SyFy's 'The Expanse' in Awesome Pictures

'The Expanse' on Syfy

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A ship's crew finds itself in the middle of an interplanetary mystery in Syfy's new show, "The Expanse," based on the book series by James S. A. Corey. See more images from the show here.

Life in the Asteroid Belt

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Thomas Jane as Detective Josephus Miller in Syfy's "The Expanse." When Miller takes a job to search for a wealthy family's missing daughter, he stumbles onto something much bigger.

'Belters' vs. 'Earthers'

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"Belters," or people who are born, live and work in the asteroid belt, occupy a lower social class than the "Earthers" who need water and other raw materials from the belt. When the story begins, political unrest brews in a colony on the asteroid Ceres.

Interplanetary Politics

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(L-R) Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala, a top official at the United Nations, which runs Earth. Kenneth Welsh as Degraaf, the ambassador to the militaristic Mars.

A Mysterious Disappearance

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Florence Faivre as Juliette Andromeda Mao, whose disappearance under mysterious circumstances may have something to do with the unnamed threat that has appeared in the solar system.

An Unwilling Leader

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Steven Strait as Earther James Holden in Syfy's "The Expanse."

The Crew

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(L-R) Dominique Tipper as Naomi Nagata, Wes Chatham as Amos Burton, Cas Anvar as Alex Kamal, Paulo Constanzo as Shed Garvey, and Steven Strait as Earther James Holden in Syfy's "The Expanse."

Steering the Ship

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Spaceships are a frequent setting in Syfy's "The Expanse." Cas Anvar as Alex Kamal in Syfy's "The Expanse."

Tensions Run High

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(L-R) Jay Hernandez plays Miller's partner, Dimitri Havelock. The two must manage the political unrest that threatens the peace of the colony on Ceres.

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Chrisjen Avasarala i

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Avasarala works to keep the peace, on Earth and in the solar system, in Syfy's "The Expanse."

'The Expanse'

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A promotional image shows a scene from "The Expanse" TV show.

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