How the Universe Works

Friday, February 28

Asteroid Apocalypse: The New Threat - Part 1

Exploring the inner workings of outer space.

Monday, March 3

Hunt for Alien Evidence

Season 8 • Episode 3

The discovery of extraterrestrial life might face a challenge: the physics of the universe itself.

Monday, March 3

Moon

Season 8 •

Cutting-edge technology shines light on the dark side of the moon.

Tuesday, March 4

Are Black Holes Real?

Season 6 • Episode 1

Cosmologists say there are black holes throughout the Universe, but they've never seen one.

Tuesday, March 4

Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets

Season 6 • Episode 8

New discoveries reveal the secrets of hundreds of strange, tiny worlds called dwarf planets.

Wednesday, March 5

Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants

Season 6 • Episode 5

Uranus and Neptune are mysterious, icy worlds at the edge of the solar system.

Wednesday, March 5

The Quasar Engima

Season 6 • Episode 7

Quasars are the most powerful objects in the universe and ultimately destroy everything that exists.

Thursday, March 6

Death of the Milky Way

Season 6 • Episode 4

Experts utilize the latest science and discoveries to find the cause of the Milky Way's slow death.

Thursday, March 6

Twin Suns: The Alien Mysteries

Season 6 • Episode 2

Star systems with binary stars, once relegated to science-fiction, may actually exist.

Friday, March 7

Dawn of Life

Season 4 • Episode 5

Discovering how life on Earth came to be; life on Earth may have come from another planet.

Friday, March 7

Secret History of Mercury

Season 6 • Episode 6

Mercury has a dangerous secret that may one day threaten life on Earth.

Friday, March 7

War on Asteroids

Season 6 • Episode 9

Scientists use cutting-edge technology to stop an asteroid apocalypse.

Monday, March 10

Dark History of the Solar System

Season 6 • Episode 3

New discoveries reveal that Earth and the planets were formed from the destruction of alien worlds.

Monday, March 10

Mystery of Spacetime

Season 6 • Episode 10

Spacetime is the secret structure that controls our universe, time, light, and energy.

Tuesday, March 11

Mystery of Planet 9

Season 5 • Episode 2

Scientists have discovered a planet ten times the size of Earth on the edge of the solar system.

Tuesday, March 11

The Universe's Deadliest

Season 5 • Episode 6

The universe is a dangerous place; exploring the deadliest spots in the cosmos.

Wednesday, March 12

Black Holes: The Secret Origin

Season 5 • Episode 3

New evidence helps science explore the origins of supermassive black holes.

Wednesday, March 12

Life & Death on the Red Planet

Season 5 • Episode 7

After a series of cataclysmic events, Mars becomes a hostile environment for life.

Thursday, March 13

Stars That Kill

Season 5 • Episode 5

The science behind some of the deadliest phenomena in the universe.

Thursday, March 13

Secret History of Pluto

Season 5 • Episode 4

The first close-up images of Pluto reveal unimaginable secrets.

Friday, March 14

The Dark Matter Enigma

Season 5 • Episode 8

Dark matter is the biggest mystery of the cosmos; scientists know that it has been vital.

Friday, March 14

Strangest Alien Worlds

Season 5 • Episode 9

Discoveries of new planets have revealed countless worlds much stranger than Earth.

Monday, March 17

War of the Galaxies

Season 9 • Episode 6

The Milky Way will face the Andromeda Galaxy in a struggle that could create a new super galaxy.

Monday, March 17

Mission to a Comet

Season 9 • Episode 2

The Rosetta mission is a groundbreaking expedition to land on a comet for the very first time.