How the Universe Works · SEASON 2

Extreme Orbits - Clockwork and Creation

Episode 5 · 2012-08-08

★ 9.0
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  • Documentary

Episode overview

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. Yet on the very largest scale, orbits are also a creative force, even constructing the fabric of the universe itself.

42 minutes

Season 2 episodes