May 5, 2011 • 1h
The human body thrives on the welcome confines of Earth, but in space, survival becomes a tense, daily challenge. Micro-gravity's ...Read more
May 12, 2011 • 1h
Join a treasure hunt of cosmic proportions, with a diamond mine on Neptune?! Known Universe explores innovative ideas that could ...Read more
May 19, 2011 • 1h
This episode of Known Universe explores how a star becomes even more powerful in its violent supernova death, and how the most int...Read more
May 26, 2011 • 1h
Humans have come to recognize Earth as an environment where we are in control. Were continually creating technologies that get big...Read more
June 2, 2011 • 1h
Volcanic eruptions aren't unique to Earth they are common throughout the solar system. Eruptions are capable of both destruction a...Read more
June 9, 2011 • 1h
Engineering in space represents the future of human civilization, but also poses some of our greatest technical difficulties. We'l...Read more
June 16, 2011 • 1h
We've landed on the moon, and launched probes to study planets hundreds of millions of miles away. But when it comes to space trav...Read more
June 23, 2011 • 1h
The world didn't end on 5/21/11 as some feared, but someday it will, and not just on Earth, but for asteroids, comets, moons, plan...Read more