How the Universe Works

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Big Bang

|DirectedBy = Louise V. Say

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|4|25}}

|ShortSummary = The program investigates how the Universe came into existence out of nothing, and how it grew from a minuscule point, smaller than an atomic particle, to the vast cosmos seen today.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Black Holes

|DirectedBy = Peter Chinn

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|2}}

|ShortSummary = Black holes, the most powerful destroyers in the Universe, the most mysterious phenomena in the heavens. For years, they were only speculation; now, modern astronomy is proving their existence.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Galaxies

|DirectedBy = Louise V. Say

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|10}}

|ShortSummary = Galaxies, home to stars and planets, come in all shapes and sizes. Witnesses the evolution of galaxies; from clouds of cold gas floating in the voids of space 13 billion years ago to the spirals that fill the night sky.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Stars

|DirectedBy = Peter Chinn

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|10}}

|ShortSummary = The story of how stars were made by the Universe and how stars then went on to engineer everything else in the universe. They changed the Universe by spawning further generations of stars, then planets, and eventually the building blocks of life.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Supernovas

|DirectedBy = Shaun Trevisick

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|17}}

|ShortSummary = Stars are not eternal; they are dying in large explosions called supernovas. Second only to the Big Bang, these explosions are where creation and destruction meet.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Planets

|DirectedBy = Lorne Townend

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|17}}

|ShortSummary = There are eight planets in the Solar System, but there could be a hundred billion planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone. This show follows the journey of planets as they grow from grains of dust to the magnificently diverse worlds.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Solar Systems

|DirectedBy = Lorne Townend

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|24}}

|ShortSummary = Is the Solar System unique? Since the first discovery of a planet orbiting another star, some 280 alien planetary systems have been identified.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Moons

|DirectedBy = Shaun Trevisick

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|24}}

|ShortSummary = Moons come in many possible shapes and sizes. Home to incredible natural phenomena like gigantic geysers and colossal volcanoes, moons also offer perhaps the best chance of finding alien life in the Universe — and they probably exist in the billions.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Volcanoes - The Furnaces of Life

|DirectedBy = Alex Hearle

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|11}}

|ShortSummary = Scientists are discovering volcanoes on worlds once thought dead. From our nearest planetary neighbor to tiny moons billions of miles away, today we are discovering volcanoes on alien worlds.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Megastorms - The Winds of Creation

|DirectedBy = Alex Hearle

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|18}}

|ShortSummary = On Earth, violent and destructive storms create new opportunities for life. In our quest to discover if life on Earth is alone in the universe, scientists look for weather.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Exoplanets - Planets from Hell

|DirectedBy = Kate Dart

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|25}}

|ShortSummary = Over the last few decades, astronomers have discovered an extraordinary zoo of planetary nightmares outside the Solar System, all of them truly wild worlds.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms

|DirectedBy = Kate Dart

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|1}}

|ShortSummary = The Universe is a magnetic minefield. The Sun creates flares capable of battering life on Earth. But space also contains other dangerous megaflares.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 13

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation

|DirectedBy = Adam Warner

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|8}}

|ShortSummary = The only reason life on Earth is possible is because of its stable orbit around the Sun. Elsewhere in the Universe, orbits are chaotic, violent, and destructive. On the largest scale, orbits are a creative force and construct the fabric of the Universe.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 14

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Comets - Frozen Wanderers

|DirectedBy = Adam Warner

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|15}}

|ShortSummary = Follows the odyssey of a comet as it sails through space as it evolves from a chunk of ice and rock into an active nucleus engulfed in a gaseous haze.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Asteroids - Worlds that Never Were

|DirectedBy = George Harris

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|22}}

|ShortSummary = From icy worlds with more fresh water than Earth to flying mountains of pure metal, asteroids shaped Earth's past and promise much for the future. These enigmatic space rocks may hold the key to how life in the Universe arises and is extinguished.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 16

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Birth of the Earth

|DirectedBy = George Harris

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|29}}

|ShortSummary = The Earth was formed by a series of cosmic cataclysms, including the most powerful blast in the Universe. Explores how the same chain of events may have created other Earths elsewhere.

