TV Schedule for Science - West

How the Universe Works Solar System Special

Exploring new discoveries that rewrite the history of the solar system, revealing a complex and violent story that begins with the birth of the sun from the debris of a massive galactic collision to its eventual fate as a lone zombie star.

MythBusters JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?

The 10th anniversary starts off with the busting of JATO rocket car.

MythBusters Star Wars: Revenge of the Myth

Swinging Luke and Leia across a chasm with a grappling hook; an Ewok log crushing an Imperial "Chicken Walker"; surviving in a tauntaun's belly.

MythBusters Do Try This at Home?

After more than 10 years of testing myths that people should not try at home, the "MythBusters" investigate myths that people can try.

MythBusters Fire in the Hole

Explosive scenarios from Hollywood; shooting a live grenade in midair; containing an explosion within an ordinary object.

MythBusters Down and Dirty; Earthquake Survival

Testing a bathroom hand dryer vs. using paper towels; the cleanest bathroom stall; the best place to stand during an earthquake.

MythBusters Commercial Myths

Testing heights; bobbing for an apple when jumping with a bungee cord; playing tennis upon an airplane wing.

MythBusters Zombie Special

Michael Rooker ("The Walking Dead") helps the team test zombie myths; the more effective weapon, ax or gun; testing the strength of the living dead; outrunning or outsmarting a horde.

Tales From the Explorers Club Highest Highs, Lowest Lows

Josh Gates recounts the death-defying exploits of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who summit Mount Everest; two submariners plunge seven miles under the Pacific; a pilot skydives from the edge of space.

Tales From the Explorers Club Polar Extremes

Josh Gates tackles history's most chilling polar adventures, including Robert Peary and Matthew Henson's brave push to the North Pole as well as Ernest Shackleton's epic survival in Antarctic ice.

Tales From the Explorers Club The Race to Space

Josh Gates boldly explores members' most heart-pounding journeys into space; Apollo 13 astronauts fight to bring their crippled spacecraft 238,000 miles back to Earth and futuristic SpaceShipOne could give others a chance to travel to space.

Tales From the Explorers Club Wild Rides

Josh Gates explores daring journeys, including the Kon-Tiki balsa raft crossing the Pacific, NASA's lunar rover making tracks on the moon and an airplane flying around the world without the use of fuel.

Tales From the Explorers Club Monsters and Myths

Josh recounts a Himalayan mission to find the yeti and a filmmaker's pursuit of the dangerous elephant king; the starving crew of an Antarctic expedition makes difficult choices to survive.

Tales From the Explorers Club Explorer's Club at the Movies

Josh Gates explores how club members' swashbuckling exploits inspired Hollywood; a bullwhip-cracking archaeologist may be the real-life Indiana Jones; a Nazi mountaineer's life-changing "Seven Years in Tibet" became a Brad Pitt star turn.

Tales From the Explorers Club Wild Rides

Josh Gates explores daring journeys, including the Kon-Tiki balsa raft crossing the Pacific, NASA's lunar rover making tracks on the moon and an airplane flying around the world without the use of fuel.

Tales From the Explorers Club Monsters and Myths

Josh recounts a Himalayan mission to find the yeti and a filmmaker's pursuit of the dangerous elephant king; the starving crew of an Antarctic expedition makes difficult choices to survive.

Tales From the Explorers Club Explorer's Club at the Movies

Josh Gates explores how club members' swashbuckling exploits inspired Hollywood; a bullwhip-cracking archaeologist may be the real-life Indiana Jones; a Nazi mountaineer's life-changing "Seven Years in Tibet" became a Brad Pitt star turn.

Tales From the Explorers Club The Race to Space

Josh Gates boldly explores members' most heart-pounding journeys into space; Apollo 13 astronauts fight to bring their crippled spacecraft 238,000 miles back to Earth and futuristic SpaceShipOne could give others a chance to travel to space.

MythBusters Commercial Myths

Testing heights; bobbing for an apple when jumping with a bungee cord; playing tennis upon an airplane wing.

MythBusters Zombie Special

Michael Rooker ("The Walking Dead") helps the team test zombie myths; the more effective weapon, ax or gun; testing the strength of the living dead; outrunning or outsmarting a horde.

How the Universe Works Monsters of the Milky Way

The center of the Milky Way is home to strange and deadly phenomena that is difficult to understand; with the help of science, experts reveal how the black hole, the galaxy's core, shapes life on Earth.

How the Universe Works How to Build a Planet

Some of the brightest minds and theorists on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge and explain the science behind the rules of the universe.

How the Universe Works NASA's Journey to Mars

NASA plans to send humans to Mars within just 15 years, but to reach this next frontier of space exploration, experts must discover new technology and cutting-edge science that protects astronauts from the Red Planet's deadliest killers.