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 · 44m

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

Director Alex Hearle

EPISODE 1

Volcanoes

Three quarters of Venus' surface is lava plains; how has volcanic activity decimated the planet, and why can volcanoes create life on other planets like Earth?

42 min
EPISODE 2

Megastorms

Across the universe planetary winds rage at six times the speed of sound and lightning stretches for thousands of miles. What drives galactic mega storms and do they create life?

42 min
EPISODE 3

Planets from Hell

Throughout the cosmos extreme phenomenon create desolate worlds of brutal heat, fatal cold, and deadly irrigation. Is Earth the only habitable planet in a hostile universe?

42 min
EPISODE 5

Extreme Orbits

Orbits drive the dynamics of the universe, collapsing dust clouds and colliding galaxies. How did orbits create life on Earth, and why have they destroyed other planets?

42 min
EPISODE 6

Comets

Why are scientists looking for a correlation between amino acids on comets and life on Earth; and how could these celestial fireworks explain the formation of our solar system?

42 min
EPISODE 7

Asteroids

Galactic flame throwers fire gamma rays across the universe and the sun spits flares millions of miles high. But what sparks cosmic firestorms and do they threaten Earth?

42 min