Science Channel HD

Archive footage and cutting-edge CGI is used to explore global disasters, illustrating the full toll these events can take and giving an understanding on how and why they occur.

Volcanoes created more than 80% of our planet's surface, but explosive eruptions can be deadly; a journey under the earth to discover why volcanoes are so dangerous.

Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are all the same thing with different names, but what they also have in common is their destructive power.

Earthquakes occur when tectonic plates suddenly shift and shock waves shake the Earth's surface; they occur along fault lines -- the most active being the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean and the San Andreas Fault on the American West Coast.

When Hurricane Harvey hits Houston, the city is overwhelmed by four feet of rain in four days, causing catastrophic flooding and billions of dollars in damage; experts use cutting-edge technology to discover what went wrong and how it can be fixed.

Planes and trains have made the world smaller, but when things go wrong, hundreds of lives can be lost in an instant.

Reigning champion Tombstone takes on the legendary Gigabyte as the battles heat up to take home the renowned BattleBots trophy.

Elite bots Icewave and Skorpios square off in an epic throw down, and the rest of the bots battle to secure their spots in the Sweet 16.

Spaceships powered by atomic bombs; artificial rings encircle an entire star; Neil Armstrong's transmission feed cuts off when he spots strange lights on the moon; how can lightning talk to itself.

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.

Earth's journey through the universe is a perilous one; new discoveries reveal that the planet is heading toward a mysterious area of the cosmos.

Galaxies are locked in continual combat across the universe, and the Milky Way will face its biggest opponent ever, the Andromeda Galaxy, in a titanic and deadly struggle that could create a new and unrecognizable super galaxy.

Some believe the fire on Apollo One that killed three astronauts was a top-secret cover-up, and a team of experts investigate if this disaster was a tragic accident or part of a conspiracy to fake the moon landing.

A team of experts investigates if there was a conspiracy to fake the moon landing, and uncovers a secret report on hundreds of Nazis involved in the Apollo space program.

Confidential CIA files reveal a top-secret war for space between the US and the Soviets, and a team of experts investigate if new discoveries about American espionage during the Apollo program provide evidence of a conspiracy.

Apollo 11's lunar module nearly killed Neil Armstrong during training, and some believe this close-call could explain a conspiracy to fake the moon landing; investigating if dangers that the Apollo 11 crew faced were motive for a cover-up.

The NASA tapes that recorded the Apollo 11 moon landing are missing, and some believe their disappearance is part of a cover-up to hide the truth; experts use cutting-edge tech to hunt for this lost evidence and shed light on a possible conspiracy.

Some believe that the moon's waving American flag is the smoking gun that NASA faked the moon landing, and as a team of experts investigate this strange piece of evidence, the trail leads all the way to some of Hollywood's biggest names.

A town in Oklahoma is transformed by the discovery of oil fields; a former school in Cambodia becomes the site of crimes against humanity; a remote radar facility in Latvia symbolizes the threat of nuclear warfare that characterized the Cold War.

An old compound in Texas bears the scars of a violent revolution; a secret facility outside Berlin is used by a dictator to escape justice; the estate of an aristocrat becomes a stronghold for the IRA.

A slice of the Miami suburbs stands out for its style and history; a hotel in Lebanon carries the scars of a civil war; a pirate radio station gets a mixed reception.

A fantasy land lies in the heart of Alabama; a place of refuge in Ireland becomes a house of horrors; a South Korean city is scarred by a violent crackdown; traces of a brutal industry remain along the arid Namibian coast.

Desert bunkers in Tunisia block Allied victory in Africa; the pride of one Alabama community is born out of a harsh reality; a Lebanese complex is rocked by a massive explosion; the remains of an elite institution still stand in Greece.

A military base in Panama becomes a battleground between American forces and a drug-running tyrant; a life cut short in Italy turns a utopian dream into a nightmare; a grisly Polish facility finds itself caught between two regimes.

A fantasy land lies in the heart of Alabama; a place of refuge in Ireland becomes a house of horrors; a South Korean city is scarred by a violent crackdown; traces of a brutal industry remain along the arid Namibian coast.