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Nova

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 21 wins & 63 nominations total

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NARRATOR: So, in a bold plan to bring fear
back to Gorongosa, - Nova

NARRATOR: So, in a bold plan to bring fear back to Gorongosa...

If I want to make little blocksof
metal with them, no problem, - Nova

If I want to make little blocksof metal with them, no proble...

A disaster that threatens
to destroy it all strikes. - Nova

A disaster that threatens to destroy it all strikes.

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: The James Webb Space Telescope is on a mission to unlock the secrets of the cosmos. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: The James Webb Space Telescope is on a mission...

Nearest to the young sun, - Nova

Nearest to the young sun,

From the comfort
of our home world, - Nova

From the comfort of our home world,

Half a billion miles
from the sun... - Nova

Half a billion miles from the sun...

The 8-4-4 century interface... - Nova

The 8-4-4 century interface...

(dinosaur grunting) - Nova

(dinosaur grunting)

It's late winter in Iowa. - Nova

It's late winter in Iowa.

Under the most recent snowfall, - Nova

Under the most recent snowfall,

MAYO: I view them as a mystery. - Nova

MAYO: I view them as a mystery.

Geysers like this one - Nova

Geysers like this one

It is the most influential
planet of our cosmic home. - Nova

It is the most influential planet of our cosmic home.

More than 1,000 volcanoes
around the world are active. - Nova

More than 1,000 volcanoes around the world are active.

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Viewed from above, planet Earth is a riot of colors. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Viewed from above, planet Earth is a riot of...

Major funding for "NOVA"
is provided by the following: - Nova

Major funding for "NOVA" is provided by the follow...

A small planet should be
simpler, - Nova

A small planet should be simpler,

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Every fall, pregnant North Atlantic right whales leave their northern feeding grounds and swim 1,300 miles south to the warm waters off South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to give birth. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Every fall, pregnant North Atlantic right...

♪ See me when I float
like a dove ♪ - Nova

♪ See me when I float like a dove ♪

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: The vast Amazon. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: The vast Amazon.

But there is one color that is special. - Nova

But there is one color that is special.

♪ Oh, we won't ever hear the silence ♪ ♪ Or ever see the colors ♪ ♪ That never lived in our minds ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Just a moment ♪ ♪ Never too far out ♪ ♪ Never close enough ♪ - Nova

♪ Oh, we won't ever hear the silence ♪ ♪ Or ever see...

♪ ♪ TIMOTHY WINEGARD: Throughout our history, the mosquito has been the paramount killer of humanity. - Nova

♪ ♪ TIMOTHY WINEGARD: Throughout our history, the mosquito...

MAN: Okay, rolling. - Nova

MAN: Okay, rolling.

Life isn't meant to be fair. - Nova

Life isn't meant to be fair.

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Over the course of Earth's four-and-a-half-billion-year history, countless species have come and gone. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: Over the course of Earth's...

This is the story of how Earth transformed... - Nova

This is the story of how Earth transformed...

BERLIN: Have you ever thought about what's real? - Nova

BERLIN: Have you ever thought about what's real?

This world looks nothing like the Earth we know today. - Nova

This world looks nothing like the Earth we know today.

Somehow the whole world out there gets inside my head. - Nova

Somehow the whole world out there gets inside my head.

NARRATOR: How plant life rose from the oceans to dominate a rugged and desolate landscape. - Nova

NARRATOR: How plant life rose from the oceans to dominate a...

{\an1}(birds squawking) - Nova

{\an1}(birds squawking)

93 million miles from Earth, - Nova

93 million miles from Earth,

And this is the doorway of no return. - Nova

And this is the doorway of no return.

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: 253 million years ago. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: 253 million years ago.

And then I thought, well, even if I don't have a body, can I at least keep my own inner thoughts? - Nova

And then I thought, well, even if I don't have a body,...

Beyond the warm worlds
of the inner solar system... - Nova

Beyond the warm worlds of the inner solar system...

For the first few million years
after the sun's birth, - Nova

For the first few million years after the sun's birth,

Far, far away... - Nova

Far, far away...

It's easy to love dogs. - Nova

It's easy to love dogs.

♪ Oh, we won't ever hear the silence ♪ ♪ Or ever see the colors ♪ ♪ That never lived in our minds ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Just a moment ♪ ♪ Never too far out ♪ ♪ Never close enough ♪ - Nova

♪ Oh, we won't ever hear the silence ♪ ♪ Or ever see...

A planet made unique - Nova

A planet made unique

Just a vast cloud of dust
and gas... - Nova

Just a vast cloud of dust and gas...

Here, trillions of pieces of ice
have been sculpted - Nova

Here, trillions of pieces of ice have been sculpted

Then, over tens of millions
of years, - Nova

Then, over tens of millions of years,

♪ ♪ BERLIN: To find answers, I became a neuroscientist and a psychologist. - Nova

♪ ♪ BERLIN: To find answers, I became a neuroscientist and a...

