Name: How the Universe Works
Released: 2010-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dr. Michio Kaku, Lawrence Krauss, Phil Plait

TV Show · Documentary

Have you ever wondered exactly how our Universe is put together? How is it built? And how it actually works? This is ultimate guide to the Cosmos will show as never before the inner workings of our planet, the Solar System, the galaxies and the Universe itself.

2010 · 43m

Starring Dr. Michio Kaku, Lawrence Krauss, Phil Plait

Director Alex Hearle

EPISODE 1

Journey From the Center of the Sun

How does light escape from the sun? We take a journey from the centre of the sun, following the path of light. We witness its fiery birth from in the core, its 430,000 mile battle against gravity and magnetism, and its escape from the solar surface.

41 min
EPISODE 2

End of the Universe

Examining the ways the universe could come to an end.

41 min
EPISODE 3

Jupiter

Beneath Jupiter's clouds lie the solar system's deepest secrets.

41 min
EPISODE 4

First Second

The most important second in history which seals the Universe's fate.

41 min
EPISODE 5

Saturn

Scientists are looking for life on Saturn's moons and they may have found it on Titan.

41 min
EPISODE 6

Extinction

The universe's weapons of extinction; asteroids strike; planets collide; black holes blast out death rays; volcanoes erupt and ice engulfs the plane.

41 min