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A black hole passing through our solar sytem would overwhelm the sun's gravity, scatter moons, asteroids, and planets and devour everything in its path including our Earth.
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Galaxies -- home to stars, planets and us -- come in all shapes and sizes. Witnesses the evolution of galaxies; from clouds of cold gas floating in the voids of space 13 billion years ago, to the magnificent spirals that fill our night sky.
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This is the story of how stars were made and how they then went on to engineer everything else in universe.
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See why black holes are the most destructive force in the heavens. Black holes were once only speculation, now modern astronomy is proving them frighteningly real and showing that they may well shape everything we see.
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See how the Big Bang created the Universe out of nothing, and how it grew from a minuscule point, smaller than an atomic particle, to the vast cosmos we see today.
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A Star is BornHydrogen, gravity and time is all it takes to create a star.
How the Universe Works (02:25)
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Solar System DestroyerA black hole passing through our solar sytem would overwhelm the sun's gravity, scatter moons, asteroids, and planets and devour everything in its path including our Earth.How the Universe Works (01:44)
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A Galaxy is BornAccording to astrophysicist, 13.7 billion years ago, the Big Bang occurred and a galaxy was born.How the Universe Works (01:51)
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Birth of a Black HoleMost black holes probably form when supermassive stars collapse into a dense gravitational mass that absorbs all light.
How the Universe Works (01:57)
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Black Hole PowerNo force in the universe can counter a black hole's overwhelming gravitational force.How the Universe Works (02:20)
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Hubble's RevolutionEdwin Hubble's great discovery that galaxies are all moving away from each other at incredible speeds provided the first evidence for the Big Bang Theory.How the Universe Works (02:19)
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Big StarsThe sun has been lighting our planet for 4.6 billion years and dominates all life on Earth -- but it's a speck in comparison to the other stars in the universe.How the Universe Works (01:33)
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Death of The UniverseWe can't be sure how the universe will end but there's a good chance that it's just one chapter of a series of big bangs and final collapses.How the Universe Works (01:58)
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Cosmic Game of RiskThe creation of the universe began with an epic battle between matter and antimatter.How the Universe Works (02:00)
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Nothing Becomes Everything!Good luck getting your mind around what came before the Big Bang, or put another way, when nothing suddenly became everything.
How the Universe Works (02:05)
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A Solar System is BornWhat triggers a star-making process? Scientist try to figure it out.How the Universe Works (02:06)
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Solar WindsGiant magnetic hoops erupt into space -- large enough for the Earth to pass through them with miles to spare.How the Universe Works (01:42)
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See as never before the inner workings of our world, and explore black holes, supernovae, neutron stars, dark energy, and all the titanic forces that make us who we are. With a dynamic cast of experts and a new generation of CGI, How The Universe Works looks under the celestial hood to reveal the inner workings of outer space: the story of how it's made and how it runs.
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