Seasons and episodes
28Season 28 Oct. 24, 2000
28 - 17Harvest of Fear Apr. 24, 2001
30Season 30 Sep. 03, 2002
- 30 - 12Mountain of Ice Feb. 11, 2003
- 30 - 13Lost Treasures of Tibet Feb. 18, 2003
- 30 - 14Dirty Bomb Feb. 25, 2003
31Season 31 Sep. 30, 2003
- 31 - 11Dogs and More Dogs Feb. 03, 2004
- 31 - 12Descent Into the Ice Feb. 10, 2004
- 31 - 13Crash of Flight 111 Feb. 17, 2004
- 31 - 14Life and Death in the War Zone Mar. 02, 2004
32Season 32 Sep. 28, 2004
- 32 - 10The Boldest Hoax Jan. 11, 2005
33Season 33 Sep. 20, 2005
- 33 - 12The Ghost Particle Feb. 21, 2006
- 33 - 16Dimming the Sun Apr. 18, 2006
34Season 34 Sep. 05, 2006
- 34 - 1Building on Ground Zero Sep. 05, 2006
- 34 - 3The Deadliest Plane Crash Oct. 17, 2006
36Season 36 Oct. 07, 2008
- 36 - 1Arctic Dinosaurs Oct. 07, 2008
38Season 38 Oct. 19, 2010
- 38 - 7Secrets Beneath the Ice Dec. 28, 2010
- 38 - 8Deadliest Earthquakes Jan. 11, 2011
- 38 - 13Smartest Machine on Earth Feb. 09, 2011
- 38 - 15Venom: Nature's Killer Feb. 23, 2011
- 38 - 16Japan's Killer Quake Mar. 30, 2011
- 38 - 18How Smart Are Animals? Feb. 09, 2011
39Season 39 Sep. 07, 2011
- 39 - 5The Fabric of the Cosmos: What is Space? Nov. 02, 2011
- 39 - 6The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time Nov. 09, 2011
- 39 - 7The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap Nov. 16, 2011
- 39 - 8The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse? Nov. 23, 2011
- 39 - 9Deadliest Volcanoes Jan. 04, 2012
- 39 - 12Mystery of a Masterpiece Jan. 25, 2012
- 39 - 17Deadliest Tornadoes Apr. 11, 2012
- 39 - 19Secrets of the Sun Apr. 25, 2012
40Season 40 Oct. 10, 2012
- 40 - 3Mystery of Easter Island Nov. 07, 2012
- 40 - 6Doomsday Volcanoes Jan. 02, 2013
- 40 - 16Australia's First 4 Billion Years: Life Explodes Apr. 17, 2013
41Season 41 Sep. 11, 2013
- 41 - 6Making Stuff Safer Nov. 06, 2013
- 41 - 14Roman Catacomb Mystery Feb. 05, 2014
- 41 - 19Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest? Apr. 23, 2014
42Season 42 Sep. 10, 2014
- 42 - 1Vaccines Calling the Shots Sep. 10, 2014
- 42 - 2Rise of the Hackers Sep. 24, 2014
- 42 - 4Surviving Ebola Oct. 08, 2014
- 42 - 6First Air War Oct. 29, 2014
- 42 - 12Sunken Ship Rescue Jan. 21, 2015
- 42 - 15Petra: Lost City of Stone Feb. 18, 2015
- 42 - 17The Great Math Mystery Apr. 15, 2015
- 42 - 20Lethal Seas May. 13, 2015
- 42 - 21Chasing Pluto Jul. 15, 2015
- 42 - 22Nuclear Meltdown Disaster Jul. 29, 2015
43Season 43 Sep. 16, 2015
- 43 - 1Dawn of Humanity Sep. 16, 2015
- 43 - 2Arctic Ghost Ship Sep. 23, 2015
- 43 - 3Secrets of Noah's Ark Oct. 07, 2015
- 43 - 4Cyberwar Threat Oct. 14, 2015
- 43 - 5Animal Mummies Oct. 28, 2015
- 43 - 6Making North America: Origins Nov. 04, 2015
- 43 - 7Making North America: Life Nov. 11, 2015
- 43 - 8Making North America: Human Nov. 18, 2015
- 43 - 9Inside Einstein's Mind Nov. 25, 2015
- 43 - 10Secret Tunnel Warfare Jan. 06, 2016
- 43 - 11Life's Rocky Start Jan. 13, 2016
- 43 - 12Mystery Beneath the Ice Jan. 20, 2016
- 43 - 13Himalayan Megaquake Jan. 27, 2016
- 43 - 14Creatures of Light Feb. 03, 2016
