Length: 8:02
Description: An 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.
Showing posts with label How the Universe Works. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How the Universe Works. Show all posts
Friday, November 14, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
How the Universe Works - Experience the Universe's Violent Extremes
Length: 1:04:04
Description: From volcanoes to megastorms, watch as we travel through the universe's vast and violent extremes.
Extreme Orbits - 00:00 - 10:04
Extreme Planets - 10:04 - 18:28
Extreme Stars - 18:28 - 28:56
Journey from the Center of the Sun - 28:56 - 42:03
Megaflares - 42:03 - 50:36
Megastorms - 50:36 - 57:46
Volcanoes - 57:46 - 1:04:04
Monday, November 3, 2025
How the Universe Works - The Origin of Our Genetic Code
Length: 9:11
Description: The hidden kingdom of microscopic alien organisms shapes the universe as much as galaxies, stars, and planets; new discoveries reveal how bacteria, viruses, and other alien micro-organisms built life on Earth and influence humanity's future in the cosmos.
Saturday, October 25, 2025
How the Universe Works - Searching the Deepest Corners of Space
Length: 1:03:38
Description: Watch as experts dive into mankind's search into the deepest reaches of space and the secrets of the universe.
Secret World of Nebulas - 00:00 - 07:56
Cassini's Final Secrets - 07:56 - 18:05
When NASA Met Jupiter - 18:05 - 26:19
NASA's Journey to Mars - 26:19 - 33:57
Mission to a Comet - 33:57 - 40:58
Gravitational Waves Revealed - 40:58 - 49:15
Secret of the Cosmic Web - 49:15 - 57:24
A Robot's Guide to Mars - 57:24 - 1:03:38
Friday, October 17, 2025
How the Universe Works - The Most Magnetic Place in the Universe
Length: 8:46
Description: A 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 we know about this strange place.
Friday, October 3, 2025
How the Universe Works - The First Ever Supermassive Black Hole
Length: 8:05
Description: New 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.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
How the Universe Works - The End of the Earth and Cosmos' Infinite Death Cycle
Length: 1:02:15
Description: Colliding supermassive black holes, the end of the Earth, devastating solar flares and more. Learn about the dark and infinite death cycle of our universe!
Edge of the Universe - 00:00 - 09:36
Secrets of Time Travel - 09:36 - 19:18
Secrets of the Sun - 19:18 - 28:37
Dark Matter - 28:37 - 35:27
End of the Earth - 35:27 - 44:36
Most Violent Event in the Universe - 44:36 - 53:05
The White Dwarf - 53:05 - 1:02:16
Friday, September 19, 2025
How the Universe Works - Comets: The Time Capsules of the Universe
Length: 8:49
Description: Experts embark on a ground-breaking mission to land on a comet and reveal its galactic mysteries.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
How the Universe Works - Explore Our Solar System's Secrets
Length: 1:03:57
Description: Explore the history and mysteries of the planets in our solar system: Mercury shows signs of a violent past, Venus reveals what could happen if Earth took a wrong turn, and Mars may have once supported life!
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Friday, September 5, 2025
How the Universe Works - When Galaxies Go to War
Length: 8:30
Description: Galaxies 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.
Friday, August 22, 2025
How the Universe Works - Can One Asteroid Wipe Out All Life on Earth?!
Length: 9:00
Description: If a massive asteroid collides with Earth, it could end life on the planet as we know it. New discoveries and cutting-edge tech reveal how close the planet is to apocalypse and what it would take for the world's leading space agencies to stop it.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
How the Universe Works - The Beginning and End of the Universe
Length: 1:09:49
Description: Watch experts talk about everything from the big bang to the universe's likely extinction in this deep dive into the start and end of life as we know it.
Birth of the Earth - 08:52 - 18:33
Did the Big Bang Really Happen? - 18:33 - 27:25
End of the Universe - 27:25 - 34:53
Extinction - 34:53 - 44:17
Forces of Mass Construction - 44:17 - 52:04
The First Oceans - 52:04 - 1:02:44
Dawn of Life - 1:02:44 - 1:09:50
Friday, August 8, 2025
How the Universe Works - The Cosmic Violence That Created the Earth
Length: 9:28
Description: The Earth and its moon may have shared a birth, and both could have been home to life.
Monday, July 28, 2025
How the Universe Works - Communicating with the Universe!
Length: 8:33
Description: The discovery of extraterrestrial life might face an impossible challenge, the physics of the universe itself. Using cutting-edge tech, however, experts might be on the verge of a groundbreaking find, and the evidence could already be in hand.
Friday, July 11, 2025
How the Universe Works - When Planets Collide!
Length: 8:31
Description: As the world spins on its tilted axis and wobbles as it orbits the sun, it's also careening through the Milky Way. Every part of this voyage shapes life, from creation to extinction, and could end in the Earth being ejected out of the galaxy altogether.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
How the Universe Works - Everything You Want to Know About Planets
Length: 58:28
Description: From the moon's violent origins to how to build a planet, we take a deep dive into our solar system and the planets within it.
Friday, June 27, 2025
How the Universe Works - The Building Blocks of a Planet
Length: 8:22
Description: New discoveries of planets beyond the solar system force scientists to rethink how planets form.
Friday, June 13, 2025
How the Universe Works - A Party for Time Travelers
Length: 9:04
Description: Stephen Hawking threw a party for time travelers, but was it ever possible to make it to that party in the first place?
Monday, June 9, 2025
How the Universe Works - Searching for Aliens and Our Place in the Universe
Length: 1:25:25
Description: Alien galaxies, moons, and solar systems! Watch as experts examine alien life amongst the stars, as well as our place in the universe.
Friday, May 30, 2025
How the Universe Works - The Milky Way's Violent Flares and Supermassive Blackholes
Length: 9:17
Description: A journey to the center of the Milky Way reveals powerful streams of million-degree gas, dangerous flares bursting from the supermassive black hole at the galactic core and swarms of black holes that could threaten Earth's existence.