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PBS Space Time explores the outer reaches of space, the craziness of astrophysics, the possibilities of sci-fi, and anything else you can think of beyond Planet Earth. Host Matt O'Dowd breaks down both the basic and incredibly complex sides of space and time.

Gigantic black holes existed in a cosmic eyeblink after the Big Bang. That should be impossible.
LIGO may have found an impossible black hole, hinting at primordial relics from the Big Bang.
A decade later, a leading theory may finally explain Tabby’s Star, the galaxy’s weirdest star.
What about the Great Dying caused a global age of mutant plants?
During the Permian Period many tetrapods, or four-limbed vertebrates, took to life in the trees.
Around 300 million years ago sails were all the rage, but we're still not sure what they were for.
For millions of years after the Great Dying microbes ruled the Earth.
Bob Ross paints a golden field of sparse pines and other greenery.
Bob Ross shows us how to create crimson-y magic in today's riverside landscape.