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|EpisodeNumber = 17

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Journey from the Center of the Sun

|DirectedBy = FTC

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|7|09}}

|ShortSummary = Shows how light escape from the Sun by a journey from the center of the Sun, following the path of light. Explores lights fiery birth in the core, its {{convert|430,000|mi|km|sigfig=2|adj=on}} battle against gravity and magnetism, and its escape from the solar surface.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 18

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = The End of the Universe

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|7|16}}

|ShortSummary = 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 end the universe in a cosmic death bubble.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 19

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Jupiter: Destroyer or Savior?

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|7|23}}

|ShortSummary = Beneath Jupiter's swirling clouds lie some of the Solar System's deepest secrets, from its violent youth, through the birth of life, to the death of the Sun. Now, scientists are unlocking these secrets and discovering that every living thing exists thanks to Jupiter.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 20

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = First Second of the Big Bang

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|7|30}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 21

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Is Saturn Alive?

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|6}}

|ShortSummary = Saturn's ferocious weather, its evolving ring system, and the discovery of active geology on its moons has rewritten the textbooks. Scientists are looking for life on Saturn's moons and they may have found it on Titan.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 22

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Weapons of Mass Extinction

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|13}}

|ShortSummary = An overview of historical mass extinctions and what is in store for the future.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 23

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Did a Black Hole Build the Milky Way?

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|20}}

|ShortSummary = Explores what built the Milky Way. At the heart of the galaxy sits a supermassive black hole, one of the most destructive objects in the Universe.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 24

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Our Voyage to the Stars

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|27}}

|ShortSummary = One day, a cosmic disaster will make life on Earth impossible. To survive, humans must find a new home amongst the stars. Scientists are already developing new propulsion systems to take people to these distant worlds.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 25

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = The Search for a Second Earth

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9|3}}

|ShortSummary = Other Earths may exist with liquid oceans, rocky continents, and life. Astronomers search with spectroscopy, direct imaging, and telescopes for evidence of atmospheres, magnetospheres, and signs of life.

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|EpisodeNumber = 26

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = How the Universe Built Your Car

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|14}}

|ShortSummary = Show how beneath the hood of a car lies the history of the Universe. The iron in the chassis, the gold in the stereo, and the copper in the electronics all owe their existence to violent cosmic events that took place billions of years ago.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 27

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Earth, Venus's Evil Twin

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|21}}

|ShortSummary = Venus is a hellish planet, covered in thick dense clouds and roasted by colossal temperatures. This may be a vision of Earth's future.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 28

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Monster Black Hole

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|28}}

|ShortSummary = Black holes are the least understood places in the universe, where the rules of physics collapse. The show "goes inside" the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 29

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Edge of the Solar System

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|4}}

|ShortSummary = Giant magnetic bubbles millions of miles wide, bizarre invisible matter, and a death star tearing through bands of icy comets, flinging them into violent orbits. All this may be inside our cosmic backyard, and effecting the lives on Earth.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 30

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Dawn of Life

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|11}}

|ShortSummary = The origin of life on Earth is a hotly contested scientific debate. It may have come from strange volcanic hatcheries deep under the sea, or even from another planet.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 31

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Secret History of the Moon

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|18}}

|ShortSummary = The Moon is stranger than humans think, and they can thank the Moon for life on Earth. Explores the tunnels beneath the Moon's surface and asks if a lunar base may be key to humanity's future in space.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 32

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = The First Oceans

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|8|25}}

|ShortSummary = For years, scientists suspected that the oceans came from molecules delivered to Earth from distant stars by asteroids, but a new discovery suggests that their true origins may be more exotic.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 33

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Forces of Mass Construction

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|1}}

|ShortSummary = Magnetism has shaped the cosmos, and without it, creation would simply disintegrate. This episode follows scientists trying to understand how magnetism works.

