The BEST episodes of Space's Deepest Secrets season 1

Every episode of Space's Deepest Secrets season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Space's Deepest Secrets season 1!

The stories of deep-space explorers who are risking their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds yet to be seen.

Last Updated: 11/10/2024Network: Science ChannelStatus: Ended
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8.71
7 votes

#1 - Quest for the First Star

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/14/2016

The search for the first stars of the universe.

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Attack of the Space Junk
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8.14
7 votes

#2 - Attack of the Space Junk

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/7/2016

The efforts of the U.S. government and others to combat the threat posed by space junk, which could derail the future of space travel if left unchecked.

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The Universe's Greatest Hits
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7.94
129 votes

#3 - The Universe's Greatest Hits

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/26/2016

From the mission that saw Pluto for the first time to the Mars rovers, a new breed of explorers are risking their careers, and even their lives, to lead humanity to worlds we have never seen and tackle the mysteries of life itself.

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The Plot Against Gravity
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7.83
54 votes

#4 - The Plot Against Gravity

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/31/2016

The story of how a large aerospace company, BAE Systems, began a secret project to counter the force of gravity while NASA simultaneously ran a similar ‘Breakthrough Propulsion Physics’ program.

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7.82
28 votes

#5 - Secret History of the Solar System

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/6/2016

The discovery of exoplanets pushes scientists to reexamine the origin of the Solar System; the evidence infers a tale of unrestrained collisions and chaos.

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Secret History of the Voyager Mission
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7.81
47 votes

#6 - Secret History of the Voyager Mission

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/24/2016

Thirty-five years after leaving Earth, the Voyager spacecraft is going to leave the Solar System to tell the incredible story of a mission that was only supposed to last five years but is still going today.

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7.76
25 votes

#7 - Inside a Monster Black Hole

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/27/2016

Inside the supermassive black hole that sits in the middle of our galaxy.

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Alien Oceans
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7.73
52 votes

#8 - Alien Oceans

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/17/2016

A soaring quest through the solar system’s exotic and hidden water realms, from the deep seas below the icy crust of Europa to the vast prehistoric oceans that once existed on Mars billions of years ago.

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7.67
3 votes

#9 - When the Sun Attacks

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/21/2016

When the sun flares up, billions of tons of superheated gas and intense radiation are propelled toward Earth; experts are trying to predict what is coming toward the Earth and how to prepare for this threat.

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Hunt for Dark Energy
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7.57
69 votes

#10 - Hunt for Dark Energy

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/3/2016

World scientists are searching for Dark Energy, the biggest challenge of physics; In Europe, a multi-billion dollar satellite will map the sky from space.

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Death of the Solar System
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7.40
52 votes

#11 - Death of the Solar System

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/10/2016

An exploration of the dramatic fate of our future descendants, the technology they’ll need to survive the end of this world billions of years from now and our options for colonizing and starting again on a new planet somewhere far from Earth.

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7.14
29 votes

#12 - The Truth Behind Parallel Universes

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/13/2016

Scientists are working to determine if parallel universes exist.

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6.96
25 votes

#13 - Dark Secret of the Universe

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/20/2016

Scientists are finally on the hunt to finally crack the dark secrets of the atoms that make up the universe.

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6.50
2 votes

#14 - Inside NASA's Mission to Mars

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/28/2016

An in-depth look at how NASA is preparing for its most ambitious and dangerous mission yet; to land a human being on the surface of Mars.

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