TV Schedule for Science - West

How the Universe Works A Robot's Guide to Mars

Mars is infested with robots, orbiting the planet and roaming the Martian surface on a mission to uncover its secrets; now, Perseverance joins this dedicated group of machines to uncover if there is, or was ever, life on the Red Planet.

How the Universe Works Most Violent Event in the Universe

The collision of two supermassive black holes is the most violent event that can occur in the universe; experts explore where a black hole's energy originates and what really happens when the two most powerful objects in the cosmos clash.

Strangest Things The Towie Ball

Containing intricately carved concentric circles, the Towie Ball is one of the finest Neolithic stoneworks ever discovered; using cutting-edge imaging technology, experts investigate the purpose behind this 5,000-year-old black stone mystery.

Strangest Things Phineas Gage's Skull

The shattered skull of a 19th century railway worker is now one of the most astonishing objects in the history of medical science; experts explore this traumatic injury to reveal how it changed the field of neuroscience.

Strangest Things The Mask of Agamemnon

Investigating whether a gold death mask is the face of a king who fought in the Trojan Wars; three ancient chalk carvings could be the secret to constructing Stonehenge; how a printing plate from the UK Treasury ended up in an Austrian lake.

Strangest Things The Psychograph

Investigating whether a machine can read personalities; an ancient golden mask painted with human blood; a cursed chicken pot.

Strangest Things The Assassination Sphere

A minuscule metal sphere containing two microscopic holes could be the smallest murder weapon in history; experts explore how this tiny object is linked to one of the most bizarre true crime cases of the 20th century.

Strangest Things The Dixon Relics

A stone sphere, a hook and five fragments of wood are the only objects ever discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza; experts investigate if they can explain the mysteries behind the only surviving Wonder of the Ancient World.

Strange Evidence Russian Rain of Fire

Cameras capture stunned pedestrians running for cover as droplets of fire begin to rain down on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia; experts investigate a network of nearby tram lines and the effect of a sudden lightning storm.

Strange Evidence North Korean Fire Blast

Cameras capture an enormous fireball erupting along with a series of explosions in a North Korean border town; experts investigate and discover a cramped and overcrowded housing project linked to a deadly propane tank disaster.

Strange Evidence Caspian Sea Inferno

Cameras capture a towering 1,600 foot pillar of flame erupting from the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan; experts investigate a potential link to the nation's weapons arsenal and military aspirations over disputed neighboring territory.

Strange Evidence Fire Waves of Indonesia

A vacationing family films waves of fire breaking along the shores of an Indonesian island; experts investigate a possible connection to a classified WWII beach-burning weapon developed by the British to incinerate invading armies.

Strange Evidence Mystery of Humanoid Road

Motorcyclists film a bizarre, elongated humanoid creature walking along a road in Jharkhand, India; experts investigate the violent history behind an organized cult of professional robbers and murderers who targeted unsuspecting travelers.

Strange Evidence Suburban Fireworks Blowout

Cameras capture an intense explosion in Ontario, Calif., that rips apart a suburban home and sends panicked onlookers running for their lives; experts investigate and suspect a potential detonation of an enormous cache of illegal fireworks.

Strange Evidence India's Fireball Mountain

A villager captures a moment of horror as a mysterious series of explosions lights up a mountainside in India; experts investigate a possible link to lost plutonium during a Cold War spy mission that went disastrously wrong.

Strange Evidence Mystery of Humanoid Road

Motorcyclists film a bizarre, elongated humanoid creature walking along a road in Jharkhand, India; experts investigate the violent history behind an organized cult of professional robbers and murderers who targeted unsuspecting travelers.

Strange Evidence Suburban Fireworks Blowout

Cameras capture an intense explosion in Ontario, Calif., that rips apart a suburban home and sends panicked onlookers running for their lives; experts investigate and suspect a potential detonation of an enormous cache of illegal fireworks.

Strange Evidence India's Fireball Mountain

A villager captures a moment of horror as a mysterious series of explosions lights up a mountainside in India; experts investigate a possible link to lost plutonium during a Cold War spy mission that went disastrously wrong.

Strange Evidence Fire Waves of Indonesia

A vacationing family films waves of fire breaking along the shores of an Indonesian island; experts investigate a possible connection to a classified WWII beach-burning weapon developed by the British to incinerate invading armies.

Strangest Things The Dixon Relics

A stone sphere, a hook and five fragments of wood are the only objects ever discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza; experts investigate if they can explain the mysteries behind the only surviving Wonder of the Ancient World.

Strange Evidence Russian Rain of Fire

Cameras capture stunned pedestrians running for cover as droplets of fire begin to rain down on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia; experts investigate a network of nearby tram lines and the effect of a sudden lightning storm.

NASA's Unexplained Files Saturn's Death Star

A mysterious object is orbiting Saturn, and it looks just like the Death Star; new evidence might shed new light on the mysterious death of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space; when a cutting-edge satellite vanishes, fears of a space war escalate.

NASA's Unexplained Files Curse of the Gas Giant

Scientists wonder why Jupiter is hotter than it should be; the Curiosity Rover finds something strange on Mars; detectives turn to NASA for help with a murder cold case.

NASA's Unexplained Files The Sun's Evil Twin

A photograph depicts two suns in the sky over Indonesia; ghostly white swirls on the moon's surface baffle NASA scientists; an astronaut disappears during his return to Earth.