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How do they make the distinctive Borsalino hat worn by Indiana Jones? And, how do they make a bicycle which can fold up to a tenth the size of a regular bike.

How do they make the world's most famous electric guitar, the Fender Stratocaster? And, how do they make Swedish fermented cod roe Kalles caviar.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how objects such as cast iron stoves are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how objects such as sewage pumps are made.

The Alien Mysteries. Half of the star systems in our galaxy have two stars, possibly creating habitats for alien life. Here, binary stars fling entire worlds into space.

Rise Of The Ice Giants. New research shows the migration of ice planets may have helped start life on Earth, and stopped it being destroyed. How are they so vital.

Quasars are the brightest objects in space, powered by black holes, and the most mysterious. How do they shape the universe and ultimately aid in its destruction.

Adam teams up with Lord of the Rings filmmaker, Peter Jackson, to restore a deadly fleet of fighter planes. They stage a high-flying dogfight straight out of WWI.

Former aerospace engineer Justin tries to keep the Glasgow Tower turning, and Tomo helps engineers in Osaka keep their airport from sinking into the sea.

Darrell finds the final piece to Cooper's code, but hiring a crew presents new danger as he discloses his secret mission. On the water, there's a big discovery.

Following the Columbus trail, bad weather strikes and Darrell dives past the limits of his gear into extreme danger. Plus, a huge discovery changes everything.

For 20 years NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed Saturn's strange secrets until it vaporized in its atmosphere. Now, fresh data points to new discoveries.

NASA's Juno probe is unlocking Jupiter's secrets, answering mysteries and gathering data. Scientists and experts explain the importance of this mission.

Manned missions to Mars are the next frontier of human exploration and NASA wants to put boots on the Red Planet by 2035. But, is it mission impossible.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how detachable Indy-Car steering wheels and wind turbines are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how blast doors, lipstick and artificial palm trees are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how carbon fibre and railcar movers are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how sawhorses and toolboxes, sorbet pops and school buses are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how objects from sanders to solid terrain models are made.

Learn how everyday items such as pressed glass, pickup truck cabs, alpaca yarn and utility knives are produced.

Interstellar space is the space between the universe's stars. New discoveries reveal that it's not empty and unremarkable as previously thought.

Did The Big Bang Really Happen? New discoveries lead scientists to question if the Big Bang really happened. They investigate if it was the start of many multiverses.

Experts investigate if a nearby exoplanet could be the home to an alien civilization after a new discovery confirms that life can thrive on such a world.

Did Aliens Nuke Mars? A strange discovery by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover suggests the Red Planet was home to an alien nuclear war 300 million years ago - could this be true.

For 20 years NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed Saturn's strange secrets until it vaporized in its atmosphere. Now, fresh data points to new discoveries.

NASA's Juno probe is unlocking Jupiter's secrets, answering mysteries and gathering data. Scientists and experts explain the importance of this mission.

Manned missions to Mars are the next frontier of human exploration and NASA wants to put boots on the Red Planet by 2035. But, is it mission impossible.

Rob Nelson heads to Lake Michigan to investigate an unexplained, Bermuda Triangle-like phenomenon that has caused ships to disappear for centuries.

A legendary train filled with stolen Nazi gold is said to be hidden in Poland. Rob and Stefan explore deep under the earth's surface to uncover the truth.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how carbon fibre and railcar movers are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how sawhorses and toolboxes, sorbet pops and school buses are made.

The Milky Way is dying and scientists are trying to discover what's killing it. Scientists must trace its whereabouts over the past 13.6 billion years.

Once thought to be an inevitable disaster, scientists now have the technology to prevent asteroids from hitting the Earth. How are they working to do this.

For four years, the Messenger space probe sent images of Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet, closest to the Sun. Could it threaten life on Earth.

Justin climbs on top of a stadium roof that is held up by air and in danger of collapse. Plus, Jimena Gascon discovers why Mexico City's Metro project has been derailed.

Justin uncovers the truth behind a landslide that wiped out a ski-jump resort in Turkey, before jetting off to Gibraltar to see an airport runway built across a road.

Last season, Miklos located a shipwreck tied to Christopher Columbus using Cooper's intel. Now, Miklos has 8 weeks of cash left to find another shipwreck.

After discovering a 1700s-era cannon Darrell seeks the ship's origin. A letter in Gordon's files details a 16th century wreck connected to Sir Francis Drake.

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.

The universe's stars are dying faster than new ones are born. Experts investigate the last stars of the cosmos and what a stellar apocalypse means for Earth.

26,000 lightyears away at the heart of the galaxy lies a massive black hole. How can something so far away be studied, and what could it teach scientists.

Discover how life casts, downdraft cooktops, compression hosiery and electric motorcycles are made.

Find out how items such as sidecars, frozen French toast, refrigerator compressors and superchargers are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope, with a look at how objects such as custom knee braces are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope with a look at how objects from solid state drives to eye shadow are made.

More everyday items go under the microscope, with a look at how dragster tyres, icing, floating docks and spiral pipes are made.

More everyday items are put under the microscope as we discover how motion sensors and diving helmets are made.

Adam and a demolition expert stage a series of daring experiments on one of the world's most dangerous and explosive substances: Nitroglycerin.

Adam teams up with actor Gary Oldman to build one of Hollywood's deadliest weapons: the ZF1 multi-artillery gun from sci-fi film, The Fifth Element.