How the Universe Works
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Dark History of the Solar System
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.
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Death of the Milky Way
The Milky Way is dying, and using the latest science and discoveries, experts are investigating what's killing it.
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Uranus & Neptune: Rise of the Ice Giants
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.
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Secret History of Mercury
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.
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Season 6 · Episode 6
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The Quasar Enigma
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.
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Season 6 · Episode 7
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Strange Lives of Dwarf Planets
Our solar system is home to hundreds of strange, tiny worlds called dwarf planets, and new discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.
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Season 6 · Episode 8
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War on Asteroids
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.
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Season 6 · Episode 9
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Mystery of Spacetime
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.
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Season 6 · Episode 10
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When Supernovas Strike
Supernovas are the violent death of giant stars, and new discoveries reveal that these cataclysmic events create the elements that are essential to all life in the universe.
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Season 7 · Episode 2
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Secret World of Nebulas
Nebulas are the strange structures of cosmic gas and dust where stars are born and die, and new discoveries reveal the secrets of these mysterious places.
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Season 7 · Episode 5
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Battery Blast
Adam Savage and team test if old batteries can set off a dangerous chain reaction and get to the bottom of a age-old idiom with one of the world's best archers and a diabolically difficult trick-shot.
MythBusters Jr
Season 1 · Episode 3
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Demolition Dominoes
Adam Savage and the team find out what happens when the destructive power of chain reactions is let loose and investigate how to solve the ultimate Jenga challenge
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Season 1 · Episode 4
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The Universe's Greatest Hits
From the mission that saw Pluto for the first time to the Mars rovers, a new breed of explorers are risking their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds we have never seen and tackle the mysteries of life itself.
Space's Deepest Secrets
Season 1 · Episode 1
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Hunt for Dark Energy
Meet the scientists across the world on the hunt for dark energy, an unknown form of energy which is hypothesized to permeate all of space and may be accelerating the expansion of the universe.
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Season 1 · Episode 2
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Death of the Solar System
An exploration of the dramatic fate of our future descendants, the technology they'll need to survive the end of this world billions of years from now, and our options for colonizing a new planet somewhere far from Earth.
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Season 1 · Episode 3
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Alien Oceans
A soaring quest through the solar system's exotic and hidden water realms, from the deep seas below the icy crust of Europa to the vast prehistoric oceans that once existed on Mars billions of years ago.
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Season 1 · Episode 4
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