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

TV Show · Documentary

`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.

2010 · 43m

Starring Dr. Michio Kaku, Lawrence M. Krauss, Phil Plait

Director Alex Hearle

EPISODE 1

Secrets Of The Cosmic Web

New astronomical research is beginning to reveal an invisible scaffold of dark matter known as the Cosmic Web, an intergalactic network that transformed the universe from a chaotic Big Bang into the structured beauty of the present day cosmos.

41 min
EPISODE 2

Curse Of The Cosmic Rays

Cosmic rays capable of destroying human DNA are hurtling through outer space like subatomic bullets, causing space crews radiation damage.

41 min
EPISODE 3

Hunt for Dark Matter

Dark Matter is thought to be the cosmic glue that holds the universe together, yet the search for it continues to eluded scientists today.

42 min
EPISODE 4

Dark History Of Earth

A series of cosmic cataclysms and erratic, disastrous events are responsible for the Earth's formation and the path of human evolution. Now, physicists investigate and explore how catastrophe and chaos may be necessary elements for a thriving planet.

42 min
EPISODE 5

Hunt for the Universe's Origin

Determining the age of the universe continues to be an elusive endeavour for scientists as their results are conflicting, and without a definitive answer, everything that's known about the cosmos could be completely wrong.

41 min
EPISODE 6

Voyager's Ultimate Mission

As the two Voyager spacecraft reach interstellar space, experts explore their astonishing discoveries and how their extended operation has transformed into the ultimate mission.

42 min