NOVA - Season 46
Run Time: 55 mins
Air Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (133 votes)
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Pluto and Beyond
Season 46 - Episode 1
Since it explored Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASA’s most distant target yet. Join the mission team a...
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
Season 46 - Episode 2
Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance,” but today quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology from computers to cry...
Kïlauea: Hawai'i on Fire
Season 46 - Episode 3
Journey to Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, which sent rivers of lava through communities and into the sea when it erupted in 2018. A group of scie...
Decoding the Great Pyramid
Season 46 - Episode 4
New archeological evidence sheds light on the stunning engineering of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Rise of the Rockets
Season 46 - Episode 5
With new technologies, NASA and private companies are promising a new renaissance in space travel.
The Next Pompeii
Season 46 - Episode 6
In the shadow of Vesuvius and Pompeii, a lesser-known volcano puts the city of Naples at risk.
Saving the Dead Sea
Season 46 - Episode 7
Scientists, engineers and political leaders devise a plan to save the Dead Sea, whose levels have declined by more than 65 feet since 1976.
Inside the Megafire
Season 46 - Episode 8
Scientists try to determine the cause for the increasing megafire threat by exploring the physics of fire, how firestorms move and travel an...
First Horse Warriors
Season 46 - Episode 9
Canadian anthropologist Niobe Thompson travels to sites in Kazakhstan, genetics labs in Denmark and anthropology museums in Russia to unlock...
Lost Viking Army
Season 46 - Episode 10
Forensic archaeologist Cat Jarman and her team investigate the Great Heathen army, a legendary Viking fighting force that invaded England in...
Back to the Moon
Season 46 - Episode 11
On the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing, NOVA looks ahead to the hoped-for dawn of a new age in lunar exploration. Th...
The Planets: Inner Worlds
Season 46 - Episode 12
The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars all have similar origins, but only one supports life.
The Planets: Mars
Season 46 - Episode 13
The dry, red planet Mars was once a blue water world studded with active volcanoes and may have even had the ingredients to support life.
The Planets: Jupiter
Season 46 - Episode 14
Jupiter's gravitational force made it a wrecking ball as it barreled through the early solar system, but it also helped shape life on Earth ...
The Planets: Saturn
Season 46 - Episode 15
Nasa's Cassini reveals the mysteries of Saturn's rings and new hope for life on one of its moons.
The Planets: Ice Worlds
Season 46 - Episode 16
Uranus and Neptune's unexpected rings, supersonic winds and dozens of moons; an up-close view of Pluto before exploring the Kuiper belt.
Why Bridges Collapse
Season 46 - Episode 17
Join experts as they compare what happened in several deadly bridge collapses across America.
Look Who's Driving
Season 46 - Episode 18
Self-driving cars may one day be big business, but will they ever be safer than human drivers?
Rise of the Mammals
Season 46 - Episode 19
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. An amazing trove of fossils reveals how mamm...
Dead Sea Scroll Detectives
Season 46 - Episode 20
Since the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947, these fragile parchment relics have intrigued scholars, religious leaders, and profiteer...
Decoding Da Vinci
Season 46 - Episode 21
How Leonardo da Vinci used science to create his legendary artwork. Included: why Mona Lisa's smile is so captivating—and what it took to cr...
The Violence Paradox
Season 46 - Episode 22
Is violence actually declining? If so, why? And can we build a more peaceful future?
Animal Espionage
Season 46 - Episode 23
Camera technology is revolutionizing the study of animals—without them even noticing.