Gianluca Ardini, - Nova

Gianluca Ardini,

Large, complex organisms that we have today, like plants and animals, wouldn't have existed. - Nova

Large, complex organisms that we have today, like plants and...

Both Gianluca and Davide - Nova

Both Gianluca and Davide

NARRATOR: An asteroid the size of Mount Everest is on a direct collision course with Earth. - Nova

NARRATOR: An asteroid the size of Mount Everest is on a...

Jupiter is a world
with a dark past. - Nova

Jupiter is a world with a dark past.

She works in a remote area of the Bolivian Amazon called the Llanos de Mojos. - Nova

She works in a remote area of the Bolivian Amazon called the...

To find ancestors of modern life, many scientists believe you would have to leave the surface behind... - Nova

To find ancestors of modern life, many scientists believe...

NARRATOR: The blast from the impact annihilates everything in its path. - Nova

NARRATOR: The blast from the impact annihilates everything...

Amongst the bacteria... - Nova

Amongst the bacteria...

4.6 billion years ago - Nova

4.6 billion years ago

MORRIS: The energy released when this asteroid struck was the equivalent of ten billion nuclear bombs. - Nova

MORRIS: The energy released when this asteroid struck was...

It's thought early life thrived in superheated geothermal vents. - Nova

It's thought early life thrived in superheated...

...are giant cells that tower over the living mats. - Nova

...are giant cells that tower over the living mats.

♪ ♪ These single-celled organisms would've been uniquely adapted to life in this harsh environment, and would ultimately give rise to plants and everything that will ever live on Earth. - Nova

♪ ♪ These single-celled organisms would've been...

The dogs in the study - Nova

The dogs in the study

A massive 800-foot section
of the bridge, - Nova

A massive 800-foot section of the bridge,

{\an1}I think that it's actually,
I know it sounds crazy... - Nova

{\an1}I think that it's actually, I know it sounds craz...

Okay, there's bad news. - Nova

Okay, there's bad news.

Making the most
of a rare planetary alignment. - Nova

Making the most of a rare planetary alignment.

Picture a place with no surface
on which to stand... - Nova

Picture a place with no surface on which to stand...

The next day, the team prepares
for another attempt. - Nova

The next day, the team prepares for another attempt.

27 vehicles fall
with the bridge. - Nova

27 vehicles fall with the bridge.

NARRATOR: Millions of years after the birth of the planet, there's still no atmosphere as we know it. - Nova

NARRATOR: Millions of years after the birth of the planet,...

To find out,
we have to go back, way back, - Nova

To find out, we have to go back, way back,

To fill his prescription,
George has to fly 2,000 miles... - Nova

To fill his prescription, George has to fly 2,000 miles...

Compared to Earth,
Saturn is so alien - Nova

Compared to Earth, Saturn is so alien

And we have jettisoned both
strap-on boosters. - Nova

And we have jettisoned both strap-on boosters.

Our rocky neighbors
were not always so hostile. - Nova

Our rocky neighbors were not always so hostile.

If it works, this series
of planetary boosts - Nova

If it works, this series of planetary boosts

NARRATOR: The impact formed a vast crater over 110 miles wide. - Nova

NARRATOR: The impact formed a vast crater over 110 miles...

NARRATOR: Right whales have roamed the North Atlantic for millions of years. - Nova

NARRATOR: Right whales have roamed the North Atlantic for...

The Parker Solar Probe
is traveling to a place - Nova

The Parker Solar Probe is traveling to a place

Across from Davide's car, - Nova

Across from Davide's car,

This is a region
of the solar system - Nova

This is a region of the solar system

Until now. - Nova

Today, at ground zero of the impact, the jungles burst with biodiversity. - Nova

Today, at ground zero of the impact, the jungles burst with...

Almost nine years
into its mission, - Nova

Almost nine years into its mission,

It's hard to imagine the devastation inflicted 66 million years ago. - Nova

It's hard to imagine the devastation inflicted 66...

Within hours, the local landscape is torn apart. - Nova

Within hours, the local landscape is torn apart.

And we can see echoes of this young planet still on Earth today. - Nova

And we can see echoes of this young planet still on Earth...

They are able to pluck their
prey from the water surface - Nova

They are able to pluck their prey from the water surface

(keys jingle) - Nova

Over 50 years
of Mars exploration - Nova

Over 50 years of Mars exploration

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Science documentaries about various topics.

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Director: N/A

Writer: Daniel Hart, Alan Kwan, Tacita Morway

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Genre: documentary

Year: 1974

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ImdbRating: 8.7

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Released: 03 Mar 1974

Awards: Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 21 wins & 63 nominations total

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