Breakthrough Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Mars Perseverance: The Hunt Begins

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 2

Hunting for Martian Life: The Perseverance Rover)

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 3

Planet X

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 4

Return of the Wolves

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 5

The West Is Burning

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 6

Herculaneum Scrolls: Unraveling History

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 7

Homo Naledi: Egypt's Lost City

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 8

The Earliest Americans

Sun, Jun 14, 202624 mins

Episode 12

Modern Day Killer Asteroid

Sun, Jun 14, 2026

66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, causing a dinosaur mass extinction. With over 700,000 asteroids in space, what's in store for humanity and our planet if it happens again? Could humanity survive such a catastrophe? Explore the potential threats from space and what science is doing to prepare us for the unthinkable.

Episode 15

T-Rex Timeline

Sun, Jun 14, 2026

The Tyrannosaurus Rex is known as the king of the dinosaurs, but how did its reign begin? Meet Moros Intrepidus, a 180 lb., deer-sized ancestor to the T-Rex. Learn how the latest in paleontology can now link this small dinosaur to the 19,000-pound Scotty, the largest T-Rex ever discovered.

Episode 52

Raising Dinos From The Dead

Sun, Jun 14, 2026

Could a 75 million-year-old dinosaur skull that has been sitting in a museum for over 20 years hold the first-ever dinosaur DNA discovered by humans? Follow an international team of scientists as they try to unlock the mystery of dinosaur DNA sequences.

Episode 60

Deocoding Megalodon

Sun, Jun 14, 2026

By examining countless Megalodon teeth from around the world, scientists have concluded that "meg" was able to achieve its gargantuan proportions by starting its carnivorous diet early - in the womb. Dive into the mysteries of the Megalodon, an enormous prehistoric shark that once ruled the oceans. Scientists have been comparing the Megalodon to the modern great white shark, and studying how it could have grown so large. How did the Megalodon dominate the ancient seas? How did environmental changes and the Meg's hunter-prey dynamics affect its survival?

Episode 63

First Human Link

Sun, Jun 14, 2026