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Space's Deepest Secrets

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8 Seasons · 67 Episodes · Premiered April 27, 2016 · Ended May 12, 2021

A new breed of explorer has taken space travel beyond the moon to unlock and reveal first-ever views of alien worlds and cosmic bodies far beyond anyone's imagination. Space's Deepest Secrets shares stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration. Hourlong episodes cover NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto, the Hubble Telescope, the twin Voyager explorations, and other past, current and future missions and projects.

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Season 1

14 episodes
E01
The Universe's Greatest Hits
Wed, Apr 27 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 120 min
From the mission that saw Pluto for the first time to the Mars rovers, a new breed of explorers risk their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds we have never seen and tackle the mysteries of life itself.
E02
Hunt for Dark Energy
Wed, May 4 2016 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Meet the scientists across the world on the hunt for Dark Energy, an unknown form of energy which is hypothesized to permeate all of space and may be accelerating the expansion of the universe. 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.
E03
Death of the Solar System
Wed, May 11 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
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.
E04
Alien Oceans
Wed, May 18 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
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. Using 3D graphics to explore the icy wastes of Europa and the vast prehistoric oceans of Mars.  
E05
Secret History of the Voyager Mission
Wed, May 25 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, the Voyager spacecraft is going to leave the Solar System to tell the incredible story of a mission that was only supposed to last five years but is still going today.
E06
The Plot Against Gravity
Wed, Jun 1 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
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.
E07
Attack of the Space Junk
Wed, Jun 8 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The future of space travel is under attack, and it's because of millions of pieces of debris from old satellites and space missions that orbit Earth. Go inside the effort by the US government and others to combat and clean-up the lethal threat of space junk.
E08
Quest for the First Star
Wed, Jun 15 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A team of scientists searches the universe to find the oldest stars, born just after the Big Bang.A team of scientists is looking for the very first stars in the universe, which were born moments after the Big Bang and gave creation the earliest ingredients for life. Go inside this groundbreaking quest for this pivotal moment.
E09
When the Sun Attacks
Wed, Jun 22 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
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.
E10
Inside NASA's Mission to Mars
Wed, Jun 29 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
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.
E11
Secret History of the Solar System
Sun, Aug 7 2016 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The discovery of exoplanets pushes scientists to reexamine the origin of the Solar System; the evidence infers a tale of unrestrained collisions and chaos.
E12
The Truth Behind Parallel Universes
Sun, Aug 14 2016 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Scientists are working to determine if parallel universes exist.
E13
Dark Secret of the Universe
Sun, Aug 21 2016 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Scientists are finally on the hunt to finally crack the dark secrets of the atoms that make up the universe. The scientific quest to crack the secrets of the universe is detailed. Included: whether the rules of physics will need to be rewritten further considering WIMPs (Weakly interacting massive particles) as dark matter particles and other dark matter theories.
E14
Inside a Monster Black Hole
Sun, Aug 28 2016 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Inside the supermassive black hole that sits in the middle of our galaxy.

Season 2

10 episodes

Season 3

8 episodes

Season 4

10 episodes

Season 5

3 episodes

Season 6

11 episodes

Season 7

4 episodes

Season 8

7 episodes

Cast

David O'Brien as Narrator
Michelle Thaller
Michelle Thaller as Astronomer, Goddard Space Flight Center
Hakeem Oluseyi
Hakeem Oluseyi as Astrophysicist
Phil Plait
Phil Plait as Astronomer,Science Writer and Blogger
Grant Tremblay
Grant Tremblay as Astrophysicist / Astronomer
Carly Howett
Carly Howett as Planetary Scientist
Laura Danly
Laura Danly as Astronomer
Brian Greene
Brian Greene as Theoretical Physicist
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