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Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places

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Stephen Hawking pilots through black holes, newborn stars, and distant worlds.

Follow Stephen Hawking on a visually bold tour of the universe's most fascinating destinations, from the Big Bang and black holes to Saturn and a nearby habitable world candidate. Along the way, his ideas about cosmic origins, alien life, and the laws shaping reality turn each stop into a deeper question. It is the kind of series that rewards curiosity from the first moment.

Episode guide

3 episodes
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1Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places
Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship the SS Hawking on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara. After all, why should astronauts have all the fun?
27 min
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2Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places 2
Commander Stephen Hawking takes another journey in his space ship, the SS Hawking, this time to Venus, the Sun and out to the Eagle Nebula...but things don't always go according to the flight plan...
27 min
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3Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places 3
Commander Stephen Hawking and his space ship the SS Hawking encounter an alien A.I., then race to the edge of the universe, and plunge into an alternate Earth. It's an epic quest to discover the secret of the universe: The Theory of Everything.
27 min
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