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To Be Determined · 2010

How the Universe Works

How the Universe Works 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 point, smaller than an atomic particle, to the vast cosmos we see today.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 8 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Big Bang
  2. S01 E02 · Black Holes
  3. S01 E03 · Galaxies (aka Alien Galaxies)
  4. S01 E04 · Extreme Stars
  5. S01 E05 · Supernovas
  6. S01 E06 · Planets (aka Extreme Planets)
  7. S01 E07 · Solar Systems
  8. S01 E08 · Moons (aka Alien Moons)
Season 2 · 8 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Volcanoes - The Furnaces of Life
  2. S02 E02 · Megastorms - The Winds of Creation
  3. S02 E03 · Exoplanets - Planets from Hell
  4. S02 E04 · Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms
  5. S02 E05 · Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation
  6. S02 E06 · Comets - Frozen Wanderers
  7. S02 E07 · Asteroids - Worlds That Never Were
  8. S02 E08 · Birth of the Earth
Season 3 · 9 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Journey from the Center of the Sun
  2. S03 E02 · The End of the Universe
  3. S03 E03 · Jupiter: Destroyer or Savior?
  4. S03 E04 · First Second of the Big Bang
  5. S03 E05 · Is Saturn Alive?
  6. S03 E06 · Weapons of Mass Extinction
  7. S03 E07 · Did a Black Hole Build the Milky Way?
  8. S03 E08 · Our Voyage to the Stars (aka Starman)
  9. S03 E09 · The Search for a Second Earth
Season 4 · 8 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · How the Universe Built Your Car
  2. S04 E02 · Earth: Venus's Evil Twin
  3. S04 E03 · Monster Black Hole
  4. S04 E04 · Edge of the Solar System
  5. S04 E05 · Dawn of Life
  6. S04 E06 · Secret History of the Moon
  7. S04 E07 · The First Oceans
  8. S04 E08 · Forces of Mass Construction (aka Magnetism)
Season 5 · 9 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · Mystery of Planet 9
  2. S05 E02 · Black Holes: The Secret Origin
  3. S05 E03 · Secret History of Pluto
  4. S05 E04 · Stars That Kill
  5. S05 E05 · The Universe's Deadliest
  6. S05 E06 · Life and Death on the Red Planet
  7. S05 E07 · The Dark Matter Enigma
  8. S05 E08 · Strangest Alien Worlds
  9. S05 Special · Most Amazing Discoveries
Season 6 · 22 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · Are Black Holes Real?
  2. S06 E02 · Twin Suns: The Alien Mysteries
  3. S06 E03 · Dark History of the Solar System
  4. S06 E04 · Death of the Milky Way
  5. S06 E05 · Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants
  6. S06 E06 · Secret History of Mercury
  7. S06 E07 · The Quasar Enigma
  8. S06 E08 · Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets
  9. S06 E09 · War on Asteroids
  10. S06 E10 · Mystery of Spacetime
  11. S06 Special · Secrets of Pluto and Beyond
  12. S06 Special · Black Holes: The Dark Secrets
  13. S06 Special · Curse of the Hell Stars
  14. S06 Special · Solar System's Greatest Mysteries
  15. S06 Special · Secret History of the Milky Way
  16. S06 Special · Journey to Frozen Worlds
  17. S06 Special · Expedition to the Hell Planets
  18. S06 Special · When the Universe Kills
  19. S06 Special · Secrets of Alien Worlds
  20. S06 Special · Asteroids: The Deadly Secrets
  21. S06 Special · Alien Hell Worlds
  22. S06 Special · Black Holes: The Dark Mysteries
Season 7 · 24 episodes
  1. S07 E01 · Nightmares of Neutron Stars
  2. S07 E02 · When Supernovas Strike
  3. S07 E03 · The Interstellar Mysteries
  4. S07 E04 · How Black Holes Made Us
  5. S07 E05 · Secret World of Nebulas
  6. S07 E06 · Did the Big Bang Really Happen?
  7. S07 E07 · Battle of the Dark Universe
  8. S07 E08 · Hunt for Alien Life
  9. S07 E09 · Finding the New Earth
  10. S07 E10 · Cassini's Final Secrets
  11. S07 Special · Secrets of the Death Stars
  12. S07 Special · Mysteries of the Invisible
  13. S07 Special · Black Holes from Hell
  14. S07 Special · When Stars Die
  15. S07 Special · Big Bang: The Dark Mysteries
  16. S07 Special · Dark Universe: The Deadly Mystery
  17. S07 Special · Alien Life: The Secret Evidence
  18. S07 Special · Journey to a New Earth
  19. S07 Special · Saturn's Darkest Secrets
  20. S07 Special · Dark Secrets of Alien Suns
  21. S07 Special · Pluto's Darkest Secrets
  22. S07 Special · Hunting Aliens
  23. S07 Special · Black Holes Revealed
  24. S07 Special · Mysteries of the Moon
Season 8 · 9 episodes
  1. S08 E01 · Asteroid Apocalypse: The New Threat
  2. S08 E02 · NASA's Journey to Mars
  3. S08 E03 · Hunt for Alien Evidence
  4. S08 E04 · Death of the Last Stars
  5. S08 E05 · Secrets of Time Travel
  6. S08 E06 · When NASA Met Jupiter
  7. S08 E07 · Edge of the Universe
  8. S08 E08 · Monsters of the Milky Way
  9. S08 E09 · Earth's Death Orbit
Season 9 · 11 episodes
  1. S09 E01 · Journey to a Black Hole
  2. S09 E02 · Mission to a Comet
  3. S09 E03 · Secrets of the Sun
  4. S09 E04 · Aliens of the Microcosmos
  5. S09 E05 · Curse of the White Dwarf
  6. S09 E06 · War of the Galaxies
  7. S09 E07 · The Next Supernova
  8. S09 E08 · Secret Lives of Neutrinos
  9. S09 E09 · Birth of the Monster Black Holes
  10. S09 E10 · Gravitational Waves Revealed
  11. S09 E11 · Mystery of Alien Worlds
Season 10 · 6 episodes
  1. S10 E01 · Secrets of the Cosmic Web
  2. S10 E02 · Curse of the Cosmic Rays
  3. S10 E03 · Hunt for Dark Matter
  4. S10 E04 · Dark History of Earth
  5. S10 E05 · Hunt for the Universe's Origin
  6. S10 E06 · Voyager's Ultimate Mission
Season 11 · 5 episodes
  1. S11 E01 · The Moons of Saturn
  2. S11 E02 · A Robot's Guide to Mars
  3. S11 E03 · Most Violent Event in the Universe
  4. S11 E04 · Asteroid: Countdown to Catastrophe
  5. S11 E05 · Solar System Special

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