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How the Universe Works

2010 · TV Series · TV-PG · 42 min

★ 8.0(120)unSUB Rating

Documentary

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
2010–2023
Release date
2010-04-25
Network
Discovery, Science
Language
English
Rated
TV-PG
Runtime
42 min
TMDB rating (input)
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

    Erik Dellums

    as Himself - Narrator

  • Mike Rowe

    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

    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 · 105 episodes

Specials12 episodes
  • S0E1Saturn's Darkest Secrets42m
  • S0E2Dark Secrets of Alien Suns42m
  • S0E3Pluto's Darkest Secrets42m
  • S0E4Mysteries of the Moon - Part 142m
  • S0E5Mysteries of the Moon - Part 242m
  • S0E6Universe's Greatest Mysteries42m
  • S0E7Life and Death of Stars42m
  • S0E8Secrets of the Giants42m
  • S0E9Dark Side of the Big Bang42m
  • S0E10Earth's Cosmic Journey42m
  • S0E12How to Build A Planet43m
  • S0E13Moon42m
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 Discoveries42m
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  • S5E2Mystery of Planet 942m
    HBO MaxHulu
  • S5E3Black Holes: The Secret Origin42m
    HBO MaxHulu
  • S5E4Secret History of Pluto42m
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  • S5E5Stars That Kill42m
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  • S5E6The Universe's Deadliest42m
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  • S5E7Life and Death on the Red Planet42m
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  • S5E8The Dark Matter Enigma42m
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  • S5E9Strangest Alien Worlds42m
Season 610 episodes
  • S6E1Are Black Holes Real?42m
    HBO MaxHulu
  • S6E2Twin Suns: The Alien Mysteries42m
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  • S6E3Dark History of the Solar System42m
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  • S6E4Death of the Milky Way42m
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  • S6E5Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants42m
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  • S6E6Secret History of Mercury42m
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  • S6E7The Quasar Enigma42m
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  • S6E8Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets42m
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  • S6E9War on Asteroids42m
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  • S6E10Mystery of Spacetime42m
Season 710 episodes
  • S7E1Nightmares of Neutron Stars42m
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  • S7E2When Supernovas Strike42m
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  • S7E3The Interstellar Mysteries42m
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  • S7E4How Black Holes Made Us42m
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  • S7E5Secret World of Nebulas42m
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  • S7E6Did the Big Bang Really Happen?42m
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  • S7E7Battle of the Dark Universe42m
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  • S7E8Hunt for Alien Life42m
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  • S7E9Finding the New Earth42m
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  • S7E10Cassini's Final Secrets42m
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Season 89 episodes
  • S8E1Asteroid Apocalypse: The New Threat85m
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  • S8E2NASA's Journey to Mars42m
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  • S8E3Hunt for Alien Evidence42m
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  • S8E4Death of the Last Stars42m
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  • S8E5Secrets of Time Travel42m
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  • S8E6When NASA Met Jupiter42m
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  • S8E7Edge of the Universe42m
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  • S8E8Monsters of the Milky Way42m
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  • S8E9Earth's Death Orbit42m
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Season 911 episodes
  • S9E1Journey to a Black Hole84m
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  • S9E2Mission to a Comet42m
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  • S9E3Secrets Of The Sun42m
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  • S9E4Aliens of the Microcosmos42m
  • S9E5Curse of the White Dwarf42m
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  • S9E6War of the Galaxies42m
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  • S9E7The Next Supernova42m
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  • S9E8Secret Lives Of Neutrinos42m
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  • S9E9Birth of Monster Black Holes42m
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  • S9E10Gravitational Waves Revealed42m
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  • S9E11Mystery of Alien Worlds42m
    HBO MaxHulu
Season 106 episodes
  • S10E1Secrets of the Cosmic Web42m
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  • S10E2Curse of the Cosmic Rays42m
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  • S10E3Hunt for Dark Matter42m
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  • S10E4Dark History of Earth42m
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  • S10E5Hunt for the Universe's Origin42m
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  • S10E6Voyager's Ultimate Mission42m
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Season 115 episodes
  • S11E1The Moons of Saturn42m
    HBO MaxHulu
  • S11E2A Robot's Guide to Mars42m
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  • S11E3Most Violent Event in the Universe42m
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  • S11E4Asteroid: Countdown to Catastrophe42m
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  • S11E5Solar System Special84m
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