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The Best Episodes of How the Universe Works

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The Best Episodes of 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...
  1. Background image for Journey to a Black Hole
    9.1/10(70 votes)

    #1 - Journey to a Black Hole

    S9:E1

    Journey 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants

    S6:E5

    Uranus and Neptune are mysterious, icy worlds at the edge of our solar system, and new discoveries reveal that these strange planets might have helped start life on Earth.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Battle of the Dark Universe
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Battle of the Dark Universe

    S7:E7

    Dark matter and dark energy are locked in an epic battle for control of the cosmos, and the winner will determine the fate of the universe. New discoveries might reveal which force will emerge victorious.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Edge of the Universe
    8.9/10(82 votes)

    #4 - Edge of the Universe

    S8:E7

    We don't yet know where the edge of the universe is or what happens there; but thanks to cutting-edge technology and new discoveries, experts might finally reveal the secrets of the phenomena that can be found in deepest reaches of the cosmos.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Hunt for the Universe's Origin
    8.8/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Hunt for the Universe's Origin

    S10:E5

    Experts explore the elusive endeavor of determining the age of the cosmos.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Voyager's Ultimate Mission
    8.8/10(40 votes)

    #6 - Voyager's Ultimate Mission

    S10:E6

    Experts explore the ultimate, ongoing mission of the Voyager spacecraft.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The End of the Universe
    8.7/10(137 votes)

    #7 - The End of the Universe

    S3:E2

    How and when will the Universe end? Gravity and dark matter are poised to annihilate the Universe in a big crunch. Expansion and dark energy may tear it apart. Or, a phase transition could kill us tomorrow in a cosmic death bubble.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Monster Black Hole
    8.7/10(103 votes)

    #8 - Monster Black Hole

    S4:E3

    A look inside the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way to discover terrifying secrets about parallel universes, wormholes, and space-time.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Edge of the Solar System
    8.7/10(111 votes)

    #9 - Edge of the Solar System

    S4:E4

    Huge magnetic bubbles millions of miles wide; strange invisible matter, and a death star tearing through bands of icy comets, flinging them into violent orbits.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Monsters of the Milky Way
    8.7/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Monsters of the Milky Way

    S8:E8

    The center of the Milky Way is home to strange and deadly phenomena that we don't yet understand, but using the latest science, experts are revealing how the supermassive black hole our galaxy's core shapes life on Earth.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Earth's Death Orbit
    8.7/10(57 votes)

    #11 - Earth's Death Orbit

    S8:E9

    Earth's journey through the universe is a perilous one, and new discoveries reveal that our planet is heading toward a mysterious area of the cosmos that could eject us out of the Milky Way and into oblivion.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Hunt for Dark Matter
    8.7/10(40 votes)

    #12 - Hunt for Dark Matter

    S10:E3

    Physicists attempt to determine if Dark Matter could actually exist.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Dark History of Earth
    8.7/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Dark History of Earth

    S10:E4

    Experts explore how Earth's disastrous history led to human evolution.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Jupiter: Destroyer or Savior?
    8.6/10(127 votes)

    #14 - Jupiter: Destroyer or Savior?

    S3:E3

    Beneath Jupiter's clouds lie our solar system's deepest secrets: from its violent youth, through the birth of life to the death of the sun. Scientists are discovering that the solar system, the Earth and every living thing exists because of Jupiter.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Our Voyage to the Stars
    8.6/10(112 votes)

    #15 - Our Voyage to the Stars

    S3:E8

    One day, a cosmic disaster will make life on Earth impossible. To survive, we must find a new home amongst the stars. Scientists are already developing new propulsion systems to take us to these distant worlds.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Dawn Of Life
    8.6/10(104 votes)

    #16 - Dawn Of Life

    S4:E5

    Discovering how life on Earth came to be; the possibility that life on Earth come from another planet.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The First Oceans
    8.6/10(87 votes)

    #17 - The First Oceans

    S4:E7

    For years, scientists suspected that the oceans came from molecules delivered to Earth from distant stars by asteroids, but a new discovery suggests that their true origins may be more exotic.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Death of the Last Stars
    8.6/10(62 votes)

    #18 - Death of the Last Stars

    S8:E4

    Our universe's stars are dying off faster than new ones are born, and using the latest technology, experts investigate the secrets of the last stars of the cosmos and what this stellar apocalypse means for life on earth.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Secrets of Time Travel
    8.6/10(69 votes)

    #19 - Secrets of Time Travel

    S8:E5

    Time travel might be more possible than we ever imagined, and today, cutting-edge technology and the latest research into black holes and wormholes is helping experts get steps closer to discovering how to travel through time.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for When NASA Met Jupiter
    8.6/10(58 votes)

    #20 - When NASA Met Jupiter

    S8:E6

    NASA's Juno spacecraft is part of a cutting-edge mission to explore the mysteries of Jupiter, and as this mighty probe is pummeled with deadly radiation, it gathers new data that could change everything we know about the solar system's biggest planet.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Gravitational Waves Revealed
    8.6/10(55 votes)

    #21 - Gravitational Waves Revealed

    S9:E10

    Gravitational 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Secrets of the Cosmic Web
    8.6/10(44 votes)

    #22 - Secrets of the Cosmic Web

    S10:E1

    New research reveals an intergalactic network known as the Cosmic Web.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for First Second of the Big Bang
    8.5/10(125 votes)

    #23 - First Second of the Big Bang

    S3:E4

    The first second of the Universe, the creation of everything when space, time, matter and energy burst into existence. It is the most important second in history, which seals the Universe’s fate and defines everything that comes after - including us.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Is Saturn Alive?
    8.5/10(109 votes)

    #24 - Is Saturn Alive?

    S3:E5

    Saturn’s secrets are out. The ferocious weather, the evolving ring system and the discovery of active geology on Saturn’s moons has rewritten the textbooks. Scientists are looking for life on Saturn’s moons and they may have found it on Titan.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Weapons of Mass Extinction
    8.5/10(107 votes)

    #25 - Weapons of Mass Extinction

    S3:E6

    Asteroids strike, planets collide, black holes blast out death rays, volcanoes erupt and ice engulfs the planet. These are the universe’s weapons of extinction. They’ve happened before - wiping out entire species, and they will happen again. Are we next?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Journey to a Black Hole" is the best rated episode of "How the Universe Works". It scored 9.1/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/24/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants".