How the Universe Works Season 2

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Volcanoes - The Furnaces of Life
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2x01 Volcanoes - The Furnaces of Life aired Jul 11, 2012

Are we alone in the Universe? What makes Earth so different? Part of the answer is our volcanoes. without them we would not be here either. Today we are disc... read more

The Winds of Creation
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2x02 The Winds of Creation aired Jul 18, 2012

Destructive weather forces are symptoms of Earth's creative energy. In our quest to discover if we are alone in the universe, we shouldn't just look for worl... read more

Planets from Hell
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2x03 Planets from Hell aired Jul 25, 2012

We once thought that the only planets were in our solar system. We have found many other planets but they are nothing like we expected, from deep-frozen, tox... read more

Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms
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2x04 Megaflares - Cosmic Firestorms aired Aug 01, 2012

The Universe is a magnetic minefield. Spinning star systems crackle and explode, magnetic monsters rip worlds apart, star-quakes shoot beams of devastating e... read more

Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation
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2x05 Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation aired Aug 08, 2012

We owe our existence to the stability of earth's orbit. But we are the freaks: everywhere else we look we find orbits are chaotic, unstable, and violent. Ye... read more

Comets - Frozen Wanderers
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2x06 Comets - Frozen Wanderers aired Aug 15, 2012

As time machines from the early universe, comets could hold the key to unlock the secrets of the cosmos, and may even be the origin of life itself. In this e... read more

Asteroids - Worlds that Never Were
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2x07 Asteroids - Worlds that Never Were aired Aug 22, 2012

Asteroids wiped out the dinosaurs and may be back for us but they also built the Earth and may have brought life to its barren surface. Asteroids will shape ... read more

Birth of the Earth
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2x08 Birth of the Earth aired Aug 29, 2012

The Earth was formed by a series of cataclysms without which we would not exist. Could the same events have created other earth-like planets elsewhere in the... read more

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