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|EpisodeNumber = 34

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Most Amazing Discoveries

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|22}}

|ShortSummary = From the furthest reaches of space to Earth's cosmic backyard, the episode counts down the discoveries that changed everything humans know about the universe.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 35

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Mystery of Planet 9

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|29}}

|ShortSummary = Scientists have discovered a mysterious ninth planet on the edge of the Solar System. Ten times the size of Earth, this world could have moons with extraterrestrial life.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 36

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Black Holes: The Secret Origin

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|6}}

|ShortSummary = Explores why black holes grow so massive.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 37

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Secret History of Pluto

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|03}}

|ShortSummary = Astronomers discovered a many icy objects orbiting around Pluto. Renewed interest was piqued, especially after the New Horizons probe took some high-resolution photos of Pluto in 2015.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 38

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Stars That Kill

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|10}}

|ShortSummary = The universe is home to real-life Death Stars that could destroy Earth. The latest science reveals the terrifying secrets of NASA's six deadliest: Cataclysmic variable stars, supernovas that can vaporize a planet, and unpredictable intergalactic stars.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 39

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = The Universe's Deadliest

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|17}}

|ShortSummary = A guide to the worst places in the universe, including Betelgeuse in its death throes, which could become a supernova and the possibly a death star.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 40

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Life and Death on the Red Planet

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|24}}

|ShortSummary = Possible life on Mars went through a series of life-impacting events, and the first impact may have seeded life on Earth via Martian debris.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 41

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = The Dark Matter Enigma

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|31}}

|ShortSummary = Dark matter is the biggest mystery of the cosmos. Scientists know that it has been vital to the universe since its beginning, and new discoveries reveal that it could create black holes, cause mass extinctions, and might even have helped to shape life on Earth. Explores if there may be a dark matter universe that could account for all the events that aren't yet definable.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 42

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = Strangest Alien Worlds

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|07}}

|ShortSummary = Discoveries of new planets have revealed many worlds much stranger than Earth. Some of these worlds don't have stars, others are made out of diamonds.

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|EpisodeNumber = 43

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Are Black Holes Real?

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|09}}

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|ShortSummary = New discoveries are challenging everything known about black holes -- astronomers are beginning to question if they even exist. The latest science tries to explain how they work and what they look like, despite the fact that at the time of this broadcast astronomers had never seen one.

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|EpisodeNumber = 44

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Twin Suns: The Alien Mysteries

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|16}}

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|ShortSummary = Planets that orbit two stars instead of one might be deadly hell worlds, but new discoveries reveal that star systems with binary stars might be optimal places for alien life.

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|EpisodeNumber = 45

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Dark History of the Solar System

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|23}}

|Viewers = 0.347{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 1.23.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-23-2018.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125074605/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-23-2018.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=January 23, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = New discoveries reveal that Earth and the planets were formed from the destruction of strange alien worlds.

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|EpisodeNumber = 46

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Death of the Milky Way

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|30}}

|Viewers = 0.341{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 1.30.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-30-2018.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075543/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-30-2018.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=January 30, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = The Milky Way is dying, and experts are investigating what's killing it.

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|EpisodeNumber = 47

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants

|DirectedBy = Mark Bridge

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|02|06}}

|Viewers = 0.378{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 2.6.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-6-2018.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207235110/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-6-2018.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 7, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=February 6, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = Uranus and Neptune are mysterious, icy worlds at the edge of the Solar System, and new discoveries reveal that these planets may have helped start life on Earth.

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|EpisodeNumber = 48

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Secret History of Mercury

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|02|13}}

|Viewers = 0.346{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 2.13.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-13-2018.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215055955/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-13-2018.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=February 13, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = Mercury is a deadly world, facing attacks from the Sun, comets, and other planets, and even though it's the smallest planet in the Solar System it has a secret that might one day threaten life on Earth.

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|EpisodeNumber = 49

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = The Quasar Enigma

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|02|20}}

|Viewers = 0.371{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 2.20.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-20-2018.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222145010/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-20-2018.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=February 20, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = Quasars are the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe, and though they have shaped the cosmos they might ultimately destroy everything that exists.

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|EpisodeNumber = 50

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|02|27}}

|Viewers = 0.302{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 2.27.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-27-2018.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044540/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-27-2018.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 1, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=February 27, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = The Solar System is home to hundreds of tiny worlds called dwarf planets, and new discoveries reveal their secrets.

