MUMBAI: Discovery Channel said it will premiere the second season of its acclaimed series Curiosity from 17 December.

The American documentary television series that launched last year in India will air from Monday to Friday, at 8 pm.

Curiosity, according to the channel, is the biggest show of Discovery and is a brainchild of its founder-chairman John Hendricks

The series aims to answers questions and mysteries in fields like space, biology, geology, medicine, physics, technology, nature, archaeology, history, and the human mind.

Announcing the new season, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific SVP and GM South Asia Rahul Johri said, ?Discovery Channel promises to take viewers on a fascinating voyage of exploration through a new season of Curiosity. This unique and engaging series will stir the imagination of our audience, bravely asking questions and fearlessly seeking answers.?

The new season of Curiosity features many firsts in television history, starting with no less than a big bang by purposely remote control crashing a Boeing 737 airplane along with an unprecedented number of cameras, crash test dummies and science experiments on board.