TV Schedule for Science - West

How the Universe Works Secrets of the Sun

A brand-new NASA mission to the sun reveals cutting-edge discoveries about Earth's star; as the Parker Solar Probe dives through the sun's atmosphere, its findings challenge everything known about this strange place.

How the Universe Works The Next Supernova

The galaxy is full of stars ready to explode into supernovas, a stellar detonation powerful enough to destroy all life on Earth; it's an event that hasn't occurred in 400 years, and the search is on to locate which star may be next.

Houdini's Last Secrets The Torture Escape

No one knows how Harry Houdini pulled off his death-defying escapes, but, now, a team of experts investigate his water torture illusion to reveal the secrets of this mysterious feat.

Houdini's Last Secrets To Catch a Bullet

The bullet catch is one of the deadliest tricks in magic history, and no one knows if Houdini pulled off the illusion; a team of experts re-creates the famed trick to uncover how Houdini could have pulled off the feat that killed many of his peers.

Houdini's Last Secrets Siberian Prison Conspiracy

One of Houdini's greatest escapes might have been a deep-cover conspiracy to spy for the American government, and experts recreate his break from a Siberian prison transport to investigate the mysteries behind this incredible feat.

Houdini's Last Secrets Buried Alive

Houdini's mysterious sudden death might not have been an accident, and experts re-create his buried alive escape to reveal how this deadly feat was performed and if the great magician was killed by forces far more insidious.

Mysteries of the Abandoned The Ruins of Archaeopolis

This decaying fortress once stood between the Ancient Roman and Persian Empires; though the stronghold's location attracted great wealth, it also attracted attention from unfriendly neighbors.

Mysteries of the Abandoned K-Pop Dreamland

This Seoul amusement park is full of rusted-out rides and unfinished renovations; forced to close due to financial problems, the park has found a second life after being used as the setting of K-pop album covers and music videos.

Mysteries of the Abandoned Blues Prison

Formerly known as one of the toughest prisons in America, this massive complex was once home to medical experiments and a chaotic hostage situation; it's better remembered as the setting for the iconic opening scene of "The Blues Brothers."

Mysteries of the Abandoned Hunt for the Nazi Gold Train

A Polish castle becomes entwined in the hunt for lost Nazi treasure, the heir of an American business tycoon gets caught in a web of controversy, and an Irish estate is embroiled in a fight for freedom.

Mysteries of the Abandoned Defenders of the Panama Canal

A stronghold in Panama defends a prized American possession; a mad scientist shares a herbal remedy from his hilltop castle; a ghostly German railroad divides a fractured city, and a Bulgarian mountain retreat offers hope to its residents.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Seeking Southern Sanctuary

Retracing the steps of freedom seekers escaping on the Underground Railroad, archaeologists use high tech to explore a Florida fort that was nearly erased from history.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Midwest Refuge

Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, Kan., a long-forgotten abolitionist town that shielded Freedom Seekers from bounty hunters; in Illinois, experts use tech tools to explore a secret underground tunnel.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Contradictions Along the Atlantic

Archaeologists uncover evidence of a Freedom Seeker community in the swampy marshlands between Virginia and North Carolina; in Maryland, experts investigate artifacts that may confirm the location of Harriet Tubman's childhood home.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Setting Sail for Freedom

Underwater archaeologists search for the wreck of the USS Planter, a Civil War vessel seized by Freedom Seekers to escape the Confederacy; in Canada, experts use tech to uncover how Freedom Seekers lived once they made it to their new homeland.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Midwest Refuge

Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, Kan., a long-forgotten abolitionist town that shielded Freedom Seekers from bounty hunters; in Illinois, experts use tech tools to explore a secret underground tunnel.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Contradictions Along the Atlantic

Archaeologists uncover evidence of a Freedom Seeker community in the swampy marshlands between Virginia and North Carolina; in Maryland, experts investigate artifacts that may confirm the location of Harriet Tubman's childhood home.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Setting Sail for Freedom

Underwater archaeologists search for the wreck of the USS Planter, a Civil War vessel seized by Freedom Seekers to escape the Confederacy; in Canada, experts use tech to uncover how Freedom Seekers lived once they made it to their new homeland.

Underground Railroad: The Secret History Seeking Southern Sanctuary

Retracing the steps of freedom seekers escaping on the Underground Railroad, archaeologists use high tech to explore a Florida fort that was nearly erased from history.

Mysteries of the Abandoned K-Pop Dreamland

This Seoul amusement park is full of rusted-out rides and unfinished renovations; forced to close due to financial problems, the park has found a second life after being used as the setting of K-pop album covers and music videos.

Mysteries of the Abandoned Blues Prison

Formerly known as one of the toughest prisons in America, this massive complex was once home to medical experiments and a chaotic hostage situation; it's better remembered as the setting for the iconic opening scene of "The Blues Brothers."

NASA's Unexplained Files Aliens in the Amazon

After Neil Armstrong's moonwalk, he leads an expedition into the Amazon to find a legendary library that holds all knowledge of an advanced alien civilization; experts ask if a close encounter on the moon's surface inspired Armstrong's quest.

NASA's Unexplained Files Red Storm Rising

Two astronauts trapped in the vacuum of space face a horrible death; the first close up images of Pluto show an alien landscape; residents of Houston struggle to explain videos of unidentified flying lights captured above their city at night.

NASA's Unexplained Files Ghosts on a Comet

When a Chinese moon rover breaks down, a scientist at NASA points to a mysterious material that seemed to sabotage the Apollo missions decades earlier; the Rosetta spacecraft discovers a comet that appears to be singing.