How the Universe Works - Season 6

First aired: 1/9/2018 10 episodes

Episodes

1. Are Black Holes Real?

Aired: 1/9/2018

New discoveries are challenging everything we know about black holes, and 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 we've never actually seen one.

2. Twin Suns: The Alien Mysteries

Aired: 1/16/2018

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

3. Dark History of the Solar System

Aired: 1/23/2018

Our solar system hides a dark and violent past, and new discoveries reveal that Earth and the planets were formed from the destruction of strange alien worlds that came before us.

4. Death of the Milky Way

Aired: 1/30/2018

The Milky Way is dying, and using the latest science and discoveries, experts are investigating what's killing it.

5. Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants

Aired: 2/6/2018

Uranus and Neptune are mysterious, icy worlds at the edge of our solar system, and new discoveries reveal that these strange planets might have helped start life on Earth.

6. Secret History of Mercury

Aired: 2/13/2018

Mercury is a deadly world, facing attacks from the Sun, comets, and other planets, and even though it's the smallest planet in our solar system, it has a dangerous secret a dangerous secret that might one day threaten life on Earth.

7. The Quasar Enigma

Aired: 2/20/2018

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

8. Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets

Aired: 2/27/2018

Our solar system is home to hundreds of strange, tiny worlds called dwarf planets, and new discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.

9. War on Asteroids

Aired: 3/6/2018

Scientists are using cutting-edge technology to stop an asteroid apocalypse, and for the first time, mankind is closer than ever to keeping Earth safe from these killer space rocks.

10. Mystery of Spacetime

Aired: 3/13/2018

Spacetime is the secret structure that controls our universe, and this strange four-dimensional substance controls time, light, and energy. It will also determine how our universe will end.