Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race. Now, science has evolved to the point where hard facts and evidence may be able to provide us with answers instead of philosophical theories. Through the Wormhole brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science - Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more - to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 62
- Latest aired
- S08E04
- Total runtime
- 1d 21h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 June 2010 – July 2010 8 episodes
- Season 2 June 2011 – September 2011 10 episodes
- Season 3 March 2012 – August 2012 10 episodes
- Season 4 March 2013 – July 2013 10 episodes
- Season 5 March 2014 – July 2014 10 episodes
- Season 6 April 2015 – June 2015 6 episodes
- Season 7 August 2016 – September 2016 4 episodes
- Season 8 April 2017 – May 2017 4 episodes
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S04E01 Is There a God Particle?
March 20 · 44min find the promo
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Scientists explore the effects of the Higgs Boson discovery, which validates the Standard Model in particle physics and solidifies the understanding of subatomic particles; highlights include an in-depth discussion of the Higgs field and mass.
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S04E02 When Does Life Begin?
June 5 · 44min find the promo
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It is a debate that has raged for centuries’. Groundbreaking evidence reveals that inside all of us are traces of cells from our relatives, blurring the lines between one life and another. Technology is now giving birth to new life forms made of surprising components – from droplets of oil in a Petri dish, to conscious robots and to a new global internet-connected life form comprised of all humanity.
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S04E03 Can We Survive the Death of the Sun?
June 12 · 44min find the promo
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We are all at the mercy of the Sun. Its glowing disc sustains nearly all life on Earth. But the Sun also holds a dark secret: someday, our aging, expanding star will bathe the Earth in a fiery holocaust. Everything we know will turn to hot, bubbling, plasma.
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S04E04 How Do Aliens Think?
June 19 · 44min find the promo
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If the stuff of life is spread throughout the cosmos, then the universe could be teeming with aliens.
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S04E05 Will Sex Become Extinct?
July 3 · 44min find the promo
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Every single person who has ever lived was created from the genes of one man and one woman. But human sexual reproduction, unchanged for millions of years, is about to undergo radical change.
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S04E06 Can Our Minds Be Hacked?
June 26 · 44min find the promo
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Our minds store our entire lives, our memories and our deepest desires. Tell no one, and our thoughts remain our own. But our brains are biological computers. Computer hackers can tamper with our email.
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S04E07 Are Robots the Future of Human Evolution?
July 10 · 44min find the promo
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We are in the midst of a revolution so insidious we can't even see it. From our telephones to our vacuum cleaners to our cars, we have robots that live and work beside us. And now we're designing them to think for themselves, giving them the power to learn to move on their own.
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S04E08 Is Reality Real?
July 17 · 44min find the promo
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We are in the midst of a revolution so insidious we can't even see it. From our telephones to our vacuum cleaners to our cars, we have robots that live and work beside us. And now we're designing them to think for themselves, giving them the power to learn to move on their own.
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S04E09 Do We Have Free Will?
July 24 · 44min find the promo
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What if everything that has or will happen in the universe has already been determined and we are unable to change our inevitable destinies? Until the discovery of quantum uncertainty, physicists were convinced free will does not exist. Now neuroscientists and geneticists have stepped into the fray, arguing that free will is an illusion thanks to the genes we are born with, the automatic processes working in our brains, and the conforming pressures of society.
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S04E10 Did God Create Evolution?
July 31 · 44min find the promo
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What or who created all of the billions of species that have lived on Earth? Is all life the product of evolution as Charles Darwin proposed or was it the guiding hand of a higher power?