Explore the cutting edge of human achievement. Journey to the deepest reaches of space. Dive into the mysterious physics of quantum realms. Fly with astronauts into hostile extraterrestrial realms.

Cosmic Frontiers

Astronomers explore the fundamental workings of the universe and its energies through programs including Fermi, Swift, Chandra, NuSTAR and Hubble.

Cosmic Journeys

Black Holes and the High-Energy Universe

Two Voyager spacecraft speed toward the boundary of the solar system, providing astronomers with valuable data about the cosmos.

Voyager: Journey to the Stars

Several countries plan to send spacecraft to the moon, potentially leading to a permanent human presence in space.

Crashing Into the Moon

Scientists win the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the universe is infinitely expanding in all directions, changing the field of cosmology.

Mysteries of a Dark Universe

Scientists explore the mysterious substance called antimatter.

The Riddle of AntiMatter

Exploring Venus' history and how it diverged from Earth in its formative years to become a hot, acidic, lifeless world.

Venus: Death of a Planet

The Kepler space telescope helps astronomers explore the galaxy for other planets like Earth that are capable of supporting life.

The Search for Earthlike Planets

Scientists study the history of Mars and explore the possibility that it once contained life.

Mars: Earth That Never Was

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.

Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy

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.

How Large Is the Universe

Among the millions black holes in the Milky Way Galaxy are massive black holes with the greatest potential for destruction.

The Largest Black Holes in the Universe

Exploring the various aspects of the cosmos.

S1 E3 | Super Hurricanes

E32 | Black Holes and the High-Energy Universe

E22 | Voyager: Journey to the Stars

E19 | Crashing Into the Moon

E18 | Mysteries of a Dark Universe

E17 | The Riddle of AntiMatter

E13 | Venus: Death of a Planet

E11 | The Search for Earthlike Planets

E10 | Mars: Earth That Never Was

E9 | Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galaxy

E6 | How Large Is the Universe

E5 | The Largest Black Holes in the Universe

E3 | Super Hurricanes