How the Universe Works is a documentary science television series that originally aired on the Discovery Channel in 2010. All but the second and eighth seasons were narrated by Mike Rowe. The second and eighth seasons, as well as episodes of the fifth and sixth seasons, were narrated by Erik Todd Dellums. The first season, broadcast from April 25 to May 24, 2010, was released on Blu-ray on February 28, 2012. Since its second season, consisting of eight episodes broadcast between July 11 and August 29, 2012, the show has aired on the Science Channel. The third season aired between July 9 and September 3, 2014. The fourth season premiered on July 14, 2015, as part of the Science Channel's "Space Week," in honor of New Horizons' flyby of Pluto that day; the season ran through September 1, 2015. The show's fifth season aired from November 22, 2016, through February 7, 2017. The sixth season premiered on January 9, 2018, and ran through March 13, 2018. The seventh season premiered on January 8, 2019. On December 30, 2019, it was announced that the eighth season would premiere on January 2, 2020. The ninth season premiered on March 24, 2021. The tenth season premiered on March 6, 2022. Episode list Season 1 (2010) Season 2 (2012) Season 3 (2014) Season 4 (2015) Season 5 (2016–17) Season 6 (2018) Season 7 (2019) Season 8 (2020) Season 9 (2021) Season 10 (2022) According to Discovery Tech Support, the show is on hiatus, and the remaining 4 episodes of season 10 have not aired as of February 3, 2023. See also Alien Planet Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Extreme Universe Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking Killers of the Cosmos Mars: The Secret Science The Planets and Beyond Space's Deepest Secrets Strip the Cosmos Through the Wormhole The Universe References External links 2010 American television series debuts 2010s American documentary television series 2020s American documentary television series Discovery Channel original programming Documentary television series about astronomy Science Channel original programming