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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

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Written By: Terri Randall

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Jul 15, 2015
54 m

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Jul 15, 2015
54 m

S42 • Episode 11

Chasing Pluto

Air Date: Jul 15, 2015

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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

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Episode 1 • Jan 14, 2015 • 54 m

Big Bang Machine

CERN scientists prepare to restart the Large Hadron Collider, the largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It is to run it at a higher energy than before, when it detected a subatomic particle that may be the elusive Higgs boson.

Episode 2 • Jan 21, 2015 • 54 m

Sunken Ship Rescue

The effort to salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and capsized off the coast of Italy on January 13, 2012, killing 32 people, is chronicled.

Episode 3 • Jan 28, 2015 • 54 m

Sinkholes-Buried Alive

Sinkholes are examined. The collapses can be gradual or sudden; and occur when carbon dioxide in the air dissolves in rainwater and forms an acid that weakens limestone and other water-soluble rocks beneath the soil.

Episode 4 • Feb 11, 2015 • 54 m

Colosseum: Roman Death Trap

Archaeologists and engineers employ ancient Roman techniques to build an elevator and trap-door system similar to those used in the Colosseum, where wild animals emerged, as if by magic, from beneath the floor.

Episode 5 • Feb 18, 2015 • 54 m

Petra: Lost City of Stone

A look at the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, which was carved from stone and possessed an ingenious water-conduit system. Archaeologist and sculptors join forces to carve a temple-tomb to learn how the people of Petra built the city.

Episode 6 • Feb 25, 2015 • 54 m

Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Mystery

Architects and engineers investigate the secrets behind Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, which has survived on one of the world's most active seismic faults since it was built in 537 A.D.

Episode 7 • Apr 15, 2015 • 54 m

The Great Math Mystery

An exploration of mathematics, including where it comes from and why it explains the physical world; and whether it's a human invention or a hidden language of the universe.

Episode 8 • Apr 22, 2015 • 54 m

Invisible Universe Revealed

The story of the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched into orbit in 1990. It since has provided stunning images; helped astronomers determine the age of the universe; and advanced the understanding of dark energy and cosmic expansion

Episode 9 • May 6, 2015

Nazi Attack on America

The wreckage of WWII-era German submarine U-166, which sank in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942, is examined. The U-boat was part of Operation Drumbeat, a Nazi operation that targeted East Coast cities and merchant ships.

Episode 10 • May 13, 2015 • 54 m

How carbon emissions are impacting the world's oceans. Included: a coral garden in Papua New Guinea that could offer a preview of what the seas will be like in a half-century.

Episode 11 • Jul 15, 2015 • 54 m

NOVA captures New Horizons' historic flyby of Pluto, the culmination of the spacecraft's nine-year, three-billion-mile journey to reveal the first ever detailed images of this strange, icy world at the very edge of our solar system.

Episode 12 • Jul 29, 2015 • 54 m

Nuclear Meltdown Disaster

Episode 13 • Sep 16, 2015 • 1 h 54 m

Dawn of Humanity

Deep in a South African cave, an astounding discovery reveals clues to what made us human.

Episode 14 • Sep 23, 2015 • 56 m

Arctic Ghost Ship

160 years ago, the Franklin Expedition to chart the Northwest Passage vanished. NOVA is on board as a Canadian team makes a breakthrough discovery of one of Franklin's lost ships--a vital new clue to the fate of the ill-starred expedition.

Episode 15 • Oct 7, 2015 • 53 m

Secrets of Noah's Ark

A new version of the biblical flood story includes instructions for assembling an ark.

Episode 16 • Oct 14, 2015 • 54 m

Cyberwar Threat

Cyber weapons have the ability to inflict physical damage on factories, power plants and pipelines.

Episode 17 • Oct 28, 2015 • 52 m

Animal mummies from the Egyptian catacombs are examined. Also discussed, the role of animals in Egyptian beliefs.

Episode 18 • Apr 17, 2024

Making North America: Origins

The shaping of North America, including palm trees that once thrived in Alaska and an eruption that nearly tore the Midwest in two.

Episode 18 • Nov 4, 2015

Making North America: Origins

The shaping of North America, including palm trees that once thrived in Alaska and an eruption that nearly tore the Midwest in two.

Episode 19 • Apr 24, 2024 • 53 m

Making North America: Life

How life emerged in North America; and why the continent was home to many iconic dinosaurs, including the T. rex. Included: a trip to the Badlands of North Dakota and desert wilderness of southern Utah highlights dinosaur discoveries.

Episode 19 • Nov 11, 2015 • 53 m

Making North America: Life

How life emerged in North America; and why the continent was home to many iconic dinosaurs, including the T. rex. Included: a trip to the Badlands of North Dakota and desert wilderness of southern Utah highlights dinosaur discoveries.

Episode 20 • May 1, 2024 • 53 m

Making North America: Human

The influence of geology on the human occupation of North America is described.

Episode 20 • Nov 18, 2015 • 53 m

Making North America: Human

The influence of geology on the human occupation of North America is described.

Episode 21 • Nov 25, 2015 • 53 m

Inside Einstein's Mind

An examination of how Albert Einstein developed the theory of general relativity, which reshaped the understanding of gravity, space and time.

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Jay O. Sanders

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Craig Sechler

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Stacy Keach

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Eric Meyers

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Lance Lewman

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Will Lyman

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Neil Ross

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Liev Schreiber

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Peter Thomas

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Talithia Williams

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David Pogue

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Mercer Boffey

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David Ogden Stiers

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Miles O'Brien

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Gene Galusha

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Don Wescott

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David Attenborough

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Sylvester James Gates Jr.

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Andre Fenton

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