Nova Movies

  • 2018
    Flying Supersonic

    Flying Supersonic

    Flying Supersonic

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    Thundering across the sky on elegant white wings, the Concorde was an instant legend. But behind the glamour of jet setting at Mach 2 were stunning...

    Flying Supersonic
  • 2009
    What Darwin Never Knew

    What Darwin Never Knew

    What Darwin Never Knew

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    Earth teems with a staggering variety of animals, including 9,000 kinds of birds, 28,000 types of fish, and more than 350,000 species of beetles....

    What Darwin Never Knew
  • 2024
    The Hunt for the Oldest DNA

    The Hunt for the Oldest DNA

    The Hunt for the Oldest DNA

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    Three million years ago, camels roamed through Greenland’s endless forests and our ancestors lived in the trees. It all came to an end with...

    The Hunt for the Oldest DNA
  • 2020
    Touching the Asteroid

    Touching the Asteroid

    Touching the Asteroid

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    Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins.

    Touching the Asteroid
  • 2018
    NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

    NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

    NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers

    5.82018HD

    Predictions underlie nearly every aspect of our lives, from sports, politics, and medical decisions to the morning commute. With the explosion of...

    NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers
  • 2003
    Magnetic Storm

    Magnetic Storm

    Magnetic Storm

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    What is weakening Earth’s invisible shield? Magnets have the power to attract and repel—sometimes on a massive scale. The Earth’s...

    Magnetic Storm
  • 2024
    When Whales Could Walk

    When Whales Could Walk

    When Whales Could Walk

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    In Egypt's Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground. This fossil graveyard, millions of...

    When Whales Could Walk
  • 2014
    Petra, the Capital of the Desert

    Petra, the Capital of the Desert

    Petra, the Capital of the Desert

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    At the dawn of the Christian era, Petra, capital of the rich kingdom of the Nabataeans, bordering the deserts of Arabia, Syria and the Negev, was...

    Petra, the Capital of the Desert
  • 2024
    A.I. Revolution

    A.I. Revolution

    A.I. Revolution

    02024HD

    Can we harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems without creating an uncontrollable...

    A.I. Revolution
  • 2022
    Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

    Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

    Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

    7.22022HD

    David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible...

    Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
  • 2004
    Mars, Dead or Alive

    Mars, Dead or Alive

    Mars, Dead or Alive

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    NOVA goes behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to offer a look at the construction and launch of two Martian exploratory rovers:...

    Mars, Dead or Alive
  • 2019
    NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

    NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

    NOVA: Decoding da Vinci

    7.52019HD

    Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up...

    NOVA: Decoding da Vinci
  • 2012
    NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

    NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

    NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword

    7.52012HD

    The Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light,...

    NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword
  • 1993
    The Real Jurassic Park

    The Real Jurassic Park

    The Real Jurassic Park

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    Could scientists recreate Hollywood's Jurassic Park using 100-million-year-old dinosaur DNA? Director Steven Spielberg, author Michael Crichton,...

    The Real Jurassic Park
  • 2024
    Easter Island Origins

    Easter Island Origins

    Easter Island Origins

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    How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter Island – carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this...

    Easter Island Origins
  • 2023
    New Eye on the Universe

    New Eye on the Universe

    New Eye on the Universe

    7.52023HD

    In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show our universe...

    New Eye on the Universe
  • 2020
    Cuba's Cancer Hope

    Cuba's Cancer Hope

    Cuba's Cancer Hope

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    When the U.S. trade embargo left Cuba isolated from medical resources, Cuban scientists were forced to get creative. Now they've developed lung...

    Cuba's Cancer Hope
  • 1997
    Cuttlefish: Kings of Camouflage

    Cuttlefish: Kings of Camouflage

    Cuttlefish: Kings of Camouflage

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    Join NOVA on a voyage beneath the waves, where you'll discover a bizarre, alien-like creature like no other. It's an animal with eight sucker-covered...

    Cuttlefish: Kings of Camouflage
  • 2008
    The Four-Winged Dinosaur

    The Four-Winged Dinosaur

    The Four-Winged Dinosaur

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    In 2002, the discovery of a beautiful and bizarre fossil astonished scientists and reignited the debate over the origin of flight. With four wings...

    The Four-Winged Dinosaur
  • 2014
    The Secrets of the Colosseum

    The Secrets of the Colosseum

    The Secrets of the Colosseum

    02014HD

    Sea battles in the morning and gladiator fights in the afternoon with wild beasts magically appearing in the arena? A subterranean archaeologist...

    The Secrets of the Colosseum