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Each topic given to us has scientific analysis, reports, data, and evidence to back up their claims. From elite and respected scientists to archeologists and historians, each group of people bring something special and unique to the table. When all of the evidence is compiled and viewed, the pieces from everyone's point of view fit together like a puzzle. Critics and viewers alike rave about this show because it is easy for any individual to understand and comprehend.
With today's technology looking at the stars or looking at a volcano makes each scientist's job a lot easier than previously noted. The technology being used today can look farther, deeper, and more carefully than any kind of scientific instrument or tool used before. Making their findings even more tangible and relevant. How the Universe Works gives us the answers that we have been asking ourselves for so many years. Scientists are at the brink of discovering new planets that can't be seen with simple telescopes and they are finding out more information to the question of are we alone. These scientists can also explore the answers on why mega disaster hit, and what man kind can do as a whole to stop a disaster from hitting our planet.
- Tuesday 7:00 PM et/pt on Discovery Channel
- 5 Seasons, 52 Episodes
- April 25, 2010
- Documentary & Biography
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/10 - Cast: Richard Lintern, Phil Plait, Mike Rowe, Michelle Thaller
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How the Universe Works Full Episode Guide
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Discoveries of new planets have revealed countless worlds much stranger than Earth. Some of these strange worlds don't have stars, others are made out of diamonds. Will we ever find a planet like Earth, or are these distant worlds stranger than fiction?
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Dark matter is the biggest mystery of the cosmos. Scientists know that it has been vital to the universe since its birth, and new discoveries reveal that it could create black holes, cause mass extinctions, and might even shape life on Earth itself.
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The universe is a dangerous place, and we explore the deadliest spots in the cosmos. Between earth and the edge of the universe, there are a million ways to die, and our crash test dummy is on a mission to reveal the worst.
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Recent discoveries could explain how supermassive black holes grow so big, one of the universe's most mysterious questions. Neither dark matter nor cannibalism can fully explain these monsters, but the latest science might finally provide an answer.
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July 2015, the New Horizons probe sped past the dwarf planet Pluto capturing the first ever close-up images of this most mysterious of worlds. Scientists expected Pluto to be grey and heavily cratered they couldn't have been more wrong. New Horizons reveals mountain ranges, active glaciers and an atmosphere streaked with organic chemistry. This tiny frozen world was geologically alive. The vast heart-shaped plain on Pluto's flanks made headlines around the world but could Pluto's greatest secret lie below; a warm internal ocean of liquid water and with it the possibility of life nearly four billion miles from the Sun.
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The evolution of life on Mars before a series of cataclysmic events transformed the planet from a watery world to a hostile one; scientists believe life will find a way to continue despite the setbacks.
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Scientists have discovered a mysterious ninth planet on the very edge of our solar system. Ten times the size of Earth, this strange world could have moons with extraterrestrial life.
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A countdown of discoveries that changed everything known about the universe.
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Journey to the very end of our bizarre solar system, and see how its strange features affect life on trillions of miles away on Earth.
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We follow the odyssey of a comet as it sails through space, watching every move as it evolves from a chunk of ice and rock into an active nucleus engulfed in a gaseous haze. What we learn is a revelation; comets are even more mysterious than we imagined.
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A journey to a terrifying place in the solar system where clouds of poison and scorching heat make life impossible.
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There's a mysterious force you can't see or touch, but it affects everything in the universe. Magnetism has shaped our cosmos, and without it, Creation would simply disintegrate. We follow scientists trying to understand how this strange force works.
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How were the first oceans created? For years, scientists suspected they came from molecules delivered to Earth from distant stars by asteroids, but an exciting new discovery suggests that its true origins are be more exotic than anyone ever imagined.
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Our Moon is stranger than you think, and we reveal its incredible secrets. Is the moon the reason for life on Earth?
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Giant magnetic bubbles millions of miles wide, bizarre invisible matter, and a death star tearing through bands of icy comets, flinging them into violent orbits. All this and more could be inside our cosmic backyard, and effecting our lives on Earth.
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Black holes are the least understood places in the universe, where the rules of physics collapse. We go inside the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way to uncover terrifying secrets about parallel universes, wormholes, and space-time.
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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 world will be destroyed we need to look at Earth's evil twin Venus.
