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''How the Universe Works'' is a documentary science television series that originally aired on the Discovery Channel in 2010. All but the second and eighth seasons were narrated by
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. The second and eighth seasons, as well as episodes of the fifth and sixth seasons, were narrated by
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. The first season, broadcast from April 25 to May 24, 2010, was released on
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on February 28, 2012. Since its second season, consisting of eight episodes broadcast between July 11 and August 29, 2012, the show has aired on the
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. The third season aired between July 9 and September 3, 2014. The fourth season premiered on July 14, 2015, as part of the Science Channel's "Space Week," in honor of '' New Horizons''' flyby of
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that day; the season ran through September 1, 2015. The show's fifth season aired from November 22, 2016, through February 7, 2017. The sixth season premiered on January 9, 2018 and ran through March 13, 2018. The seventh season premiered on January 8, 2019. On December 30, 2019, it was announced that the eighth season would premiere on January 2, 2020. The ninth season premiered on March 24, 2021. The tenth season premiered on March 6, 2022.


Episode list


Season 1 (2010)


Season 2 (2012)


Season 3 (2014)


Season 4 (2015)


Season 5 (2016–17)


Season 6 (2018)


Season 7 (2019)


Season 8 (2020)


Season 9 (2021)


Season 10 (2022)

According to Discovery Tech Support, the show is on hiatus and the remaining 4 episodes of season 10 will begin airing on July 3, 2022.


See also

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Alien Planet ''Alien Planet'' is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book '' Expedition'' by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, ''Alien Planet'' explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional plan ...
'' *'' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'' *'' Extreme Universe'' *''
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking ''Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking'' is a 2010 science documentary television mini-series written by British physicist Stephen Hawking. The series was created for Discovery Channel by Darlow Smithson Productions and features computer gener ...
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Killers of the Cosmos ''Killers of the Cosmos'' is a documentary science television series hosted by Aidan Gillen. Aired by the Science Channel, it premiered on September 19, 2021. Format In a format the Science Channel describes as "space noir," ''Killers of the C ...
'' *'' Mars: The Secret Science'' *''
The Planets and Beyond ''The Planets'', retitled ''The Planets and Beyond'' for its second season, is a documentary television series produced by the Science Channel that aired from 2017 to 2019. It explores the planets and of the Solar System, exoplanets, and other a ...
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Space's Deepest Secrets ''Space's Deepest Secrets'' is a documentary science television series narrated by David O'Brien. Aired by the Science Channel, it premiered on April 26, 2016. According to the Science Channel, "''Space's Deepest Secrets'' shares the stories of t ...
'' *'' Strip the Cosmos'' *''
Through the Wormhole ''Through the Wormhole'' is an American science documentary television series narrated and hosted by American actor Morgan Freeman. It began airing on Science Channel in the United States on June 9, 2010. The series concluded its run on May 16 ...
'' *'' The Universe''


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