Breakthrough
This series takes a deeper look at developments in physics, astronomy, and other sciences, from space exploration to climate change and more.
Starring:Joi Shilling
Season 1
S01:E01 - Touching the Sun/Exoplanets
NASA's Parker Probe Plus is on a mission to understand our Sun.
S01:E02 - Asteroid Belt/Opportunity Rover
A NASA mission reveals surprising discoveries about the Asteroid Belt.
S01:E03 - Coronavirus: Part 1
Learn more about COVID-19 and early developments on the Coronavirus vaccine.
S01:E04 - Direct From Asteroid / Gravitational Waves
See the Hayabusa2 spacecraft's journey to collect samples from an asteroid.
S01:E05 - Private Moonshot/Asteroid Hunter
A look into a non-profit's attempt to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the Moon.
S01:E06 - Saturn: Moon King/Black Hole
Space technology reveals new wonders about Saturn's moons and our solar system.
S01:E07 - Marsquakes/Human Link
The Mars Insight Lander drills into Martian soil, looking for earthquakes.
S01:E08 - Rewinding Time/West Is Burning
The United States' western forests are catching fire - why, and what can we do about it?
S01:E09 - CRISPR/Killer Asteroid
Explore gene editing, how it works, and what it can do.
S01:E10 - Zealandia/Extinction
Geologists believe they've uncovered a massive eighth continent.
S01:E11 - Alzheimer's / Spider Silk
For scientists, reversing Alzheimer's' disease is a major research goal.
S01:E12 - Ark for Humans/Rip Currents
Scientists store vanishing microbes in a "vault" to preserve them for our future.
S01:E13 - Greenland Melting/Miami Underwater
The critical Greenland ice sheet is melting, and scientists are seeking ways to preserve it.
S01:E14 - Making Babies / Dog's Nose
How close are we to rendering infertility a thing of the past?
S01:E15 - Space Junk/Tasmanian Tigers
Understand the growing dangers from 900,000 pieces of man-made "Space Junk."
S01:E16 - Longest Vertebrate/Climate Crisis
The Greenland Shark is Earth's longest-living vertebrate, but what is it, exactly?
S01:E17 - Asteroid Explosion/Peru Cloud Warriors
Spacecraft Hayabusa 2 explodes an asteroid in the name of science.
S01:E18 - Mars InSight/T-Rex Timeline
See the critical moments when the Mars Insight vehicle touches down on the Red Planet.
S01:E19 - Coronavirus: Part 2
Experts explore the COVID-19 pandemic and how to live amidst a deadly virus outbreak.
S01:E20 - Homo Naledi / Egypt's Lost City
Findings of small-skulled fossils uncover more about when and how ancient beings lived.
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