Naked Science

Magnificent and awe-inspiring mysterious, the Rockies are one of the longest mountain ranges in the world. Naked Science investigates the geological processes that build these massive mountains.

Scientists explore Pluto from its discovery in 1930 to the New Horizons spacecraft mission due to arrive in 2015.

We breathe it every day, it protects us from solar radiation, controls our weather – it's the atmosphere. Naked Science takes a trip from earth to near space to understand how the earth's atmosphere affects all life on the planet.

There's a theory that scientists once dismissed, that long ago the Earth became so cold every inch of it was entombed in ice. The whole planet became one vast snowball lasting for ten million years. Naked Science probes this controversial theory.

Mars our closest neighbour now a lifeless planet – but it may once have had water and therefore life. Naked Science investigates the red planet to learn how it was formed, how it became barren and ask whether it ever will be possible to colonize it?

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. Storms on this gas giant can cover an area bigger than the United States. Naked science investigates this planet using the latest footage from the Cassini mission.