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The New Explorers
s08e10 · 2021-06-03
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Space's Deepest Secrets
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A new breed of explorer has taken space travel beyond the moon to unlock and reveal first-ever views of alien worlds and cosmic bodies far beyond anyone's imagination. Space's Deepest Secrets shares stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration. Hourlong episodes cover NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, the Hubble Telescope, the twin Voyager explorations, and other past, current and future missions and projects.
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14 this season · 70 totals01e01 The Universe's Greatest Hits 2016-04-27 01:00
The Universe's Greatest Hits
From the mission that saw Pluto for the first time to the Mars rovers, a new breed of explorers risk their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds we have never seen and tackle the mysteries of life itself.
s01e02 Hunt for Dark Energy 2016-05-04 02:00
Hunt for Dark Energy
Meet the scientists across the world on the hunt for Dark Energy, an unknown form of energy which is hypothesized to permeate all of space and may be accelerating the expansion of the universe. 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.
s01e03 Death of the Solar System 2016-05-11 01:00
Death of the Solar System
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.
s01e04 Alien Oceans 2016-05-18 01:00
Alien Oceans
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. Using 3D graphics to explore the icy wastes of Europa and the vast prehistoric oceans of Mars.
s01e05 Secret History of the Voyager Mission 2016-05-25 01:00
Secret History of the Voyager Mission
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.
s01e06 The Plot Against Gravity 2016-06-01 01:00
The Plot Against Gravity
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.
s01e07 Attack of the Space Junk 2016-06-08 01:00
Attack of the Space Junk
The future of space travel is under attack, and it's because of millions of pieces of debris from old satellites and space missions that orbit Earth. Go inside the effort by the US government and others to combat and clean-up the lethal threat of space junk.
s01e08 Quest for the First Star 2016-06-15 01:00
Quest for the First Star
A team of scientists searches the universe to find the oldest stars, born just after the Big Bang.A team of scientists is looking for the very first stars in the universe, which were born moments after the Big Bang and gave creation the earliest ingredients for life. Go inside this groundbreaking quest for this pivotal moment.