- 43 - 15Memory Hackers Feb. 10, 2016
- 43 - 16Iceman Reborn Feb. 17, 2016
- 43 - 17Rise of the Robots Feb. 24, 2016
- 43 - 18Vikings Unearthed Apr. 06, 2016
- 43 - 19Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? Apr. 13, 2016
- 43 - 20Wild Ways Apr. 20, 2016
- 43 - 21Operation Lighthouse Rescue May. 04, 2016
- 43 - 22Bombing Hitler's Supergun May. 11, 2016
44Season 44 Sep. 07, 2016
- 44 - 115 Years of Terror Sep. 07, 2016
- 44 - 2School of the Future Sep. 14, 2016
- 44 - 3Great Human Odyssey Oct. 05, 2016
- 44 - 4Super Tunnel Oct. 12, 2016
- 44 - 5Treasures of the Earth: Gems Nov. 02, 2016
- 44 - 6Treasures of the Earth: Metals Nov. 09, 2016
- 44 - 7Treasures of the Earth: Power Nov. 16, 2016
- 44 - 8Secrets of the Sky Tombs Jan. 04, 2017
- 44 - 9The Nuclear Option Jan. 11, 2017
- 44 - 10Search for the Super Battery Feb. 01, 2017
- 44 - 11Ultimate Cruise Ship Feb. 08, 2017
- 44 - 12The Origami Revolution Feb. 15, 2017
- 44 - 13Why Trains Crash Feb. 22, 2017
- 44 - 14Holocaust Escape Tunnel Apr. 19, 2017
- 44 - 15Building Chernobyl's Megatomb Apr. 26, 2017
- 44 - 16Chinese Chariot Revealed May. 17, 2017
- 44 - 17Poisoned Water May. 31, 2017
- 44 - 19Ghosts of Stonehenge Aug. 31, 2017
- 44 - 20Death Dive to Saturn Sep. 13, 2017
- 44 - 21Secrets of the Shining Knight Oct. 04, 2017
- 44 - 22Secrets of the Forbidden City Oct. 18, 2017
- 44 - 23Killer Volcanoes Oct. 25, 2017
- 44 - 24Killer Hurricanes Nov. 01, 2017
- 44 - 25Killer Floods Nov. 08, 2017
- 44 - 26Extreme Animal Weapons Nov. 22, 2017
- 44 - 27Bird Brain Dec. 20, 2017
- 44 - 28Day the Dinosaurs Died Dec. 27, 2017
45Season 45 Jan. 10, 2018
- 45 - 1Black Hole Apocalypse Jan. 10, 2018
- 45 - 2The Impossible Flight Jan. 31, 2018
- 45 - 3First Face of America Feb. 07, 2018
- 45 - 4Great Escape at Dunkirk Feb. 14, 2018
- 45 - 5Prediction by the Numbers Feb. 28, 2018
- 45 - 6Decoding the Weather Machine Apr. 18, 2018
- 45 - 7Rise of the Superstorms Jun. 27, 2018
- 45 - 8Transplanting Hope Sep. 26, 2018
- 45 - 9Operation Bridge Rescue Oct. 03, 2018
- 45 - 10Volatile Earth: Volcano on Fire Oct. 10, 2018
- 45 - 11Volatile Earth: Volcano on the Brink Oct. 10, 2018
- 45 - 12Addiction Oct. 17, 2018
- 45 - 13Flying Supersonic Oct. 24, 2018
- 45 - 14Last B-24 Nov. 07, 2018
- 45 - 15Thai Cave Rescue Nov. 14, 2018
- 45 - 16World's Fastest Animal Nov. 21, 2018
- 45 - 17Apollo's Daring Mission Dec. 26, 2018
46Season 46 Jan. 02, 2019
- 46 - 1Pluto and Beyond Jan. 02, 2019
- 46 - 2Einstein's Quantum Riddle Jan. 09, 2019
- 46 - 3Kïlauea: Hawai'i on Fire Jan. 23, 2019
- 46 - 4Decoding the Great Pyramid Feb. 06, 2019
- 46 - 5Rise of the Rockets Feb. 13, 2019
- 46 - 6The Next Pompeii Feb. 20, 2019
- 46 - 7Saving the Dead Sea Apr. 24, 2019
- 46 - 8Inside the Megafire May. 08, 2019
- 46 - 9First Horse Warriors May. 15, 2019
- 46 - 10Lost Viking Army May. 22, 2019
- 46 - 11Back to the Moon Jul. 10, 2019
- 46 - 12The Planets: Inner Worlds Jul. 24, 2019
- 46 - 13The Planets: Mars Jul. 24, 2019
- 46 - 14The Planets: Jupiter Jul. 31, 2019
- 46 - 15The Planets: Saturn Aug. 07, 2019
- 46 - 16The Planets: Ice Worlds Aug. 14, 2019
