How the Universe Works

2010•7 series

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`How the Universe Works' is an ultimate cosmos operator's manual, a revealing look at the inner workings of outer space. Computer imagery allows viewers to explore black holes, supernovae, neutron stars, dark energy and all the other forces that produce what is and what we see.

Episode 2Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets

Dwarf planets are some of the solar system's most active places, from oceans of liquid water on Pluto to vanishing volcanoes on icy Ceres.(S06,E02)

Episode 4Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants

New research shows the migration of ice planets may have helped start life on Earth, and stopped it being destroyed. How are they so vital?(S06,E04)

Episode 7Asteroid

Once thought to be an inevitable disaster, scientists now have the technology to prevent asteroids from hitting the Earth. How are they working to do this?(S06,E07)

Episode 7War on Asteroids

Once thought to be an inevitable disaster, scientists now have the technology to prevent asteroids from hitting the Earth. How are they working to do this? S6, Ep7

Episode 10Mystery of Spacetime

Space isn't as empty as it seems. It conceals a secret structure called spacetime - an invisible field that governs our lives.(S06,E10)

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