Season 1
8 episodes
45 min. per episode
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A brilliant mind confronts cosmic mysteries, unraveling existence's secrets while battling disbelief and forging connections across the universe.
Episodes
This program examines some recent scientific theories of the universe and conceptions about God they may suggest.
After reviewing theories about how black holes form and how they were detected this program looks at their counterintuitive behavior that makes them seem so bizarre.
But if we succeed with time travel, what are the consequences of such freedom? Will we get trapped in a plethora of paradoxes and multiple universes that will destroy the fabric of the universe?
Following a review of the discovery and evidence for the Big Bang this program examines the progress of scientists trying to determine what went on before the Big Bang that could have caused it.
Scientists explore a variety of ways that life may have formed on earth and try to recreate them.
Morgan Freeman explores humanity's biggest questions: our composition, what preceded existence, if we're alone in the universe, and whether there's a creator - mysteries that have challenged our greatest minds.