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How the Universe Works Season 2 episodes
S02 E01
The Furnaces of Life
43 mins · Wed, 11 Jul 2012
Scientists debate the extent to which volcanic activity has destroyed Venus, and explain the ability of volcanoes to create life on other planets.
S02 E02
The Winds of Creation
43 mins · Wed, 18 Jul 2012
In addition to possessing the power to engulf planets, wild weather patterns such as planetary winds, lightning and dust storms might have the ability to sustain life.
S02 E03
Planets from Hell
42 mins · Wed, 25 Jul 2012
Earth sits somewhere in the middle of the spectrum between planets too cold and desolate to sustain life and other worlds constantly roasting at temperatures of thousands of degrees.
S02 E04
Cosmic Firestorms
42 mins · Wed, 1 Aug 2012
Experts assess the level of threat posed to life on Earth by megaflares from the sun. During cosmic firestorms, gamma rays are fired across the universe, and the Earth could be in the line of destruction.
S02 E05
Extreme Orbits
43 mins · Wed, 8 Aug 2012
Experts discuss the role orbits play in the construction of the universe. A creative force, they also have the power to collapse dust clouds and force galaxies to collide.
S02 E06
Frozen Wanderers
43 mins · Wed, 15 Aug 2012
The evolution of a comet transforms it from ice and rock to an active nucleus, surrounded by a gaseous haze, that has a role to play in solar system formation.
S02 E07
Worlds that Never Were
43 mins · Wed, 22 Aug 2012
Asteroids, often understood to pose a threat to life on Earth, actually contain valuable resources that have allowed them to shape the creation and evolution of human life.
S02 E08
Birth of the Earth
41 mins · Wed, 29 Aug 2012
Experts examine the formation of the Earth, achieved through a series of cosmic cataclysms. They weigh in on the possibility that similar planets may exist elsewhere in the universe.