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NASA's Unexplained Files
NASA's Unexplained Files

NASA's Unexplained Files

—NASA's task of reaching beyond the bounds of Earth has uncovered disturbing anomalies that have perplexed even the finest scientific minds. Science Channel digs into the space agency's archives to reveal countless mysteries and unusual encounters, discoveries and sightings. Each hourlong episode scrutinizes evidence, explores possible explanations, and considers testimony from NASA insiders, scientists, astronauts and others who have witnessed the strange phenomena. The stories are made all the more unusual since they come from the most credible scientific organization in the world.
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Season 15 of 7 Episodes

  • An attempt to explain some of the odd shapes and lights that have been captured on NASA's cameras.

  • An astronauts space walk is disrupted by bright light; a flying saucer is photographed.

  • Life may have been found on Mars; mysterious Moon Pigeons.

  • A piece of the sun seems to have vanished; the Hubble spots an unidentified object traveling faster than light.

  • A distant planet shows an Earth-like atmosphere; a glowing light suggests an atmosphere on the Moon; why there are blueberries on Mars.

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21 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Curse of the Gas Giant
    The Sun's Evil Twin
    Shadow Deathstar
    Secret Aliens
    Stonehenge on Mars
    Black Knight Rises
    CIA's Secret Revenge
    The Moon's Strange Secret
    Interstellar Gold Rush
    Saturn's Death Star
  • 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.
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  • 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.
    Upcoming
  • Shadow Deathstar

    Astronaut Leroy Chiao's spacewalk is interrupted by bright lights flying past; a flying saucer is photographed from the Apollo.
    Upcoming
  • Secret Aliens

    An astronomer records an unusual radio signal from beyond the solar system; FBI agents find classified documents at the home of a NASA scientist; when scientists discover strange DNA in the octopus, they examine if their origins could be alien.
    Upcoming
  • Stonehenge on Mars

    A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on Mars' surface.
    Upcoming
  • Black Knight Rises

    A piece of the sun seems to have vanished; the Hubble spots an unidentified object traveling faster than light.
    Upcoming
NASA's Unexplained Files

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NASA's task of reaching beyond the bounds of Earth has uncovered disturbing anomalies that have perplexed even the finest scientific minds. Science Channel digs into the space agency's archives to reveal countless mysteries and unusual encounters, discoveries and sightings. Each hourlong episode scrutinizes evidence, explores possible explanations, and considers testimony from NASA insiders, scientists, astronauts and others who have witnessed the strange phenomena. The stories are made all the more unusual since they come from the most credible scientific organization in the world.

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Erik Dellums

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