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Season 1
- 8.3/10239 votes
Black Holes
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/2010
Black Holes, the most powerful destroyers in the Universe, the most mysterious phenomena in the heavens. For years they were only speculation, now modern astronomy is proving them frighteningly real and showing that they may well shape everything we see.
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- 8.2/10170 votes
Supernovas
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/2010
Stars are not eternal; they are dying in unimaginably large explosions called supernovas. Second only to the Big Bang, these explosions are where creation and destruction meet. Only now have we begun to understand how these wonders in our sky work.
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- 8.2/10159 votes
Planets
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2010
There are just eight planets in our solar system, but there could be a hundred billion planets in our Milky Way galaxy alone. This show follows the journey of planets as they grow from grains of dust to the magnificently diverse worlds we see today.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.0/10164 votes
Solar Systems
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2010
Is our solar system unique? Since the first discovery of a planet orbiting another star, some 280 alien solar systems have been identified. It's only by looking at solar systems far beyond our own, that we can understand how remarkable our universe is.
Director: Unknown
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- 8.2/10163 votes
Moons
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/2010
Moons come in every possible shape and size. Home to incredible natural phenomena like gigantic geysers and colossal volcanoes, moons also offer perhaps the best chance of finding alien life in the Universe - and they probably exist in the billions.
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