Season 1
- 1Big Bang25 Apr 2010
- 2Black Holes2 May 2010
- 3Galaxies (aka Alien Galaxies)10 May 2010
- 4Extreme Stars10 May 2010
- 5Supernovas17 May 2010
- 6Planets (aka Extreme Planets)17 May 2010
- 7Solar Systems24 May 2010
- 8Moons (aka Alien Moons)24 May 2010
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How the Universe Works
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.
Hakeem OluseyiAstrophysicist
James S. BullockAstrophysicist
Paul M. SutterAstrophysicist
Erik Todd DellumsNarrator
Mike RoweNarrator
Richard LinternNarrator
Phil PlaitAstronomer
Kevin WalshAstronomer
Michelle ThallerAstronomer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Nina LanzaPlanetary Scientist
Dr. Moogega CooperPlanetary Protection Engineer
Dan DurdaAstrophysicist / Planetary Scientist, Southwest Research Institute
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Seasons (11)
Season 2
- 1Volcanoes - The Furnaces of Life11 Jul 2012
- 2Megastorms - The Winds of Creation18 Jul 2012
- 3Exoplanets - Planets from Hell25 Jul 2012
- 4Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms1 Aug 2012
- 5Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation8 Aug 2012
- 6Comets - Frozen Wanderers15 Aug 2012
- 7Asteroids - Worlds That Never Were22 Aug 2012
- 8Birth of the Earth29 Aug 2012
Season 3
- 1Journey from the Center of the Sun9 Jul 2014
- 2The End of the Universe16 Jul 2014
- 3Jupiter: Destroyer or Savior?23 Jul 2014
- 4First Second of the Big Bang30 Jul 2014
- 5Is Saturn Alive?6 Aug 2014
- 6Weapons of Mass Extinction13 Aug 2014
- 7Did a Black Hole Build the Milky Way?20 Aug 2014
- 8Our Voyage to the Stars (aka Starman)27 Aug 2014
- 9The Search for a Second Earth3 Sep 2014
Season 4
- 1How the Universe Built Your Car14 Jul 2015
- 2Earth: Venus's Evil Twin21 Jul 2015
- 3Monster Black Hole28 Jul 2015
- 4Edge of the Solar System4 Aug 2015
- 5Dawn of Life11 Aug 2015
- 6Secret History of the Moon18 Aug 2015
- 7The First Oceans25 Aug 2015
- 8Forces of Mass Construction (aka Magnetism)1 Sep 2015
Season 5
- 1Mystery of Planet 929 Nov 2016
- 2Black Holes: The Secret Origin6 Dec 2016
- 3Secret History of Pluto3 Jan 2017
- 4Stars That Kill10 Jan 2017
- 5The Universe's Deadliest17 Jan 2017
- 6Life and Death on the Red Planet24 Jan 2017
- 7The Dark Matter Enigma31 Jan 2017
- 8Strangest Alien Worlds7 Feb 2017
Season 6
- 1Are Black Holes Real?9 Jan 2018
- 2Twin Suns: The Alien Mysteries16 Jan 2018
- 3Dark History of the Solar System23 Jan 2018
- 4Death of the Milky Way30 Jan 2018
- 5Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants6 Feb 2018
- 6Secret History of Mercury13 Feb 2018
- 7The Quasar Enigma20 Feb 2018
- 8Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets27 Feb 2018
- 9War on Asteroids6 Mar 2018
- 10Mystery of Spacetime13 Mar 2018
Season 7
- 1Nightmares of Neutron Stars8 Jan 2019
- 2When Supernovas Strike15 Jan 2019
- 3The Interstellar Mysteries22 Jan 2019
- 4How Black Holes Made Us29 Jan 2019
- 5Secret World of Nebulas5 Feb 2019
- 6Did the Big Bang Really Happen?12 Feb 2019
- 7Battle of the Dark Universe19 Feb 2019
- 8Hunt for Alien Life26 Feb 2019
- 9Finding the New Earth5 Mar 2019
- 10Cassini's Final Secrets12 Mar 2019
Season 8
- 1Asteroid Apocalypse: The New Threat2 Jan 2020
- 2NASA's Journey to Mars9 Jan 2020
- 3Hunt for Alien Evidence16 Jan 2020
- 4Death of the Last Stars23 Jan 2020
- 5Secrets of Time Travel30 Jan 2020
- 6When NASA Met Jupiter6 Feb 2020
- 7Edge of the Universe13 Feb 2020
- 8Monsters of the Milky Way20 Feb 2020
- 9Earth's Death Orbit27 Feb 2020
Season 9
- 1Journey to a Black Hole24 Mar 2021
- 2Mission to a Comet31 Mar 2021
- 3Secrets of the Sun7 Apr 2021
- 4Aliens of the Microcosmos14 Apr 2021
- 5Curse of the White Dwarf21 Apr 2021
- 6War of the Galaxies28 Apr 2021
- 7The Next Supernova5 May 2021
- 8Secret Lives of Neutrinos12 May 2021
- 9Birth of the Monster Black Holes19 May 2021
- 10Gravitational Waves Revealed26 May 2021
- 11Mystery of Alien Worlds2 Jun 2021
Season 10
- 1Secrets of the Cosmic Web6 Mar 2022
- 2Curse of the Cosmic Rays13 Mar 2022
- 3Hunt for Dark Matter20 Mar 2022
- 4Dark History of Earth27 Mar 2022
- 5Hunt for the Universe's Origin3 Apr 2022
- 6Voyager's Ultimate Mission10 Apr 2022
Season 11
- 1The Moons of Saturn5 Mar 2023
- 2A Robot's Guide to Mars12 Mar 2023
- 3Most Violent Event in the Universe19 Mar 2023
- 4Asteroid: Countdown to Catastrophe26 Mar 2023
- 5Solar System Special2 Apr 2023
Cast
Hakeem OluseyiAstrophysicist
James S. BullockAstrophysicist
Paul M. SutterAstrophysicist
Erik Todd DellumsNarrator
Mike RoweNarrator
Richard LinternNarrator
Phil PlaitAstronomer
Kevin WalshAstronomer
Michelle ThallerAstronomer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Nina LanzaPlanetary Scientist
Dr. Moogega CooperPlanetary Protection Engineer
Dan DurdaAstrophysicist / Planetary Scientist, Southwest Research Institute