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The Best Episodes of Through the Wormhole

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we...

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  1. Background image for The Riddle of Black Holes
    8.3/10(290 votes)

    #1 - The Riddle of Black Holes

    S1:E2

    They are the most powerful objects in the universe. Nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull of a black hole. Astronomers now believe there are billions of them out in the cosmos, swallowing up planets, even entire stars in violent feeding frenzies. New theoretical research into the twisted reality of black holes suggests that three-dimensional space could be an illusion. That reality actually takes place on a two-dimensional hologram at the edge of the universe.

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  2. Background image for What Happened Before the Beginning?
    8.3/10(257 votes)

    #2 - What Happened Before the Beginning?

    S1:E4

    Every cosmologist and astronomer agrees: our Universe is 13.7 billion years old. Using cutting-edge technology, scientists are now able to take a snapshot of the Universe a mere heartbeat after its birth. Armed with hypersensitive satellites, astronomers look back in time to the very moment of creation, when all the matter in the Universe exploded into existence. It is here that we uncover an unsolved mystery as old as time itself — if the Universe was born, where did it come from? Meet the leading scientists who have now discovered what they believe to be the origin of our Universe, and a window into the time before time.

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    8.2/10(206 votes)

    #3 - Beyond the Darkness

    S1:E8

    What is the universe made of? If you answered stars, planets, gas and dust, you'd be dead wrong. Thirty years ago, scientists first realized that some unknown dark substance was affecting the way galaxies moved. Today, they think there must be five times as much dark matter as regular matter out there. But they have no idea what it is — only that it's not made of atoms, or any other matter we are familiar with. And Dark Matter is not the only strange substance in the Universe — a newly discovered force, called Dark Energy, seems to be pushing the very fabric of the cosmos apart.

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  4. Background image for Is Time Travel Possible?
    8.1/10(277 votes)

    #4 - Is Time Travel Possible?

    S1:E3

    Einstein's Theory of Relativity says that time travel is perfectly possible — if you're going forward. Finding a way to travel backwards requires breaking the speed of light, which so far seems impossible. But now, strange-but-true phenomena such as quantum nonlocality, where particles instantly teleport across vast distances, may give us a way to make the dream of traveling back and forth through time a reality. Step into a time machine and rewrite history, bring loved ones back to life, control our destinies. But if we succeed, what are the consequences of such freedom? Will we get trapped in a plethora of paradoxes and multiple universes that will destroy the fabric of the universe?

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  5. Background image for What Are We Really Made Of?
    8.1/10(204 votes)

    #5 - What Are We Really Made Of?

    S1:E7

    Our understanding of the universe and the nature of reality itself has drastically changed over the last 100 years, and it's on the verge of another seismic shift. In a 17-mile-long tunnel buried 570 feet beneath the Franco-Swiss border, the world's largest and most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, is powering up. Its goal is nothing less than recreating the first instants of creation, when the universe was unimaginably hot and long-extinct forms of matter sizzled and cooled into stars, planets, and ultimately, us. These incredibly small and exotic particles hold the keys to the greatest mysteries of the universe. What we find could validate our long-held theories about how the world works and what we are made of. Or, all of our notions about the essence of what is real will fall apart.

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  6. Background image for Is There a Creator?
    8.0/10(385 votes)

    #6 - Is There a Creator?

    S1:E1

    It's perhaps the biggest, most controversial mystery in the cosmos. Did our Universe just come into being by random chance, or was it created by a God who nurtures and sustains all life? The latest science is showing that the four forces governing our universe are phenomenally finely tuned. So finely that it had led many to the conclusion that someone, or something, must have calibrated them; a belief further backed up by evidence that everything in our universe may emanate from one extraordinarily elegant and beautiful design known as the E8 Lie Group. While skeptics hold that these findings are neither conclusive nor evidence of a divine creator, some cutting edge physicists are already positing who this God is: an alien gamester who's created our world as the ultimate SIM game for his own amusement. It's an answer as compelling as it is disconcerting.

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  8. Background image for How Did We Get Here?
    8.0/10(217 votes)

    #7 - How Did We Get Here?

    S1:E5

    Everywhere we look, life exists in both the most hospitable of environments and in the most extreme. Yet we have only ever found life on our planet. How did the stuff of stars come together to create life as we know it? What do we really mean by 'life'? And will unlocking this mystery help us find life elsewhere?

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  9. Background image for Does Time Really Exist?
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Does Time Really Exist?

    S2:E3

    It is a question that has vexed philosophers and scientists for centuries; 'What is Time?' Exactly how is our past, present, and future connected by that arrow of cause and effect that we call Time? Is time simply another dimension, just like the dimensions of space we know? Can you run time backwards just as easily as it runs forward, just as left-to-right can swap for right-to-left? If other universes exist, then what is time like in them: could their Time be different from ours? And we'll probe the biggest question about time: Is our future determined? Do we exercise free will? Or, is time merely a dream?

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  10. Background image for Is There a Sixth Sense?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Is There a Sixth Sense?

    S2:E5

    Can we perceive objects and events beyond the world detected by our five senses? The true limits of our human brain remain a scientific mystery. New studies in neuroscience are showing that our minds can really detect events and objects that our conscious selves know nothing about. Can we predict events in the future? Is there such a thing as a global consciousness? Could physical laws on the cusp of being discovered be at the root of all this?

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  11. Background image for How Does the Universe Work?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - How Does the Universe Work?

