A users' guide to the cosmos, from the Big Bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons: where did it all come from and how does it all fit together? A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.
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- Seasons
- 11
- Episodes aired
- 93
- Latest aired
- S11E05
- Total runtime
- 2d 19h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 April 2010 – May 2010 8 episodes
- the show was away for 2 years and 1 month
- Season 2 July 2012 – August 2012 8 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 10 months
- Season 3 July 2014 – September 2014 9 episodes
- Season 4 July 2015 – September 2015 8 episodes
- Season 5 November 2016 – February 2017 9 episodes
- Season 6 January 2018 – March 2018 10 episodes
- Season 7 January 2019 – March 2019 10 episodes
- Season 8 January 2020 – February 2020 9 episodes
- Season 9 March 2021 – June 2021 11 episodes
- Season 10 March 2022 – April 2022 6 episodes
- Season 11 March 2023 – April 2023 5 episodes
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S08E01 Asteroid Apocalypse: The New Threat
January 2 · 85min find the promo
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If a massive asteroid collides with earth, it could end life on our planet as we know it; new discoveries and cutting-edge tech reveal just how close we are to apocalypse and what it would take for the world's leading space agencies to stop it.
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S08E02 NASA's Journey to Mars
January 9 · 42min find the promo
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NASA is on a mission to send humans to Mars within just 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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S08E03 Hunt for Alien Evidence
January 16 · 42min find the promo
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The discovery of extraterrestrial life might face an impossible challenge: the physics of the universe itself; but using cutting-edge tech, experts might be on the verge of a groundbreaking find -- and the evidence could already be in hand.
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S08E04 Death of the Last Stars
January 23 · 42min find the promo
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Our universe's stars are dying off 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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S08E05 Secrets of Time Travel
January 30 · 42min find the promo
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Time travel might be more possible than we ever imagined, and today, 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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S08E06 When NASA Met Jupiter
February 6 · 42min find the promo
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NASA's Juno spacecraft is part of a cutting-edge mission to explore the mysteries of Jupiter, and as this mighty probe is pummeled with deadly radiation, it gathers new data that could change everything we know about the solar system's biggest planet.
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S08E07 Edge of the Universe
February 13 · 42min find the promo
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We don't yet know where the edge of the universe is or what happens there; but thanks to cutting-edge technology and new discoveries, experts might finally reveal the secrets of the phenomena that can be found in deepest reaches of the cosmos.
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S08E08 Monsters of the Milky Way
February 20 · 42min find the promo
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The center of the Milky Way is home to strange and deadly phenomena that we don't yet understand, but using the latest science, experts are revealing how the supermassive black hole our galaxy's core shapes life on Earth.
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S08E09 Earth's Death Orbit
February 27 · 42min find the promo
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Earth's journey through the universe is a perilous one, and new discoveries reveal that our planet is heading toward a mysterious area of the cosmos that could eject us out of the Milky Way and into oblivion.