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How the Universe Works Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Episode 1
How the Universe Built Your Car
Tue, Jul 14, 201544 mins
Beneath the hood of your car lies the history of the Universe. The iron in your chassis, the gold in your stereo and the copper in your electronics all owe their existence to violent cosmic events that took place billions of years ago.
Episode 2
Earth, Venus's Evil Twin
Wed, Jul 15, 201544 mins
There is a hellish planet in our solar system; covered in thick dense clouds and roasted by colossal temperatures. Incredibly this is a vision of Earth's future. To understand how our world will be destroyed we need to look at Earth's evil twin Venus.
Episode 3
Monster Black Hole
Wed, Jul 22, 201543 mins
Black holes are the least understood places in the universe, where the rules of physics collapse. We go inside the super-massive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
Episode 4
Edge of the Solar System
Tue, Aug 4, 201544 mins
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 and more could be inside our cosmic backyard, and effecting our lives on Earth.
Episode 5
Dawn of Life
Tue, Aug 11, 201544 mins
We're on the verge of unconvering the how life on Earth came to be. Our origin is a hotly contested scientific debate. Did we come from strange volcanic hatcheries deep under the sea? Or did life on Earth come from another planet?
Episode 6
Secret History of the Moon
Tue, Aug 18, 201544 mins
Our Moon is stranger than you think, and we reveal its incredible secrets. Can we thank the Moon for life on Earth? What explains the mysterious tunnels beneath its surface? Is a lunar base the key to humanity's future in space?
Episode 7
The First Oceans
Tue, Aug 25, 201543 mins
Scientists have struggled to find a plausible process to get water into Earth's orbit to create our oceans. The predominate theories including comets, asteroids and a wayward Jupiter are explored within the constraints required by Earth history,
Episode 8
Forces of Mass Construction
Tue, Sep 1, 201544 mins
There's a mysterious force you can't see or touch, but it affects everything in the universe. Magnetism has shaped our cosmos, and without it, Creation would simply disintegrate. We follow scientists trying to understand how this strange force works.
