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Inventions and technology have changed our world. Learn the stories behind the innovations and the greatest minds in history who dared test the limits of knowledge.

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December 3, 2024

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The Universe

Total Eclipse

Once they were dreaded and thought to be dragons eating the sun--but modern science has dispelled mythology, and we now look forward to total Solar Eclipses as one of the most spectacular phenomena in the heavens.

8:00A

4:00P

12:00A

The Universe

Dark Matter/Dark Energy

Scientists have no idea what it is, but Dark Matter and Dark Energy make up 96% of the Universe. Dark Matter is everywhere. It passes through everything we know on earth at billions of particles every second.

9:00A

5:00P

1:00A

The Universe

Crash Landing on Mars

What might happen if the first manned mission to Mars crashes hundreds of miles from the rocket that would take them back home? Could they survive the crash, and travel across the brutal Martian surface to their home ship?

10:00A

6:00P

2:00A

The Universe

Secrets of the Sun

It is a fireball in the sky, a bubbling, boiling, kinetic sphere of white hot plasma, exploding and erupting. Its size is almost unimaginable--one million Earths would fit within its boundaries.

11:00A

7:00P

3:00A

The Universe

Nemesis: The Sun's Evil Twin

Could there be a monstrous, undiscovered star orbiting our own Sun? Could it be scattering killer comets throughout our Solar System like clockwork every 26 million years?

12:00P

8:00P

4:00A

The Universe

Dark Future of the Sun

Our Sun has served Earth well for almost five billion years. It's bathed us with heat and energy. But like humans, our home star is mortal. In five billion years, it will stop nurturing its planetary offspring.

1:00P

9:00P

5:00A

The Universe

How the Solar System Was Made

At 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in the Universe. But how did it come to be? In this episode we trace the system's birth from a thin cloud of dust and gas.

2:00P

10:00P

6:00A

The Universe

Death Stars

For most, it's the deadly centerpiece of the film Star Wars. But in truth, real death stars are in the final stage of life before they explode into supernovae and, occasionally, the biggest blast in the universe--the gamma ray burst (GRB).

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