E1 - The Universe's Greatest Hits

Aired: April 26, 2016

From the mission that saw Pluto for the first time to the Mars rovers, a new breed of explorers are risking their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds we have never seen and tackle the mysteries of life itself.

E2 - Hunt for Dark Energy

Aired: May 03, 2016

World scientists are searching for Dark Energy, the biggest challenge of physics; In Europe, a multi-billion dollar satellite will map the sky from space.

E3 - Death of the Solar System

Aired: May 10, 2016

An exploration of the dramatic fate of our future descendants, the technology they’ll need to survive the end of this world billions of years from now and our options for colonizing and starting again on a new planet somewhere far from Earth.

E4 - Alien Oceans

Aired: May 17, 2016

A soaring quest through the solar system’s exotic and hidden water realms, from the deep seas below the icy crust of Europa to the vast prehistoric oceans that once existed on Mars billions of years ago.

E5 - Secret History of the Voyager Mission

Aired: May 24, 2016

Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, the Voyager spacecraft is going to leave the Solar System to tell the incredible story of a mission that was only supposed to last five years but is still going today.

E6 - The Plot Against Gravity

Aired: May 31, 2016

The story of how a large aerospace company, BAE Systems, began a secret project to counter the force of gravity while NASA simultaneously ran a similar ‘Breakthrough Propulsion Physics’ program.

E7 - Attack of the Space Junk

Aired: June 07, 2016

The efforts of the U.S. government and others to combat the threat posed by space junk, which could derail the future of space travel if left unchecked.

E8 - Quest for the First Star

Aired: June 14, 2016

The search for the first stars of the universe.

E9 - When the Sun Attacks

Aired: June 21, 2016

When the sun flares up, billions of tons of superheated gas and intense radiation are propelled toward Earth; experts are trying to predict what is coming toward the Earth and how to prepare for this threat.

E10 - Inside NASA's Mission to Mars

Aired: June 28, 2016

An in-depth look at how NASA is preparing for its most ambitious and dangerous mission yet; to land a human being on the surface of Mars.

E11 - Secret History of the Solar System

Aired: August 06, 2016

The discovery of exoplanets pushes scientists to reexamine the origin of the Solar System; the evidence infers a tale of unrestrained collisions and chaos.

E12 - The Truth Behind Parallel Universes

Aired: August 13, 2016

Scientists are working to determine if parallel universes exist.

E13 - Dark Secret of the Universe

Aired: August 20, 2016

Scientists are finally on the hunt to finally crack the dark secrets of the atoms that make up the universe.

E14 - Inside a Monster Black Hole

Aired: August 27, 2016

Inside the supermassive black hole that sits in the middle of our galaxy.