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|EpisodeNumber = 51

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = War on Asteroids

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|03|06}}

|Viewers = 0.333{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 3.06.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-6-2018.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308012107/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-6-2018.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 6, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = Scientists use cutting-edge technology to stop an asteroid apocalypse, and mankind is closer than ever to keeping Earth safe from these killer space rocks.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 52

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = Mystery of Spacetime

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|03|13}}

|Viewers = 0.395{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 3.13.2018|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-13-2018-2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315022045/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-13-2018-2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2018|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 13, 2018}}

|ShortSummary = Spacetime is the four-dimensional structure that controls the universe, including time, light, and energy. It will also determine how the universe will end.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 53

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Nightmares of Neutron Stars

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|08}}

|Viewers = 0.394{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 1.8.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-8-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110014303/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-8-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 8, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = Neutron stars are violent phenomena that defy the laws of physics, and new discoveries reveal that these stars are far more deadly than scientists had thought, and have the power to destroy planets and even other stars.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 54

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = When Supernovas Strike

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|15}}

|Viewers = 0.252{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 1.15.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-15-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117122303/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-15-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 15, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = Supernovas are the violent death of giant stars, and these cataclysmic events create the elements that are essential to all life in the universe.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 55

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = The Interstellar Mysteries

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|22}}

|Viewers =

|ShortSummary = Interstellar space between the universe's stars is not empty and unremarkable, as previously thought, but filled with objects and phenomena that may hold the darkest secrets of the cosmos.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 56

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = How Black Holes Made Us

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|29}}

|Viewers = 0.326{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 1.29.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-29-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040535/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-29-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 29, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = Black holes aren't violent monsters as commonly believed, and new discoveries reveal that they might have been essential to creating stars, giving light, and building the universe.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 57

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Secret World of Nebulas

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|05}}

|Viewers =

|ShortSummary = Nebulas are structures of cosmic gas and dust where stars are created and end, and new discoveries reveal the secrets of these objects.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 58

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Did the Big Bang Really Happen?

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|12}}

|Viewers = 0.270{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 2.12.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-12-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061540/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-12-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Feb 12, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = New discoveries are causing astronomers to question if the Big Bang really happened, and using the latest science they investigate if it wasn't just the start of the universe humans are aware of but of multiverses.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 59

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Battle of the Dark Universe

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|19}}

|Viewers = 0.222{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 2.19.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-19-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224151/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-19-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Feb 19, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = Dark matter and dark energy compete for control of the cosmos, and the winner will determine the fate of the universe. New discoveries might reveal which force will emerge victorious.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 60

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Hunt for Alien Life

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|02|26}}

|Viewers = 0.246{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 2.26.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-26-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228070106/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-26-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Feb 26, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = The latest discoveries suggest that humans might be on the verge of discovering life beyond Earth. Scientists are investigating if Earth's life began elsewhere in the universe and whether the human race needs to evolve to know for sure.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 61

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = Finding the New Earth

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|03|05}}

|Viewers = 0.264{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 3.5.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-5-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307025537/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-5-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Mar 5, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = New discoveries have revealed thousands of exoplanets beyond the Solar System. Some resemble Earth enough that one could be a new home for humanity. Even with cutting-edge technology, finding the perfect one is one of the scientific challenges of the age.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 62

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = Cassini's Final Secrets

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|03|12}}

|Viewers = 0.303{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals: 3.12.2019|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-12-2019.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316165537/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-12-2019.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2019|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Mar 12, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = For twenty years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft explored Saturn until it vaporized in Saturn's atmosphere. But its legacy lives on, as newly analyzed data from the probe helps scientists make additional discoveries.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 63

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Asteroid Apocalypse - The New Threat

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|01|02}}

|Viewers = 0.290{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 1.2.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-2-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104005024/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-2-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 2, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = If a massive asteroid collides with Earth, it could end life on the planet. New discoveries reveal how close Earth is to the apocalypse and what it would take for the world's leading space agencies to stop it.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 64

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = NASA's Journey to Mars

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|9}}

|Viewers = 0.314{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 1.9.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-9-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110212110/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-9-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 9, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = NASA is on a mission to send humans to Mars within 15 years. But to reach this next frontier of space exploration, experts must discover new technology and cutting-edge science that protects astronauts from the red planet's deadliest killers.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 65

