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Documentaries like How the Universe Works

Not everyone loves How the Universe Works for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love How the Universe Works

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born.

  2. You like feeling very small under the night sky.

  3. You like exploding stars and colliding galaxies on a big screen.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • The Universe2007

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like feeling small next to galaxies and black holes.

  • Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking2010

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like imagining the universe from the Big Bang to its end.

  • Alien Worlds2020

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like imagining what life could look like on other planets.

  • National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe2008

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like feeling small in front of the size of the cosmos.

  • Life After People: The Series2009

    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like imagining the world going on without us.

  • Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds2020

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like Herzog in awe before giant craters and the night sky.

  • Interstellar2014

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • exploding stars and colliding galaxies on a big screen

    Good for you if you like wormholes, black holes and a planet where one hour costs years.

  • Cosmos2014

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like feeling small in front of billions of years and galaxies.

  • Voyage of Time: Life's Journey2017

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like feeling small in front of billions of years.

  • NOVA1974

    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like the feeling of understanding something huge about the universe.

  • For All Mankind1989

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like the trip to the Moon told by the astronauts who made it.

  • Through the Wormhole2010

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky

    Good for you if you like feeling small in front of the universe.

  • IMAX Hubble2010

    • learning how stars, planets and galaxies are born
    • feeling very small under the night sky
    • exploding stars and colliding galaxies on a big screen

    Good for you if you want to float above the Earth with real astronauts.

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