Will Satellites Help Us Save or Exploit Earth?
Our long-term survival on this planet depends on advanced satellites keeping us connected and keeping an eye on the Earth from orbit.
2026-01-04 00:00:05 +0000 UTC→2026-01-04 00:16:45 +0000 UTC(16m)
Live & Upcoming Programmes
Suing Our Way To Space
Cowboy hat-wearing billionaires have reasons for their multi-billion dollar investment in space exploration but it's hard to ignore how much money they stand to make.
2026-01-03 23:45:56 +0000 UTC→2026-01-04 00:00:05 +0000 UTC(14m)
Toxic Space Factories
Will it ever make sense to use outer space to offshore human pollution and waste?
2026-01-03 23:32:07 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 23:45:56 +0000 UTC(13m)
Above The Law
Who decides the law in space? And how will it be enforced?
2026-01-03 23:19:02 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 23:32:07 +0000 UTC(13m)
Arming Space Force
In this episode, we explore all the ways in which wars in space might be fought and who stands to make a pretty penny developing space-age weaponry.
2026-01-03 23:04:46 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 23:19:02 +0000 UTC(14m)
Space Cowboys: Who Will Wrangle Asteroids And Save The Earth?
The next time another huge space rock jeopardizes Earth, will private space companies and their advanced, expensive, and reusable spacecraft be enough to save the day?
2026-01-03 22:51:22 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 23:04:46 +0000 UTC(13m)
Endangered Aliens: Will Humans Trash Space?
Sci-Fi has always shocked audiences with images of powerful aliens invading and destroying Earth. What if WE are actually the invasive alien species?
2026-01-03 22:38:33 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 22:51:22 +0000 UTC(12m)
Asteroid Mining: Is The Next Gold Rush in Space?
The asteroids flying through our solar system contain tons and tons of precious metals, stones, and more. Are the astronomical profits from mining asteroids all hype?
2026-01-03 22:24:51 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 22:38:33 +0000 UTC(13m)
Looting The Moon For Trillions of Dollars
With NASA planning to make a manned return trip to the moon by 2024, how long until some giant corporation turns moon dust into a cosmic-sized payday?
2026-01-03 22:11:16 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 22:24:51 +0000 UTC(13m)
Capturing A Black Hole In Our Milky Way
Astronomers linked radio dishes around the world to create the “Event Horizon Telescope” and have utilized this tool to photograph a supermassive black hole.
2026-01-03 15:59:44 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 16:22:38 +0000 UTC(22m)
Voyage Into the Sun (Extended Version)
For the first time in history, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has pierced the Sun's corona and is orbiting above its surface.
2026-01-03 15:36:34 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 15:59:44 +0000 UTC(23m)
Artemis II: Ready for the Moon
Explore the rockets, landers, instruments, lunar terrain vehicles and the space capsule paving the way for NASA's future Artemis missions to the Moon.
2026-01-03 15:03:13 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 15:36:34 +0000 UTC(33m)
Europa Clipper: Mission to an Alien Ocean
Get ready for humanity's first deep dive into alien ocean worlds on Jupiter's icy moons. NASA's Europa Clipper explores the ultimate question: Is there life beyond Earth?
2026-01-03 14:44:24 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 15:03:13 +0000 UTC(18m)
Asteroid Impact
A series of missions are targeting asteroids. Could these potential planet killers also reveal the origins of life itself? And can humanity protect itself against them?
2026-01-03 13:50:41 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 14:44:24 +0000 UTC(53m)
Pathways to Mars
Our journey to Mars has already begun. Robots—probes, landers, rovers and helicopters—are searching for life on the Red Planet, and paving the way for us to follow.
2026-01-03 12:53:21 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 13:50:41 +0000 UTC(57m)
Artemis II: Ready for the Moon
Explore the rockets, landers, instruments, lunar terrain vehicles and the space capsule paving the way for NASA's future Artemis missions to the Moon.
2026-01-03 12:20:00 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 12:53:21 +0000 UTC(33m)
First Martians
Sometime in the future humans will leave Earth to colonize Mars, and in doing so will begin to adapt to life on another planet in surprising ways.
2026-01-03 11:57:24 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 12:20:00 +0000 UTC(22m)
Surviving Mars
Science may soon make the dream of traveling to Mars a reality, but how will we live once we get there?
2026-01-03 11:28:09 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 11:57:24 +0000 UTC(29m)
First Steps to Mars
Humans seem to be on the cusp of reaching Mars, but how did we get to this point?
2026-01-03 11:00:03 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 11:28:09 +0000 UTC(28m)
Steam
Many don't know it, but New York is a city that runs on steam. It's one of the few cities that relies on this old technology to heat some of its most famous buildings.
2026-01-03 10:30:41 +0000 UTC→2026-01-03 11:00:03 +0000 UTC(29m)