How the Universe Works
2010 · TV Series · TV-PG · 42 min · ★ 8.3
This TV series is a user-friendly guide to the cosmos, exploring the Big Bang and how everything connects—galaxies, stars, planets, and moons. It answers where it all came from and how it all fits together, for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-04-25
- Network
- Discovery, Science
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 42 min
- TMDB rating
- 8.3/10 (120 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you want a friendly, thought-provoking cosmos primer with big visuals and accessible explanations; Not for you if you only trust strictly solid science or dislike fear-tinged, horror-like universe framing like in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.
Pros: clear explanations; awe-inspiring visuals; engaging experts | Cons: heavy speculation; credibility complaints; some feel too scary
Themes
- moon
- galaxy
- physics
- universe
- astronomy
- astrophysics
- cosmos
- distant galaxy
- science fact
- stars
- observational documentary
- planets
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Erik Dellums
as Himself - Narrator
Mike Rowe
as Narrator
- CM
Chris Mckay
as Self - Astrobiologist
- CH
Carly Howett
as Self - Planetary Scientist
- NL
Nina Lanza
as Self - Planetary Scientist
Hakeem Muata Oluseyi
as Self - Astrophysicist
- AS
Amber Straughn
as Self - Astrophysicist
- MT
Max Tegmark
as Self - Theoretical Physicist
- MC
Moogega Cooper
as Self - Planetary Protection Engineer
- JR
Jani Radebaugh
as Self - Planetary Scientist
Episodes11 seasons · 97 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1Big Bang42m
- S1E2Black Holes42m
- S1E3Galaxies42m
- S1E4Stars42m
- S1E5Supernovas42m
- S1E6Planets42m
- S1E7Solar Systems42m
- S1E8Moons42m
Season 28 episodes
- S2E1Volcanoes - The Furnaces of Life42m
- S2E2Megastorms - The Winds of Creation42m
- S2E3Exoplanets - Planets from Hell42m
- S2E4Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms42m
- S2E5Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation42m
- S2E6Comets - Frozen Wanderers42m
- S2E7Asteroids - Worlds That Never Were42m
- S2E8Birth of the Earth42m
Season 39 episodes
- S3E1Journey from the Center of the Sun42m
- S3E2The End of the Universe42m
- S3E3Jupiter: Destroyer or Savior?42m
- S3E4First Second of the Big Bang42m
- S3E5Is Saturn Alive?42m
- S3E6Weapons of Mass Extinction42m
- S3E7Did a Black Hole Build the Milky Way?42m
- S3E8Our Voyage to the Stars42m
- S3E9The Search for a Second Earth42m
Season 48 episodes
- S4E1How the Universe Built Your Car42m
- S4E2Earth, Venus's Evil Twin42m
- S4E3Monster Black Hole42m
- S4E4Edge of the Solar System42m
- S4E5Dawn Of Life42m
- S4E6Secret History of the Moon42m
- S4E7The First Oceans42m
- S4E8Forces of Mass Construction42m
Season 59 episodes
- S5E1Most Amazing Discoveries42mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E2Mystery of Planet 942mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E3Black Holes: The Secret Origin42mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E4Secret History of Pluto42mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E5Stars That Kill42mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E6The Universe's Deadliest42mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E7Life and Death on the Red Planet42mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E8The Dark Matter Enigma42mHBO MaxHulu
- S5E9Strangest Alien Worlds42m
Season 610 episodes
- S6E1Are Black Holes Real?42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E2Twin Suns: The Alien Mysteries42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E3Dark History of the Solar System42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E4Death of the Milky Way42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E5Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E6Secret History of Mercury42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E7The Quasar Enigma42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E8Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E9War on Asteroids42mHBO MaxHulu
- S6E10Mystery of Spacetime42m
Season 710 episodes
- S7E1Nightmares of Neutron Stars42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E2When Supernovas Strike42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E3The Interstellar Mysteries42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E4How Black Holes Made Us42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E5Secret World of Nebulas42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E6Did the Big Bang Really Happen?42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E7Battle of the Dark Universe42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E8Hunt for Alien Life42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E9Finding the New Earth42mHBO MaxHulu
- S7E10Cassini's Final Secrets42mHBO MaxHulu
Season 89 episodes
- S8E1Asteroid Apocalypse: The New Threat85mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E2NASA's Journey to Mars42mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E3Hunt for Alien Evidence42mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E4Death of the Last Stars42mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E5Secrets of Time Travel42mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E6When NASA Met Jupiter42mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E7Edge of the Universe42mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E8Monsters of the Milky Way42mHBO MaxHulu
- S8E9Earth's Death Orbit42mHBO MaxHulu
Season 912 episodes
- S9E1Journey to a Black Hole84mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E2Mission to a Comet42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E3Secrets Of The Sun42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E4Aliens of the Microcosmos42m
- S9E5Curse of the White Dwarf42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E6War of the Galaxies42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E7The Next Supernova42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E8Secret Lives Of Neutrinos42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E9Birth of Monster Black Holes42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E10Gravitational Waves Revealed42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E11Mystery of Alien Worlds42mHBO MaxHulu
- S9E12Episode 12
Season 109 episodes
- S10E1Secrets of the Cosmic Web42mHBO MaxHulu
- S10E2Curse of the Cosmic Rays42mHBO MaxHulu
- S10E3Hunt for Dark Matter42mHBO MaxHulu
- S10E4Dark History of Earth42mHBO MaxHulu
- S10E5Hunt for the Universe's Origin42mHBO MaxHulu
- S10E6Voyager's Ultimate Mission42mHBO MaxHulu
- S10E7Hunt For The Universe’s Origin
- S10E8Episode 8
- S10E9Episode 9
Season 115 episodes
- S11E1The Moons of Saturn42mHBO MaxHulu
- S11E2A Robot's Guide to Mars42mHBO MaxHulu
- S11E3Most Violent Event in the Universe42mHBO MaxHulu
- S11E4Asteroid: Countdown to Catastrophe42mHBO MaxHulu
- S11E5Solar System Special84mHBO MaxHulu