How the Universe Works

Season 9

TV-G

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 it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.

Where to Watch Season 9

11 Episodes

Journey to a Black Hole
E1
Journey to a Black HoleJourney 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.
Mission to a Comet
E2
Mission to a CometExperts embark on a ground-breaking mission to land on a comet.
Secrets Of The Sun
E3
Secrets Of The SunA brand-new NASA mission to the Sun reveals cutting-edge discoveries about Earth's star; as the Parker Solar Probe dives through the Sun's atmosphere, what it finds challenges everything known about this strange place.
Aliens of the Microcosmos
E4
Aliens of the MicrocosmosNew discoveries reveal the power of microscopic alien organisms.
Curse of the White Dwarf
E5
Curse of the White DwarfDead stars called white dwarfs may be the key to understanding the cosmos.
War of the Galaxies
E6
War of the GalaxiesGalaxies are locked in continual combat across the universe, and our own Milky Way will face its biggest opponent ever, the Andromeda Galaxy, in a titanic and deadly struggle that could create a new and unrecognizable super galaxy.
The Next Supernova
E7
The Next SupernovaThe galaxy is full of stars ready to explode into supernovas, a stellar detonation powerful enough to destroy all life on Earth; it's an event that hasn't occurred in 400 years, and the search is on to locate which star may be next.
Secret Lives Of Neutrinos
E8
Secret Lives Of NeutrinosNeutrinos are the most mysterious particles in the universe, and they power some of the most explosive events in the cosmos; new discoveries reveal how these ghosts pass through objects undetected and why they could be the reason humans exist.
Birth of Monster Black Holes
E9
Birth of Monster Black HolesNew discoveries reveal an astonishing supermassive black hole that was born during the earliest days of the cosmos, and finding out how this giant grew so large so quickly may help to explain the very formation of the universe itself.
Gravitational Waves Revealed
E10
Gravitational Waves RevealedGravitational waves are helping scientists explore the cosmos in revolutionary, new ways, and the discoveries they make are revealing the universe’s greatest mysteries.
Mystery of Alien Worlds
E11
Mystery of Alien WorldsAn explosion in the discovery of exoplanets is challenging everything we know about our universe; experts use cutting-edge astronomy to investigate these mysterious alien worlds and how they defy the laws of physics.