Breakthrough (2016)

Mars Perseverance Rover is in its final cruise stages preparing for its historic Feb 18 landing on the red planet. We take you inside the harrowing landing, the science mission, and cutting edge technology, including the first-ever Martian helicopter.

Archaeologists and geneticists are uncovering surprising details about one of the most mysterious civilizations in Pre-Incan South America. While many are familiar with the Incas…few have heard of the Chachapoya, the people known as the Cloud Warriors, a mysterious pre-Incan Peruvian culture.

Our bodies are habitats for bacteria, and many of the microbes are beneficial to us. Scientists believe that within a few decades many useful microbes will have disappeared … so they want to create a vault for Human Microbiota like a Noah's Ark for the future of the human species.

The North Atlantic Right Whale is on the verge of extinction. The leading cause of death and injury to the whales is from ship strikes or entanglement in fishing lines. In this Breakthrough episode, we will hear from the leading experts and biologists who are racing to save this species.

By examining countless Megalodon teeth from around the world, scientists have concluded that "meg" was able to achieve its gargantuan proportions by starting its carnivorous diet early -- in the womb.

Drones have already conquered Earth, and now they're heading out into the solar system. The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity is proving to be successful and will pave the way for Dragonfly, a future daring mission to Titan.

65 million years ago, an immense space rock slammed into Earth, creating the equivalent of nuclear winter, killing all of the dinosaurs. Now, a team of scientists believes there was a witness to the catastrophe …a survivor that walked alongside T-rex … and that also allowed humans to be here today.

From their unique predatory behaviors to the web masterpieces they weave, science is revealing big breakthroughs about spiders and their super strong and flexible silks.

Nearly a century after the discovery of king Tut's tomb, archaeologists uncover the lost city of Luxor revealing new details about the Golden Era of ancient Egypt.

A dog's sense of smell can do amazing things. Dogs can help humans sniff out all kinds of things that improve our lives, explosives, missing persons, illegal' drugs. Now the latest research.is revealing that dogs can detect disease, even cancer.

A team of scientists embarks on a quest to explore the mesopelagic zone or ocean twilight zone which sits beneath the surface of the ocean and stretches around the world. This mysterious region just might hold the key to climate change and the planet's future.

The ICARUS system monitors the movements and behaviors of Earth's creatures from space. An antenna mounted on the international Space Station receives data from tiny trackers attached to animals and birds, opening the door to new discoveries that can warm us of natural disasters and outbreaks.

For the first time in decades, NASA is sending two new missions to Venus designed to study and explore the planet's atmosphere and earth-like composition. Together, DAVINCI and VERITAS will provide a 360° view of Venus -- its history, and perhaps a window into earth's past as well.

This is the epic story of the James Webb Space Telescope, told first-hand by the scientists who developed it. Building the largest, most advanced, and most expensive telescope ever made does not come without its challenges. but seeing further into space than ever before will be worth the struggle.