility that life on Earth come from another planet.
4x6
Secret History of the Moon
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Air date
Aug 18, 2015
Our Moon is stranger than you think, and we reveal its incredible secrets. Can we thank the Moon for life on Earth? What explains the mysterious tunnels beneath its surface? Is a lunar base the key to humanity's future in space?
4x7
The First Oceans
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 25, 2015
For years, scientists suspected that the oceans came from molecules delivered to Earth from distant stars by asteroids, but a new discovery suggests that their true origins may be more exotic.
4x8 Season finale
Forces of Mass Construction
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 01, 2015
Scientists attempt to understand how this strange force of magnetism works.

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