Mystery of Spacetime

The odyssey of a comet as it sails through space, watching as it evolves from a chunk of ice and rock into an active nucleus engulfed in a gaseous haze. What we learn is a revelation; comets are more mysterious than we imagined.

By looking closely at the common icicle physicist Stephen Morris reveals how science can be a powerful lens through which to view the mystery & beauty of everyday phenomena. Photographer Don Komarechka captures the amazing patterns of ice-bubbles.

Ever wonder what the world might look like if you could see beyond the visible light spectrum? Cameras can capture UV & infrared light to see up to the cosmos and down into our own macro universe revealing the world as you have never seen it before.

Normally considered unattractive & a nuisance, Don't Blink reveals the wondrous side of the mosquito & the role it plays in the web of life. Featuring biologist Fiona Hunter, entomologist Curtis Russell and photography by cinematographer Mark Ellam.

In a winter storm it's difficult to appreciate snow. Through the lens of photographer Don Komarechka's snowflake images, the world becomes a more beautiful place. Non-linear physicist Stephen W. Morris unravels how a snowflake is formed.

For centuries humans have been looking to the skies, dreaming of flight. Director Su Rynard takes us behind the scenes to capture the images of birds in flight. Also featuring biologist Kenneth C Welch Jr., and biologist Christopher G Guglielmo.

From the mission that saw Pluto for the first time to the Mars rovers, a new breed of explorers are risking their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds we have never seen and tackle the mysteries of life itself.

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.

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 a new planet somewhere far from Earth.

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.

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

The future of space travel is under attack -- by millions of pieces of debris from old satellites and missions that surround Earth. Go inside the effort by the U.S. government and others to combat the lethal threat of space junk.

A team of scientists are 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.

What would happen if we got a message from space? How would we react? Scientists and sci-fi writers, with cooperation from SETI and Carl Sagan's son, Nick, unravel the impact of this world changing event, forming an intriguing hypothetical scenario

How will humans react when an alien spacecraft is on its way to Earth? Will humans learn from aliens, or become colonial subjects? Scientists and sci-fi writers, with cooperation from SETI and Carl Sagan's son, Nick, unravel the impact.

The Arrival has ended. A swarm of small spacecraft depart their huge mothership, and hover in our atmosphere. The ships open their hatches, and deposit thousands of mysterious pods on the earth’s surface. Are they a message, a gift or a weapon?