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Hunt for Alien Evidence

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|16}}

|Viewers = 0.299{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 1.16.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-16-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119044548/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-16-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 16, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = The discovery of extraterrestrial life might face an impossible challenge{{emdash}}the physics of the universe itself. With cutting-edge technology, experts might be on the verge of a groundbreaking find{{emdash}}and the evidence could already be in hand.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 66

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Death of the Last Stars

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|23}}

|Viewers = 0.315{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 1.23.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-23-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124212150/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-23-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 23, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = The universe's stars are dying faster than new ones are born, and using the latest technology experts investigate the secrets of the last stars of the cosmos, and what this stellar apocalypse means for life on Earth.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 67

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Secrets of Time Travel

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|30}}

|Viewers = 0.276{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 1.30.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-30-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131212100/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-1-30-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Jan 30, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = Time travel might be more possible than humans have imagined, and cutting-edge technology and the latest research into black holes and wormholes is helping experts get steps closer to discovering how to travel through time.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 68

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = When NASA Met Jupiter

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|6}}

|Viewers = 0.283{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 2.6.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-6-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208130445/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-6-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Feb 6, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = NASA's Juno spacecraft is exploring Jupiter. As this probe is pummeled with radiation, it gathers new data that could change everything known about the Solar System's biggest planet.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 69

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = Edge of the Universe

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|13}}

|Viewers = 0.296{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 2.13.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-13-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215005403/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-13-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = The edge of the universe and what happens there are unknown; but thanks to cutting-edge technology and new discoveries, experts might reveal the phenomena found in deepest reaches of the cosmos.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 70

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Monsters of the Milky Way

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|20}}

|Viewers = 0.281{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 2.20.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-20-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221212012/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-20-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Feb 20, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = The center of the Milky Way is home to phenomena that humans don't yet understand, but using the latest science experts are revealing how the supermassive black hole at the galaxy's core shapes life on Earth.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 71

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = Earth's Death Orbit

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|27}}

|Viewers = 0.314{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 2.27.2020|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-27-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228211945/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-thursday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-27-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=Feb 27, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = Earth's journey through the universe is a perilous one, and new discoveries reveal that the planet is heading toward a mysterious area of the cosmos that could eject us out of the Milky Way and into oblivion.

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}}In the UK version of the series, there are two episodes of Season 8 which are not included in its US counterpart. These episodes are as follows:{{Cite web |title=How to Build a Planet |url=https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/video/how-the-universe-works/how-to-build-a-planet |website=Discovery Plus UK}}{{Cite web |title=Moon |url=https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/video/how-the-universe-works/moon |website=Discovery Plus UK}}{{Cite web |title=How the Universe Works Season 8 |url=https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/how-the-universe-works/?ss=8#episodes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915143135/https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/how-the-universe-works/?ss=8#episodes |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2023 |website=Discovery UK}}

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|EpisodeNumber2 =

|Title = How To Build A Planet

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|21}}

|Viewers =

|ShortSummary = Some of the brightest minds and theorists on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge and explain the science behind the rules of the universe.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 =

|Title = Moon

|DirectedBy =

|Viewers =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|11}}

|ShortSummary = New scientific discoveries reveal that the Moon has an incredible, violent, and dynamic history. Was the Moon originally more similar to Earth than previously thought?

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}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 72

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Journey to a Black Hole

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|03|24}}

|Viewers = 0.245{{cite web | title=UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.24.2021 | website=Showbuzz Daily | date=March 20, 2021 | url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-24-2021.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325201414/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-24-2021.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 25, 2021 | access-date=March 26, 2021}}

|ShortSummary = A two-hour episode examines what scientists have learned about M87*, the supermassive black hole in the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486). M87* is the first supermassive black hole photographed by the Event Horizon Telescope.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 73

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Mission to a Comet

|DirectedBy =

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|03|31}}

|Viewers = 0.250{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals: 3.31.2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-31-2021.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401201635/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-31-2021.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2021 | access-date=April 1, 2021}}

|ShortSummary = Experts embark on a mission to land on a comet. Rosetta is a space probe launched in 2004 that performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) using lander module Philae in 2014.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 74

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Secrets of the Sun

|DirectedBy =

|Viewers = 0.203{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 4.7.2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-7-2021.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408202000/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-7-2021.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2021 | access-date=April 8, 2021}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|04|07}}

|ShortSummary = NASA’s Parker Solar Probe investigates the Sun.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 75

