The Best Big Bang & Cosmology Documentaries

Space & the Universe - 56 free documentaries about the big bang & cosmology.

Start with The Universe Is Racing Apart. We May Finally Know Why. (21 min, PBS Space Time), then How One Supernova Measured The Universe (14 min, Veritasium). All 56 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on the big bang & cosmology is The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg.

• The Universe Is Racing Apart. We May Finally Know Why. (21 min, PBS Space Time)
• How One Supernova Measured The Universe (14 min, Veritasium)
• Pyramids, dark matter & the Big Bang theory - What’s holding our universe together? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Absurd Search For Dark Matter (17 min, Veritasium)
• What Actually Expands In An Expanding Universe? (12 min, Veritasium)
• The Beginning and End of the Universe | How the Universe Works (70 min, Science Channel)
• How An Extreme New Star Could Change All Cosmology (19 min, PBS Space Time)
• Why Our Existence Doesn't Really Make Sense | Science's Greatest Mysteries Episode 6 (50 min, Spark)
• The Universe Has Been Expanding Since the Big Bang. Just Not How We Thought. (19 min, PBS Space Time)
• What If The Universe DID NOT Start With The Big Bang? (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• The NEW Crisis in Cosmology (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• Will The Big Bang Happen AGAIN (and Again)? (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• FINGERPRINTS of the COSMOS - Randall Carlson - A Fireside Talk (22 min, After Skool)
• Is Our Model of Dark Energy WRONG? | New 4.2σ Results (22 min, PBS Space Time)
• Did JWST Discover Dark Matter Stars? (19 min, PBS Space Time)
• Why Time Flows Differently Between Galaxies (16 min, PBS Space Time)
• Are You a Boltzmann Brain? (12 min, PBS Space Time)
• DESTRUCTION From the Cosmos! | How the Universe Works (59 min, Science Channel)
• The END of the Earth and Cosmos' Infinite Death Cycle | How The Universe Works (62 min, Science Channel)
• The Big Bang: The Most Important Second In The Universe | Naked Science Season 6 Episode 4 (46 min, Spark)
• The Big Bang Special 💥 How the Universe Works (66 min, Science Channel)
• Dark Matter and Dark Energy | How the Universe Works (63 min, Science Channel)
• Do Neutron Stars Shine In Dark Matter? (16 min, PBS Space Time)
• What If The Cosmological Constant Is NOT Constant? (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• Can The Crisis in Cosmology Be SOLVED With Cosmic Voids? (15 min, PBS Space Time)
• Is Dark Energy Getting Stronger? (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• Do We Need a NEW Dark Matter Model? (17 min, PBS Space Time)
• What If Dark Energy is a New Quantum Field? (16 min, PBS Space Time)
• The Crisis in Cosmology (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• What Did Our Universe Look Like Billions Of Years Ago? (23 min, Spark)
• Does Axionic Dark Matter Bind Galaxies Together? (15 min, PBS Space Time)
• Are Axions Dark Matter? (17 min, PBS Space Time)
• Did Time Start at the Big Bang? (14 min, PBS Space Time)
• Dark Energy: The Mysterious Force That Shaped The Universe (22 min, Spark)
• How Inflation Precipitates Societal Collapse (13 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Are Dark Matter And Dark Energy The Same? (14 min, PBS Space Time)
• Why The Big Bang Was NOT The True Moment of Creation (52 min, Spark)
• Is Dark Matter Made of Particles? (17 min, PBS Space Time)
• What Happened Before the Big Bang? (14 min, PBS Space Time)
• What Caused the Big Bang? (13 min, PBS Space Time)
• Why The Big Bang Theory Has Changed Over Time (51 min, Spark)
• No Dark Matter = Proof of Dark Matter? (15 min, PBS Space Time)
• What’s Wrong With the Big Bang Theory? | Space Time (13 min, PBS Space Time)
• How Is Humanity Connected To The Cosmos? | Journey Of The Universe (53 min, Spark)
• What is Inflation? (8 min, The School of Life)
• Did Dark Energy Just Disappear? | Space Time (16 min, PBS Space Time)
• Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy (13 min, PBS Space Time)
• Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened | Space Time (13 min, PBS Space Time)
• The Invisible Force That Will Eventually Destroy Everything (59 min, Spark)
• What Scientists Still Can’t Explain About Dark Matter (50 min, Spark)
• Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy | Space Time (15 min, PBS Space Time)
• How Is Humanity Connected To The Cosmos? (56 min, Spark)
• How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe (14 min, PBS Space Time)
• Does Dark Matter BREAK Physics? (11 min, PBS Space Time)
• What Does Dark Energy Really Do? (13 min, PBS Space Time)
• Humanity's Floating Outpost In The Cosmos (45 min, Spark)

Top-Rated Books About The Big Bang & Cosmology

1. The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (3.4/5) - View on Amazon
3. Big Bang by Simon Singh (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Big Picture by Sean M. Carroll (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
5. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (4.2/5) - View on Amazon