‎Season 9 - Apple TV

TV Show · Documentary

How is the universe put together? How is it built? And how does it actually work? How the Universe Works shows the inner workings of our planet, the solar system, the galaxies and the universe itself.

2010 · 43m

Starring Mike Rowe, Michelle Thaller

Director Alex Hearle

EPISODE 1

Journey from the Center of the Sun

We're digging in to see how the sun's heat and light get to us.
EPISODE 2

End of the Universe

How and when will the Universe end? Gravity and dark matter are poised to annihilate the Universe in a big crunch. Expansion and dark energy may tear it apart. Or, a phase transition could kill us tomorrow in a cosmic death bubble.
EPISODE 3

Jupiter

Beneath Jupiter's clouds lie our solar system's deepest secrets: from its violent youth, through the birth of life to the death of the sun. Scientists are discovering that the solar system, the Earth and every living thing exists because of Jupiter.
EPISODE 4

First Second

The first second of the Universe, the creation of everything when space, time, matter and energy burst into existence. It is the most important second in history, which seals the Universe's fate and defines everything that comes after - including us.
EPISODE 5

Saturn

Saturn's secrets are out. The ferocious weather, the evolving ring system and the discovery of active geology on Saturn's moons has rewritten the textbooks. Scientists are looking for life on Saturn's moons and they may have found it on Titan.
EPISODE 6

Extinction

Asteroids strike, planets collide, black holes blast out death rays, volcanoes erupt and ice engulfs the planet. These are the universe's weapons of extinction. They've happened before - wiping out entire species, and they will happen again. Are we next?