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The Universe (2007)

Documentary · History

From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in a wondrous yet deadly adventure through space and time.

IMDb rating
8.6 (6,014 votes)
Seasons
9
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · Philo · HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel · HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel · History · The Roku Channel
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2007)

8.05 avg 14 episodes 8.0 → 8.7 48 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 260 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 215 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 196 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 183 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 168 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 152 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 156 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 158 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 165 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 150 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 142 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 136 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 136 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 190 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Secrets of the Sun8.0260
2Mars: The Red Planet8.1215
3The End of the Earth7.9196
4Jupiter: The Giant Planet8.1183
5The Moon7.9168
6Spaceship Earth7.6152
7The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus7.9156
8Saturn: Lord of the Rings8.2158
9Alien Galaxies8.4165
10Life and Death of a Star8.4150
11The Outer Planets7.9142
12Most Dangerous Places7.9136
13Search for E.T.7.7136
14Beyond the Big Bang8.7190

Season 2 (2007)

7.58 avg 18 episodes 7.9 → 7.8 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 134 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 123 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 111 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 115 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 109 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 118 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 98 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 104 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 99 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 97 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 92 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 93 votesEp 13: 7.4 · 91 votesEp 14: 7.7 · 96 votesEp 15: 7.5 · 97 votesEp 16: 7.5 · 93 votesEp 17: 7.5 · 85 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 88 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Alien Planets7.9134
2Cosmic Holes7.6123
3Mysteries of the Moon7.2111
4The Milky Way7.8115
5Alien Moons7.8109
6Dark Matter7.8118
7Astrobiology7.498
8Space Travel7.8104
9Supernovas7.799
10Constellations7.297
11Unexplained Mysteries7.292
12Cosmic Collisions7.693
13Colonizing Space7.491
14Nebulas7.796
15Wildest Weather in the Cosmos7.597
16Biggest Things in the Universe7.593
17Gravity7.585
18Cosmic Apocalypse7.888

Season 3 (2008)

7.10 avg 12 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 74 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 101 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 90 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 200 votesEp 5: 6.0 · 70 votesEp 6: 6.8 · 62 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 66 votesEp 8: 7.3 · 70 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 77 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 75 votesEp 11: 6.7 · 64 votesEp 12: 7.3 · 62 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Deep Space Disasters7.474
2Parallel Universes7.1101
3Light Speed7.890
4Sex in Space7.2200
5Alien Faces6.070
6Deadly Comets and Meteors6.862
7Living in Space6.566
8Stopping Armageddon7.370
9Another Earth7.477
10Strangest Things7.775
11Edge of Space6.764
12Cosmic Phenomena7.362

Season 4 (2009)

7.32 avg 12 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 46 min avg

Ep 1: 7.3 · 68 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 71 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 68 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 70 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 66 votesEp 6: 6.1 · 79 votesEp 7: 7.4 · 61 votesEp 8: 6.7 · 69 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 63 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 72 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 73 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 66 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Death Stars7.368
2The Day the Moon Was Gone6.871
3It Fell from Space7.268
4Biggest Blasts7.570
5The Hunt for Ringed Planets7.766
610 Ways to Destroy the Earth6.179
7The Search for Cosmic Clusters7.461
8Space Wars6.769
9Liquid Universe7.863
10Pulsars & Quasars8.072
11Science Fiction, Science Fact7.673
12Extreme Energy7.766

Season 5 (2010)

7.08 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.1 · 153 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 70 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 77 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 77 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 60 votesEp 6: 6.5 · 63 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 62 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 63 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
17 Wonders of the Solar System7.1153
2Mars: The New Evidence7.370
3Magnetic Storm6.977
4Time Travel7.177
5Secrets of the Space Probes7.260
6Asteroid Attack6.563
7Total Eclipse7.162
8Dark Future of the Sun7.463

Season 6 (2011)

7.00 avg 7 episodes 7.0 → 6.8 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.0 · 71 votesEp 2: 6.8 · 80 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 76 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 63 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 65 votesEp 6: 6.9 · 62 votesEp 7: 6.8 · 80 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Catastrophes that Changed the Planets7.071
2Nemesis: The Sun's Evil Twin6.880
3How the Solar System was Made7.276
4Crash Landing on Mars7.163
5Worst Days on Planet Earth7.265
6UFO: The Real Deal6.962
7God and the Universe6.880

Season 7 (2012)

7.47 avg 7 episodes 7.5 → 7.1 45 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 66 votesEp 2: 7.1 · 60 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 61 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 60 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 65 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 49 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 49 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1How Big, How Far, How Fast7.566
2Alien Sounds7.160
3Our Place in the Milky Way7.761
4Deep Freeze7.260
5Microscopic Universe8.265
6Ride the Comet7.549
7When Space Changed History7.149

Season 8 (2014)

6.30 avg 4 episodes 6.7 → 6.2 45 min avg

Ep 1: 6.7 · 46 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 41 votesEp 3: 5.7 · 42 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 44 votes
Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Stonehenge6.746
2Pyramids6.641
3Heavenly Destruction5.742
4Star of Bethlehem6.244

Season 9 (2015)

7.35 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.5 43 min avg

Ep 1: 7.2 · 38 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 37 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 35 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 35 votesEp 5: 6.3 · 35 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 28 votes
Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Omens of Doom7.238
2The Eye of God7.337
3Apocalyptic Visions7.335
4Alien Worlds8.535
5Predicting the Future6.335
6Roman Engineering7.528
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