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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The search for the first stars of the universe.

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.

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.

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

Scientists are working to determine if parallel universes exist.

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

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

Scientists believe that there is an undiscovered massive planet lurking at the edge of our solar system. Join researchers as they hunt for this mysterious world, an investigation that could reveal the secret history of the solar system's formation.

New discoveries are helping experts in their search for the first alien moon outside our solar system, which could be Earth-like worlds with the potential for life. So far, they haven't found any, but twenty-first century methods might change everything.

New discoveries reveal the dark secrets of comets, and using the latest tech, experts might prove that these mysterious alien visitors are the reason for all life on earth.

New discoveries might finally reveal how supermassive black holes are made, and using the latest technology, experts are on the verge of understanding how these monsters grow and how they affect life on our planet.

A spacecraft captures the first close-up images of the dwarf planet Pluto.

NASA’s brand-new Mars rover is on the hunt for alien life, and with the help of cutting-edge engineering, scientists embark on a search for fossilized remains, which might prove the Red Planet was once home to a vast ocean and extraterrestrial life.

Across the Milky Way, galaxies are going dark, and scientists don’t know why the stars are losing their shine; astronomers race against time to uncover the truth behind how galaxies are born and how they die before all of the lights go out.

Generations of astronomers have attempted to solve the mysteries of Jupiter, the most fierce and extreme planet in the Solar System, and now experts reveal new evidence that could unlock the secrets of why this planet is so strange.

Astronomers unmask the truly destructive nature of the cosmos.

Astronomers make an extraordinary discovery when they uncover a cosmic mega-structure that's one billion light-years long, and now investigators race to decode the hidden forces that shape the most massive and mysterious structure known in the Universe.

Einstein predicted strange cosmic phenomena known as white holes, but scientists have yet to prove they exist; as experts investigate the tiny black holes that hide in the most ancient parts of the universe, they might finally find the smoking gun.

Scientists have detected a region of space they have yet to understand.