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How the Universe Works
A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
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Seasons
Season 9
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Journey to a Black Hole
2021-03-24 · 84mJourney to the heart of the M87 supermassive black hole, the first and only black hole ever photographed, and explore the mystery of how it grew so large, what lies inside, and how it controls the entire galaxy.
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Episode 2
Mission to a Comet
2021-03-31 · 42mExperts embark on a ground-breaking mission to land on a comet.
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E03
Episode 3
Secrets Of The Sun
2021-04-07 · 42mA brand-new NASA mission to the Sun reveals cutting-edge discoveries about Earth's star; as the Parker Solar Probe dives through the Sun's atmosphere, what it finds challenges everything known about this strange place.
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E04
Episode 4
Aliens of the Microcosmos
2021-04-14 · 42mNew discoveries reveal the power of microscopic alien organisms.
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Episode 5
Curse of the White Dwarf
2021-04-21 · 42mDead stars called white dwarfs may be the key to understanding the cosmos.
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Episode 6
War of the Galaxies
2021-04-28 · 42mGalaxies are locked in continual combat across the universe, and our own Milky Way will face its biggest opponent ever, the Andromeda Galaxy, in a titanic and deadly struggle that could create a new and unrecognizable super galaxy.
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Episode 7
The Next Supernova
2021-05-05 · 42mThe galaxy is full of stars ready to explode into supernovas, a stellar detonation powerful enough to destroy all life on Earth; it's an event that hasn't occurred in 400 years, and the search is on to locate which star may be next.
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Episode 8
Secret Lives Of Neutrinos
2021-05-12 · 42mNeutrinos are the most mysterious particles in the universe, and they power some of the most explosive events in the cosmos; new discoveries reveal how these ghosts pass through objects undetected and why they could be the reason humans exist.
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Episode 9
Birth of Monster Black Holes
2021-05-19 · 42mNew discoveries reveal an astonishing supermassive black hole that was born during the earliest days of the cosmos, and finding out how this giant grew so large so quickly may help to explain the very formation of the universe itself.
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Episode 10
Gravitational Waves Revealed
2021-05-26 · 42mGravitational waves are helping scientists explore the cosmos in revolutionary, new ways, and the discoveries they make are revealing the universe’s greatest mysteries.
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Episode 11
★ 7.0Mystery of Alien Worlds
2021-06-02 · 42mNew discoveries reveal the secrets of mysterious alien worlds.
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