- 46 - 17Why Bridges Collapse Oct. 16, 2019
- 46 - 18Look Who's Driving Oct. 23, 2019
- 46 - 19Rise of the Mammals Oct. 30, 2019
- 46 - 20Dead Sea Scroll Detectives Nov. 06, 2019
- 46 - 21Decoding Da Vinci Nov. 13, 2019
- 46 - 22The Violence Paradox Nov. 20, 2019
- 46 - 23Animal Espionage Nov. 27, 2019
47Season 47 Feb. 05, 2020
- 47 - 1Polar Extremes Feb. 05, 2020
- 47 - 2Dog Tales Feb. 12, 2020
- 47 - 3Cat Tales Feb. 19, 2020
- 47 - 4Mysteries of Sleep Feb. 26, 2020
- 47 - 5Cuba's Cancer Hope Apr. 01, 2020
- 47 - 6The Truth About Fat Apr. 08, 2020
- 47 - 7Decoding COVID-19 May. 13, 2020
- 47 - 8Eagle Power May. 20, 2020
- 47 - 9Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check Sep. 09, 2020
- 47 - 10Secret Mind of Slime Sep. 16, 2020
- 47 - 11A to Z: The First Alphabet Sep. 23, 2020
- 47 - 12A to Z: How Writing Changed the World Sep. 30, 2020
- 47 - 13Nature's Fear Factor Oct. 14, 2020
- 47 - 14Touching the Asteroid Oct. 21, 2020
- 47 - 15Can We Cool the Planet? Oct. 28, 2020
- 47 - 16Saving Notre Dame Nov. 25, 2020
- 47 - 17Secrets in Our DNA Jan. 14, 2021
48Season 48 Jan. 13, 2021
- 48 - 1Secrets in Our DNA Jan. 14, 2021
- 48 - 2Beyond the Elements: Reactions Feb. 03, 2021
- 48 - 3Beyond the Elements: Indestructible Feb. 10, 2021
- 48 - 4Beyond the Elements: Life Feb. 17, 2021
- 48 - 5Looking for Life on Mars Feb. 24, 2021
- 48 - 6Picture a Scientist/ Search Engine Breakdown Apr. 14, 2021
- 48 - 7Reef Rescue Apr. 21, 2021
- 48 - 8Fighting for Fertility May. 12, 2021
- 48 - 9Hindenburg: The New Evidence May. 19, 2021
- 48 - 10Great Electric Airplane Race May. 26, 2021
- 48 - 11Ship That Changed the World Jun. 02, 2021
- 48 - 12Bat Superpowers Sep. 15, 2021
- 48 - 13The Cannabis Question Sep. 29, 2021
- 48 - 14Particles Unknown Oct. 06, 2021
- 48 - 15Arctic Drift Oct. 13, 2021
- 48 - 16Edible Insects Oct. 20, 2021
- 48 - 17NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars Oct. 27, 2021
- 48 - 18NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way Nov. 03, 2021
- 48 - 19NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds Nov. 10, 2021
- 48 - 20NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes Nov. 17, 2021
- 48 - 21NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang Nov. 24, 2021
- 48 - 22High-Risk High-Rise Jan. 05, 2022
- 48 - 23Butterfly Blueprints Jan. 12, 2022
- 48 - 24Alaskan Dinosaurs Jan. 19, 2022
- 48 - 25Ancient Maya Metropolis Jan. 26, 2022
49Season 49 Feb. 01, 2022
- 49 - 1Arctic Sinkholes Feb. 02, 2022
- 49 - 2Secrets in the Scat Feb. 09, 2022
- 49 - 3Great Mammoth Mystery Feb. 16, 2022
- 49 - 4Augmented Feb. 23, 2022
- 49 - 5Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's Apr. 06, 2022
- 49 - 6Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence May. 11, 2022
- 49 - 7Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day May. 11, 2022
- 49 - 8Why Ships Crash May. 18, 2022
- 49 - 9Ice Age Footprints May. 25, 2022
- 49 - 10Ultimate Space Telescope Jul. 13, 2022
- 49 - 11Saving Venice Sep. 28, 2022
- 49 - 12Ending HIV in America Oct. 05, 2022
- 49 - 13Computers v. Crime Oct. 12, 2022