    S2:E6

    Since the ancient Greeks first speculated that everything they observed in reality was the result of the interaction of tiny particles they called atoms, great thinkers have tried to find a single mathematical formula that governs and explains the workings of the entire universe. So far, though, even minds as brilliant as physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking have been unable to come up with that single grand equation of everything, also known as the theory of everything, or the final theory. Nevertheless, they continue to try, because without that final piece of the puzzle that is reality, the sum total of what we know falls a bit short of making sense.

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  12. Background image for Can We Travel Faster than Light?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Can We Travel Faster than Light?

    S2:E7

    It's called the speed limit of the universe. Einstein blew all of our minds when he worked out the Theory of Relativity, and showed that space and time were malleable substances. He also theorized that we as humans can never travel faster than the speed of light, which leaves the stars and other galaxies almost impossibly out of our reach. But the dreams of Star Wars and Star Trek are not dead. In fact, there could be ways to travel faster than the speed of light - and some of them are already being tested in labs around the world.

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  13. Background image for Can We Hack the Planet?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Can We Hack the Planet?

    S8:E3

    Unless we can turn the planet's problems into solutions, humanity may be coming to an end. Scientists are unlocking the secrets of nature to tame the elements, harness energy, and even control life. Can we hack the planet to save humanity?

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  14. Background image for Is Gun Crime a Virus?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Is Gun Crime a Virus?

    S8:E4

    Every 17 minutes, someone is killed with a gun. It's a wave of violence that political debate can't seem to stop. Is this an epidemic that scientists can help cure? Could gun crime be a virus?

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  15. Background image for Are We Alone?
    7.9/10(219 votes)

    #14 - Are We Alone?

    S1:E6

    Aliens almost certainly do exist. So why haven't we yet met E.T.? It turns out we're only just developing instruments powerful enough to scan for them, and science sophisticated enough to know where to look. As a result, race is on to find the first intelligent aliens. But what would they look like, and how would they interact with us if we met? The answers may come to us sooner than we imagine, for one leading astronomer believes she may already have heard a hint of their first efforts to communicate.

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  16. Background image for Can We All Become Geniuses?
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #15 - Can We All Become Geniuses?

    S7:E4

    Genius lies somewhere in the human mind, bringing mathematical insight, sparking artistic inspiration and enabling some to see what most cannot. Might we augment our biology with technology to unlock the genius inside us all?

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  17. Background image for Did We Invent God?
    7.6/10(121 votes)

    #16 - Did We Invent God?

    S3:E10

    Our belief in a God above explains all we can't understand. Where do religious beliefs come from? Some experts believe God may exist only in our brain, that we are wired to worship the supernatural and that faith in a higher power gives us an evolutionary advantage. Is it possible that God is really just a neurological accident? And does that make Him any less real? Did God invent humanity, or did humanity invent God?

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  18. Background image for Is Privacy Dead?
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #17 - Is Privacy Dead?

    S7:E2

    We live under a billion unblinking eyes - a global surveillance system that solves crime and uncovers terrorist plots. But are we ready for a world without secrets - where not even our homes are off-limits and corporations know our every desire?

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  19. Background image for Mysteries of the Subconscious
    7.5/10(114 votes)

    #18 - Mysteries of the Subconscious

    S3:E8

    Does your subconscious know more than you ever will, and is your conscious mind holding you back? Do thoughts control actions, or vice versa? Research shows that opening the subconscious may make people healthier and more creative. There are also dangers lurking in the dark recesses of the mind.

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  20. Background image for Will We Survive First Contact?
    7.4/10(137 votes)

    #19 - Will We Survive First Contact?

    S3:E1

    Mankind longs for proof that we are not alone in the universe, but the moment of first contact will certainly mean the end of the world as we know it. Whether that is a bad thing for humanity or the start of a great future is uncertain.

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  21. Background image for Is There a Superior Race?
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    #20 - Is There a Superior Race?

    S3:E2

    How different are the races? Is there even such a thing as race? Could technology create a superior race? The answer may tell us where humanity is headed, what our descendants will look like and how they will think.

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  22. Background image for Can We Eliminate Evil?
    7.4/10(100 votes)

    #21 - Can We Eliminate Evil?

    S3:E7

    What drives some to torture and kill without remorse? Why do seemingly normal people commit acts of cruelty and violence. Researchers are exploring our inner demons, looking for ways to isolate and neutralize the source of evil in the brain. Is it really possible to change human nature?

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  23. Background image for What Makes Us Who We Are?
    7.3/10(116 votes)

    #22 - What Makes Us Who We Are?

    S3:E4

    What is it that makes you you? Scientists are searching the brain for the core of who we are - some would call it the soul, others, our personal identity. How do we become who we are?

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    7.3/10(108 votes)

    #23 - Can We Resurrect the Dead?

    S3:E6

    With cloning and genetic engineering, we can bring back extinct animals. But could we also bring back dead humans? Is it possible to keep our brains alive after our bodies have died? Could we rise from the dead in some strange new form? Can we - should we - resurrect the dead?

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    7.3/10(103 votes)

    #24 - Will Eternity End?

    S3:E9

    Many religious traditions have predicted that our world will come to an apocalyptic end. Scientists agree that Earth can't last forever, but disagree on whether the universe and time itself can ever disappear. Some may hope for eternity, but the possibility of never-ending time has mind-bending implications for the present.

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  26. Background image for Are There More Than Two Sexes?
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    #25 - Are There More Than Two Sexes?

    S7:E3

    Science reveals the line between male and female is blurred, and the battle of the sexes happens deep within our cells.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Riddle of Black Holes" is the best rated episode of "Through the Wormhole". It scored 8.3/10 based on 290 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/16/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "What Happened Before the Beginning?".