9.0/1065 votesLoading...#1 - Journey to a Black Hole
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 3/24/2021
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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8.9/1075 votesLoading...#2 - Are Black Holes Real?
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2018
New discoveries are challenging everything we know about black holes, and astronomers are beginning to question if they even exist. The latest science tries to explain how they work and what they look like, despite the fact we've never actually seen one.
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8.9/1076 votesLoading...#3 - Edge of the Universe
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/2020
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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8.8/1073 votesLoading...#4 - Mystery of Spacetime
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 3/13/2018
Spacetime is the secret structure that controls our universe, and this strange four-dimensional substance controls time, light, and energy. It will also determine how our universe will end.
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8.8/1083 votesLoading...#5 - Nightmares of Neutron Stars
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2019
Neutron stars are strange and violent phenomena that defy the laws of physics, and new discoveries reveal that these bizarre nightmares are far more deadly than we ever thought, with the power to destroy planets and even other stars.
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8.8/1068 votesLoading...#6 - Cassini's Final Secrets
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2019
For twenty years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed the strange secrets of Saturn until it vaporized in its atmosphere in a blaze of glory. But today its legacy lives on, as fresh data from the probe helps scientists make brand-new discoveries.
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8.8/1035 votesLoading...#7 - Hunt for the Universe's Origin
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 4/3/2022
Experts explore the elusive endeavor of determining the age of the cosmos.
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8.8/1037 votesLoading...#8 - Voyager's Ultimate Mission
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/2022
Experts explore the ultimate, ongoing mission of the Voyager spacecraft.
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8.7/10131 votesLoading...#9 - The End of the Universe
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2014
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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8.7/10109 votesLoading...#10 - Our Voyage to the Stars
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2014
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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8.7/10102 votesLoading...#11 - Monster Black Hole
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2015
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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8.7/10108 votesLoading...#12 - Edge of the Solar System
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 8/4/2015
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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8.7/1070 votesLoading...#13 - The Quasar Enigma
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2018
Quasars are the brightest and most powerful objects in our universe, and though they have shaped the cosmos, they might ultimately destroy everything that exists.
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8.7/1065 votesLoading...#14 - Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/2018
Our solar system is home to hundreds of strange, tiny worlds called dwarf planets, and new discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.
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8.7/1074 votesLoading...#15 - When Supernovas Strike
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2019
Supernovas are the violent death of giant stars, and new discoveries reveal that these cataclysmic events create the elements that are essential to all life in the universe.
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8.6/10109 votesLoading...#16 - The Search for a Second Earth
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/3/2014
Is there another Earth out there with liquid oceans, rocky continents and life like us? Astronomers seek the answer with spectroscopy, direct imaging and telescopes. They hope to find evidence of atmospheres, magnetospheres and signs of life.
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8.6/10102 votesLoading...#17 - Dawn Of Life
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/2015
Discovering how life on Earth came to be; the possibility that life on Earth come from another planet.
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8.6/1085 votesLoading...#18 - The First Oceans
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/2015
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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8.6/1091 votesLoading...#19 - Most Amazing Discoveries
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/22/2016
From the furthest reaches of space to our own cosmic backyard, we count down the discoveries that changed everything we know about our universe.
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8.6/1064 votesLoading...#20 - Secrets of Time Travel
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2020
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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8.6/1058 votesLoading...#21 - Monsters of the Milky Way
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2020
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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8.6/1053 votesLoading...#22 - Earth's Death Orbit
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2020
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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8.6/1051 votesLoading...#23 - Gravitational Waves Revealed
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 5/26/2021
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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8.6/1041 votesLoading...#24 - Secrets of the Cosmic Web
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2022
New research reveals an intergalactic network known as the Cosmic Web.
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8.6/1036 votesLoading...#25 - Hunt for Dark Matter
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2022
Physicists attempt to determine if Dark Matter could actually exist.
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The Best Episodes of How the Universe Works
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"Journey to a Black Hole" is the best rated episode of "How the Universe Works". It scored 9/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/24/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Are Black Holes Real?".