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They have opened our eyes to the biggest breakthroughs in astronomy, from black holes to lost planets to the birth of stars.

Telescopes: The Truth is Out There

On a faraway island ruled by giant dragons since prehistoric times, archaeologists uncover the tiny remains of ancient humans and ignite fierce controversy. These fossils reveal a long-lost world and a spellbinding chapter of human evolution...

Land of the Hobbits

Explore the rockets, landers, vehicles, and space capsule paving the way for future Artemis missions to the lunar surface. And meet the engineers-and the machines-behind NASA's Commercial Lander Payload Services (CLPS) missions.

Artemis II: Ready for the Moon

Data centers already devour massive amounts of energy. AI is making their power consumption skyrocket. Energy bills are already rising. Brownouts will be next. Do we have the juice to power a digital world?

Data Center Energy Crisis

For thousands-or even millions-of years, they ruled the food chain. And they still fascinate us. Creatures synonymous with the hunt: Saber Teeth, Mega Jaws, even a Tyrant King. How did they win evolution's race-and what brought their reign to an end?

Superpredators

Humans are not the strongest and their senses are nothing special; their intelligence is letting them wield the power of evolution; scientists are unlocking the mysteries of the natural world to improve lives, health and the future.

Engineering Life

This is an inside look at how teams of scientists, engineers and surgeons—and their courageous test subjects—are using Brain-Computer Interfaces to bring hope and increased independence to patients living with conditions like paralysis.

Brain-Computer Interface: The Digital Mind

Asteroids. Mountains of rock that hurtle through space, capable of mass destruction. A series of space missions are targeting them. Could these potential planet killers also reveal the origins of life itself? And can humanity protect itself.

Asteroid Impact

Sixty years ago, Mariner 4 sent back the first images of Mars. It's a trip NASA has made twenty more times since. Robots-probes, landers, rovers, and even helicopters-are searching for signs of life on the Red Planet, and paving the way for us to.

Pathways to Mars

A look at humanity's first deep dive into an alien ocean world as NASA's Europa Clipper heads to Jupiter's icy moons to explore whether there is life beyond Earth.

Europa Clipper: Mission to an Alien Ocean

Launched in 2016, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returns to Earth after a 7-year journey with NASA's very first asteroid sample.

OSIRIS-REx: The Return

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While humans debate which is worse, dwindling resources or planet-killing celestial bodies, new breakthroughs in extraplanetary surveying and rocket propulsion are revealing the dichotomy of asteroids.

S1 E76 | Year of the Asteroid