- 49 - 14Can Psychedelics Cure? Oct. 19, 2022
- 49 - 15Ocean Invaders Oct. 26, 2022
- 49 - 16Nazca Desert Mystery Nov. 02, 2022
- 49 - 17Crypto Decoded Nov. 09, 2022
- 49 - 18Zero to Infinity Nov. 16, 2022
- 49 - 19Rebuilding Notre Dame Dec. 14, 2022
- 49 - 20Predicting My MS Feb. 23, 2022
50Season 50 Feb. 01, 2023
- 50 - 1London Super Tunnel Feb. 01, 2023
- 50 - 2Star Chasers of Senegal Feb. 08, 2023
- 50 - 3Ancient Builders of the Amazon Feb. 15, 2023
- 50 - 4New Eye on the Universe Feb. 22, 2023
- 50 - 5Weathering the Future Apr. 12, 2023
- 50 - 6Chasing Carbon Zero Apr. 26, 2023
- 50 - 7Saving the Right Whale May. 03, 2023
- 50 - 8Hidden Volcano Abyss May. 10, 2023
- 50 - 9Your Brain: Perception Deception (1) May. 17, 2023
- 50 - 10Your Brain: Who's in Control? (2) May. 24, 2023
- 50 - 11Ancient Earth: Birth of the Sky Oct. 04, 2023
- 50 - 12Ancient Earth: Frozen Oct. 11, 2023
- 50 - 13Ancient Earth: Life Rising Oct. 18, 2023
- 50 - 14Ancient Earth: Inferno Oct. 25, 2023
- 50 - 15Ancient Earth: Humans Nov. 01, 2023
- 50 - 16Inside China's Tech Boom Nov. 08, 2023
- 50 - 17The Battle to Beat Malaria Nov. 15, 2023
- 50 - 18Lee and Liza's Family Tree Nov. 22, 2023
51Season 51 Jan. 31, 2024
- 51 - 1When Whales Could Walk Jan. 31, 2024
- 51 - 2Easter Island Origins Feb. 07, 2024
- 51 - 3Building the Eiffel Tower Feb. 14, 2024
- 51 - 4Hunt for the Oldest DNA Feb. 21, 2024
- 51 - 5A.I. Revolution Mar. 27, 2024
- 51 - 6Great American Eclipse Apr. 03, 2024
- 51 - 7Secrets in Your Data May. 15, 2024
- 51 - 8Decoding the Universe: Cosmos May. 22, 2024
- 51 - 9Solar System: Storm Worlds Oct. 02, 2024
- 51 - 10Solar System: Strange Worlds Oct. 09, 2024
- 51 - 11Solar System: Volcano Worlds Oct. 16, 2024
- 51 - 12Solar System: Icy Worlds Oct. 23, 2024
- 51 - 13Solar System: Wandering Worlds Oct. 30, 2024
- 51 - 14Decoding the Universe: Quantum Nov. 06, 2024
- 51 - 15Building Stuff: Boost It! Nov. 13, 2024
- 51 - 16Building Stuff: Reach It! Nov. 20, 2024
- 51 - 17Building Stuff: Change It! Nov. 27, 2024
- 51 - 18Lost Tombs of Notre Dame Dec. 18, 2024
- 51 - 19Building Stuff Reach It Jan. 01, 1970
- 51 - 20Sea Change: Peril in the Gulf of Maine Jul. 31, 2024
- 51 - 21Sea Change: Survival in the Gulf of Maine Aug. 07, 2024
52Season 52 Jan. 22, 2025
- 52 - 1What Are UFOs? Jan. 22, 2025
- 52 - 2Extreme Airport Engineering Jan. 29, 2025
- 52 - 3Dino Birds Feb. 05, 2025
- 52 - 4Egypt's Tombs of Amun Feb. 12, 2025
- 52 - 5Pompeii's Secret Underworld Feb. 19, 2025
- 52 - 6Baltimore Bridge Collapse Feb. 26, 2025
- 52 - 7Revolutionary War Weapons Apr. 09, 2025
- 52 - 8Secrets of the Forest Apr. 16, 2025
- 52 - 9Critical Condition: Health In Black America Apr. 30, 2025
- 52 - 10Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown May. 07, 2025
- 52 - 11Ultimate Crash Test: Impact May. 14, 2025
Synopsis
PBS’ premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
Original title NOVA
TMDb Rating 8.7
First air date Mar. 03, 1974
Last air date Apr. 16, 2025
Average Duration 55 minutes
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