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Aliens of the Microcosmos

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|04|14}}

|ShortSummary = New discoveries reveal the power of microscopic alien organisms.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 76

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Curse of the White Dwarf

|DirectedBy =

|Viewers = 0.224{{cite web|author=Mitch Metcalf|title=Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals: 4.21.2021|work=Showbuzz Daily|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-21-2021.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200919/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-wednesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-21-2021.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2021| access-date=April 22, 2021}}

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|04|21}}

|ShortSummary = Dead stars called white dwarfs may be the key to understanding the cosmos.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 77

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = War of the Galaxies

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|ShortSummary = Discover how galaxies interact across the universe.

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|Title = The Next Supernova

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|ShortSummary = Experts search for the star that may be the next supernova.

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|Title = Secret Lives of Neutrinos

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|ShortSummary = New science reveals why neutrinos are the universe's strangest particles.

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|Title = Birth of Monster Black Holes

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|ShortSummary = Scientists have discovered one of the first supermassive black holes.

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = Gravitational Waves Revealed

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|ShortSummary = Gravitational waves allow scientists to explore the universe in a new way.

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 11

|Title = Mystery of Alien Worlds

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|ShortSummary = New discoveries reveal mysterious alien worlds.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 83

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Secrets of the Cosmic Web

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|03|06}}

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|ShortSummary = 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.

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|EpisodeNumber = 84

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Curse of the Cosmic Rays

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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|03|13}}

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|ShortSummary = Experts attempt to determine where cosmic rays originate in the universe.

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|EpisodeNumber = 85

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Hunt for Dark Matter

|DirectedBy = Alex Hearle

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|03|21}}

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

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Dark History of Earth

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|ShortSummary = Earth's history is marked by one cosmic disaster after another, forging the path of human evolution; now, experts explore how the Earth has teetered on the verge of destruction.

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|EpisodeNumber = 87

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Hunt for the Universe's Origin

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|ShortSummary = Experts explore the elusive endeavor of determining the age of the cosmos.

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|EpisodeNumber = 88

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Voyager's Ultimate Mission

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|ShortSummary = The two Voyager spacecraft have travelled farther than any human-made object in history, and as they reach interstellar space, experts explore their most astonishing discoveries and how their extended operation has transformed into the ultimate mission.

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|EpisodeNumber = 89

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = The Moons of Saturn

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|ShortSummary = Discover how Saturn's moons could rewrite the rules of the Solar System.

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|EpisodeNumber = 90

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = A Robot's Guide to Mars

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|ShortSummary = Perseverance aims to uncover if there was ever life on the Red Planet.

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|EpisodeNumber = 91

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Most Violent Event in the Universe

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|ShortSummary = Experts explore what happens when two supermassive black holes collide.

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|EpisodeNumber = 92

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Countdown to Catastrophe

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|Viewers = 0.198{{cite web | title=UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.26.2023 | website=Showbuzz Daily | date=March 26, 2023 | url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-sunday-3-26-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html | access-date=March 28, 2023}}

|ShortSummary = Experts confront the potential catastrophe of a fictional asteroid event.

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|EpisodeNumber = 93

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Solar System Special

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|ShortSummary = New discoveries have rewritten the complex history of the Solar System.

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}}Note: In the UK version of this series, the aforementioned episodes are still part of its tenth season run.{{Cite web |title=How the Universe Works Season 10 |url=https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/how-the-universe-works/?ss=10#episodes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250307043342/https://www.discoveryuk.com/series/how-the-universe-works/?ss=10#episodes |archive-date=2025-03-07 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Discovery UK |language=en-US}} This information is backed up by a 10-episode production order for Season 10 as posted on the official Pioneer Productions site.

• Alien Planet
• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
• Extreme Universe
• Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
• Killers of the Cosmos
• Mars: The Secret Science
• The Planets and Beyond
• Space's Deepest Secrets
• Strip the Cosmos
• Through the Wormhole
• The Universe

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• {{Official website|https://www.sciencechannel.com/show/how-the-universe-works-science}} by Science Channel (Discovery Channel)
• {{IMDb title|1832668}}

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