Cosmic Frontiers
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Sun and Man
Observing the burning star and learning from it as the Mayans did thousands of years ago, and as we still do today.
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Sun and Man
Observing the burning star and learning from it as the Mayans did thousands of years ago, and as we still do today.
Mutant Weather
A warmer planet creates drier conditions and increasing lightning activity, causing catastrophic wildfires and other anomalies like "firenadoes"; megastorm events occur in California and Alberta, Canada.
Mutant Weather
Climate change means warmer ocean temperatures and higher sea levels which are intensifying hurricanes. Some experts believe we should add a Category six to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.
Mutant Weather
The story of citizens most urgently affected by the melt in Alaska, faced with becoming climate refugees.
Mutant Weather
The story of devastating events in California and British Columbia, Canada.
Mutant Weather
Stories of major flooding in the southern US, forcing some people to leave the land their families have lived on for generations.
Battle For the Moon
The formation of NASA and launching of the Mercury Space Program.
Battle For the Moon
Reliving July 20, 1969, the day Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
The Jupiter Enigma
Drawing on new findings from NASA's Juno mission, scientists are peering into Jupiter's stormy heart to reveal the very origins of the solar system.
The Voyage Of Curiosity
The Mars Science Laboratory named Curiosity roams the surface of Mars.
Search for the Cosmic Dawn: The James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope leads a massive search for an extraordinary chain of events that launched our universe at the brink of the cosmic dawn.
Mars Calling: Manifest Destiny or Grand Illusion
Some believe Mars is the next home for humanity, but the real red planet is a trickster.
Hubble's Enduring Legacy
A look back at the Hubble Space Telescope's major accomplishments since its launch in April 1990.
Cosmic Journeys
Ride along on dramatic balloon flights into colorful geomagnetic storms to help revolutionize space travel.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the universe is infinitely expanding in all directions, changing the field of cosmology.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists study the history of Mars and explore the possibility that it once contained life.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists look out deep into space hoping to measure the size of the universe based on the relatively miniscule portion of space observable from Earth.
Cosmic Journeys
Several countries plan to send spacecraft to the moon, potentially leading to a permanent human presence in space.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists map the surface of the moon and piece together its history to determine how it formed and learn more about Earth's origins in the process.
Cosmic Journeys
Scientists probe the sun to learn more about coronal mass ejections, violent periodic outbursts that disrupt Earth's electrical systems.
Cosmic Journeys
Astronomers study stars and ultra-dense objects near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy to learn more about the black hole at its heart.
World's Deadliest Weather
A deadly volcano eruption causes catastrophic destruction, and a tornado flips cars on a highway.
World's Deadliest Weather
Flash floods tear through Maryland in the US, a couple get stranded in a Himalayan blizzard, and a boat race is besieged by a rare weather phenomenon.
World's Deadliest Weather
Hurricane Sandy whips up wild waves in the Atlantic, prompting a rescue mission by the U.S. Coast Guard; cavers in California get caught out by flash floods; wild winds cause a crash for hot air balloonists; residents narrowly escape a landslide.
World's Deadliest Weather
A twister outbreak in Texas leaves a storm chaser trapped; in Florida, dangerous riptides drag swimmers out to sea; a sudden storm hits a holiday resort in Greece; a giant wave crashes through a restaurant in Italy.
World's Deadliest Weather
The LA Fire Department battle to rescue residents trapped by the flames in California; the biggest twister to hit the US for 60 years rips apart Joplin, Missouri; in Antarctica, a husband and wife brave extreme elements to set a new record.
World's Deadliest Weather
Queensland, Australia is shaken by the most devastating flood in its history; in Kansas, two storm chasers track a terrifying twister; a base jumper gets stranded in freezing temperatures in Iceland; a destructive hail storm pummels Texas.
World's Deadliest Weather
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano violently erupts; Good Samaritans in Texas rescue care home residents trapped in Hurricane Harvey's deadly floodwaters; in England a paddleboarder battles high winds and treacherous tides.
Cosmic Vistas
How humans discovered the planets and how they became a complex solar system.
Cosmic Vistas
Venus offers a complex story with its thick atmosphere and a substantial amount of matter.
Cosmic Vistas
Earth's closest neighbor, the moon, is the cosmic stepping stone to a future with the planets.
Cosmic Vistas
A fleet of spacecraft orbits, and sometimes lands on the surface of, Mars.
Cosmic Vistas
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all have exotic atmospheres, liquid interiors and rings.
Cosmic Vistas
The history of the solar system might be preserved out in the dark domain of Pluto and beyond.
Cosmic Vistas
Exploring the Milky Way from the mythology of ancient sky watchers to how scientists are mapping it from the inside out.
Cosmic Vistas
The birth of the universe.