NASA's Unexplained Files

Some things are better left to science for an explanation.
Saturn's Moon Monsters
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When NASA discovers something strange on Saturn's biggest moon, experts investigate if aliens feeding on the world's electric atmosphere could be the culprit; the disturbing evidence points to an apocalypse if these monsters ever make it to Earth.

The Black Hole Next Door
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When astronomers discover a rogue black hole speeding through the Milky Way, they investigate how much danger this cosmic monster poses to Earth, and what would happen if it ever entered our solar system.

Pluto's Evil Twin
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After NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flies by Pluto, it encounters a strange alien world that shuts down the probe's computers; experts investigate if the mysterious object is an alien spacecraft hiding at the edge of the solar system.

Aliens in the Amazon
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After Neil Armstrong's moonwalk, he leads an expedition into the Amazon to find a legendary library that holds all knowledge of an advanced alien civilization; experts ask if a close encounter on the moon's surface inspired Armstrong's quest.

Secrets of the Alien Signals
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When NASA begins a strange experiment to communicate with dolphins, experts investigate if it's a prelude to making alien contact; some fear that such a discovery could have apocalyptic consequences.

Planet of the Metal Aliens
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Experts investigate if a nearby exoplanet could be the home to an alien civilization of strange, metallic monsters, after a new discovery confirms that life can thrive on such a strange world.

Did Aliens Nuke Mars?
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A strange discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover suggests the Red Planet was home to an alien nuclear war 300 million years ago; experts investigate if an extraterrestrial Armageddon transformed an Earth-like world into a wasteland.

JFK UFO Conspiracy
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A declassified letter written by President Kennedy demands that the CIA share its UFO data with NASA; a bizarre pattern on the surface of Mars could be a coded alien message; investigators find a rocket crash-landed in a crater on the Moon.

Curse of the Gas Giant
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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.

The Sun's Evil Twin
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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.

Secret Aliens
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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.

Stonehenge on Mars
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A NASA probe captures an image of a familiar structure on Mars' surface.

CIA's Secret Revenge
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When the Soviet Union unveils its own space shuttle, the CIA hatches a secret revenge plot; recent discoveries shed new light on the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; a missing nuclear weapon could threaten a NASA base in the Arctic.

Saturn's Death Star
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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.

Pluto's Stranger Things
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Evidence of alien technology around a distant star; speculation about Pluto's surface; Apollo astronauts are at a loss of words to describe an object they encountered while they approached the moon.

Rise of the Planet Killer
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A mars mission captures an image of a strange structure on the planet; an intriguing sight on the dark side of the moon; a planet-eating star gives scientists a peek of Earth's bleak future.

A President's Close Encounter
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The discovery of geysers on a moon; NASA's mission to detect life; an object is spotted approaching an asteroid.

The Earth Next Door
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Astronomers notice a planet in Earth's vicinity capable of supporting life; top secret military program exposed; the moon contains the components to start life.

Curse of the Full Moon
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Cosmonauts are trapped in a capsule in a frozen lake; a NASA scientist investigates the Hindenburg; the full moon affects experiments.

Did Earth Have Two Moons?
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A theory of Earth's abiogenesis may have started in the clouds of Venus; a look into the claim of Earth having two moons; a NASA scientist helps the FBI solve the 1996 Olympic bombing.

Mars's Deepest Secret
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Soviet photos of the moon are intercepted by the CIA; a malfunction aboard the ISS, which imperils the whole crew; NASA probe finds evidence of the possibility of life on Mars.

Pluto Under Pressure
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Lost tapes show that Apollo astronauts heard unexplained transmissions on the far side of the moon; an amateur astronomer finds an odd disturbance in Martian atmosphere; an unidentified object in Earth orbit starts stalking Russian spacecraft.

Return of the Moon Bugs
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Apollo 12 astronauts bring back something alive from the moon; NASA tracks an asteroid heading towards Earth but make an incredible discovery.

Ghosts on a Comet
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When a Chinese moon rover breaks down, a scientist at NASA points to a mysterious material that seemed to sabotage the Apollo missions decades earlier; the Rosetta spacecraft discovers a comet that appears to be singing.

The Moon that Disappeared
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Recently discovered documents show NASA's secret plan B for failure of the first moon landing; a Soyuz capsule carrying NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson back to Earth goes missing; NASA's Cassini mission unravels a three hundred year old.

Curse of the Red Planet
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Three cosmonauts mysteriously die as they re-enter Earth's atmosphere and NASA needs to know why; a declassified document shows a CIA plan to use a space disaster as a cover to start World War 3.

Red Storm Rising
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Two astronauts trapped in the vacuum of space face a horrible death; the first close up images of Pluto show an alien landscape; residents of Houston struggle to explain videos of unidentified flying lights captured above their city at night.

Attack of the Thunderballs
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Astronauts evacuate when a mystery object hurtles toward the ISS; a NASA secret agent goes undercover to retrieve missing moon rocks; scientists struggle to find answers when they discover a huge void at the edge of the solar system.

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

The Aristarchus Enigma & Martian Space Station
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Answers to questions about the power of atomic bombs, artificial rings, Neil Armstrong's transmission on the moon and lightning.