How The Universe Works Season 3

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 1

Episode 1 - [Journey From The Center Of The Sun]
Details : How does light escape from the sun? We take a journey from the centre of the sun following the path of light. We witness its fiery birth from in the core its 430000 mile battle against gravity and magnetism and its escape from the solar surface.
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Jul. 08, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 2

Episode 2 - [The End Of The Universe]
Details : 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.
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Jul. 16, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 3

Episode 3 - [Jupiter Destroyer Or Savior]
Details : 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.
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Jul. 23, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 4

Episode 4 - [First Second Of The Big Bang]
Details : 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.
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator | Albert Einstein as Himself (Archive footage) |
Air Date : Jul. 30, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 5

Episode 5 - [Is Saturn Alive]
Details : 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.
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Aug. 06, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 6

Episode 6 - [Weapons Of Mass Extinction]
Details : 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?
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Aug. 13, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 7

Episode 7 - [Did A Black Hole Build The Milky Way]
Details : What built the Milky Way? New research might now have the answer revealing an unlikely hero. At the heart of our galaxy sits a super massive black hole one of the most destructive objects in the Universe. Could it be our creator?
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Aug. 20, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 8

Episode 8 - [Our Voyage To The Stars]
Details : One day a cosmic disaster will make life on Earth impossible. To survive we must find a new home amongst the stars. Scientists are already developing new propulsion systems to take us to these distant worlds.
Guest Cast and Crew : Erik Dellums as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Aug. 27, 2014

How The Universe Works Season 3 Episode 9

Episode 9 - [The Search For A Second Earth]
Details : Is there another Earth out there with liquid oceans rocky continents and life like us? Astronomers seek the answer with spectroscopy direct imaging and telescopes. They hope to find evidence of atmospheres magnetospheres and signs of life.
Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Lintern as Himself - Narrator |
Air Date : Sep. 03, 2014