About this programme
The Milky Way is dying and scientists are trying to discover what's killing it. Scientists must trace its whereabouts over the past 13.6 billion years.
Programme listing
How the Universe Works
Death Of The Milky Way
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Start time
08:00
08:00
Ends
09:00
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