Monday, Jan. 2

Comet Collision!
Comet Collision takes us where no spacecraft has gone before: inside NASA's brilliant but risky mission to collide with a scorching comet moving at 66,000 mph!
Airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Super Volcano
Beneath the beauty of Yellowstone Park lies a time bomb that could spell disaster for us all. Scientists predict the bulging, molten lava will one day burst through the Earth's crust as a super volcano!
Airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Tuessday, Jan. 3

Miracle Planet II, Ep. 1: The Violent Past
Earth was born out of chaos and disaster—and completely by chance. Travel into our planet's violent past to discover how the fragile conditions of life were created.
Airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Miracle Planet II, Ep. 2: Snowball Earth
The last ice age ended only a few thousand years ago, but there were earlier periods when the entire globe was frozen. Travel back more than 2 billion years to the first ice ages and discovery how these events shaped life on earth.
Airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Miracle Planet II, Ep. 3: New Frontiers
For billions of years life existed only in the oceans; however land would provide a new frontier. Follow the remarkable adaptation of Earth's animals as they first come ashore.
Airs at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Miracle Planet II, Ep. 4: Extinction and Rebirth
A cataclysmic eruption 250 million years ago triggered global climate change and wiped out virtually all life on Earth. Follow the story of these mass extinctions and the rise of early mammals.
Airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Miracle Planet II, Ep. 5: Survival of the Fittest
The human species has survived because of its ability to adapt over the ages. Follow the incredible evolutionary path that has led humans to become the dominant species on the planet.
Airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Miracle Planet II, Ep. 6: Life and Rebirth
Join us for a trip through Earth's history that asks simple but profound questions about life and our existence. What made our planet so rich in life to begin with? What exactly is the Earth's system? What led us to be what we are now?
Airs at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Thursday, Jan. 5

Science of Star Wars 1: Man and Machine
Right now, robots can clean your house, walk your dog and identify life in the rubble caused by an earthquake. Soon, droids will replace astronauts on dangerous spacewalks and act as flying R2D2s to people living in space.
Airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Science of Star Wars 2: Space Cowboys
What vehicles will be the hot rods of the future? Learn about the cutting-edge technology of today—hovercraft, H2O cars, HyWire cars (hydrogen and by wire)—that might become tomorrow's rides.
Airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Science of Star Wars 3: War, Weapons and the Force
We haven't yet made a clone army, but we're getting there. From the Future Force Warrior (FFW-Army) to the Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX), we are equipping our fighters with Storm Trooper-like gear.
Airs at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Friday, Jan. 6

Cracking the Ocean Code
Join renowned scientist J. Craig Venter on a globe-circling ocean voyage. On this journey, the genome pioneer seeks new life-forms and attempts to unravel genetic secrets that could help solve the planet's most urgent energy and climate challenges.
Airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Alien Planet
What would happen if we found life outside our own planet? Discovery Channel proposes an answer to this question by bringing viewers on a virtual mission of the future.
Airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Saturday, Jan. 7

Alien Planet
What happens when we find life outside our own planet? Discovery Channel proposes an answer to this question by bringing viewers on a virtual mission of the future.
Airs at noon ET/PT

Super Volcano
Beneath the beauty of Yellowstone Park lies a time bomb that could spell disaster for us all. Scientists predict the bulging, molten lava will one day burst through the Earth's crust as a super volcano!
Airs at 2 p.m. ET/PT

Cracking the Ocean Code
Join renowned scientist J. Craig Venter on a globe-circling ocean voyage. On this journey, the genome pioneer seeks new life-forms and attempts to unravel genetic secrets that could help solve the planet's most urgent energy and climate challenges.
Airs at 4 p.m. ET/PT

Science of Star Wars 1: Man and Machine
Right now, robots can clean your house, walk your dog and identify life in the rubble caused by an earthquake. Soon, droids will replace astronauts on dangerous spacewalks and act as flying R2D2s to people living in space.
Airs at 5 p.m. ET/PT

Science of Star Wars 2: Space Cowboys
What vehicles will be the hot rods of the future? Learn about the cutting-edge technology of today—hovercraft, H2O cars, HyWire cars (hydrogen and by wire)—that might become tomorrow's rides.
Airs at 6 p.m. ET/PT

Science of Star Wars 3: War, Weapons and the Force
We haven't yet made a clone army, but we're getting there. From the Future Force Warrior (FFW-Army) to the Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX), we are equipping our fighters with Storm Trooper-like gear.
Airs at 7 p.m. ET/PT

Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
Hosted by legendary broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite, this program follows the step-by-step process of rehabilitating the outdated shuttle and documents the extensive training the new crew endured during their preparation. Witness the launch of flight STS-114, with status updates as the mission unfolds. We'll hear from the crew themselves as they install the new satellite-repair mechanism on the International Space Station and fix the re-entry panels on the outside of the shuttle.
Airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT

SocarEclipse in HD: Antarctica
For the first time ever, humans witness a total eclipse of the sun from the South Pole. Utilizing some of today's best technology in the world's harshest climate, we track an eclipse from the ground and air as it casts its shadow across the continent.
Airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Spirit of Exploration
For centuries, people have been consumed with curiosity about worlds outside our own. That spirit is alive and well today, and perhaps nowhere more evident than at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Airs at 10 p.m. ET/PT