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Nova

Science documentaries about various topics.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy. 21 wins & 63 nominations total

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But the solar system,
the domain of the sun, - Nova

But the solar system, the domain of the sun,

The eruptions came from a giant volcanic system in Northern Pangaea called the Siberian Traps. - Nova

The eruptions came from a giant volcanic system in Northern...

But rabbits and squirrels
are also brought to the nest. - Nova

But rabbits and squirrels are also brought to the nest.

The Kingdom of Tonga. - Nova

The Kingdom of Tonga.

As the infant Saturn sweeps
through its orbit, - Nova

As the infant Saturn sweeps through its orbit,

SHUPE:
There are quite a few
potential hazards out there. - Nova

SHUPE: There are quite a few potential hazards out there.

Poor Uranus, it's got rather
boring clouds, truth be told. - Nova

Poor Uranus, it's got rather boring clouds, truth be to...

NARRATOR:
Tropical reefs around the globe
were severely impacted - Nova

NARRATOR: Tropical reefs around the globe were severely impa...

NARRATOR: Data suggest that one of these giant asteroids is as much as 30 miles across. - Nova

NARRATOR: Data suggest that one of these giant asteroids is...

Uranus spins on its axis
once every 17 hours, - Nova

Uranus spins on its axis once every 17 hours,

Even so, Messenger still
approaches Mercury - Nova

Even so, Messenger still approaches Mercury

Just a few million years
after its birth, - Nova

Just a few million years after its birth,

The eruptions at the end of the Permian are absolutely huge. - Nova

The eruptions at the end of the Permian are absolutely huge.

Temperatures here are
the coldest - Nova

Temperatures here are the coldest

The mining is going well, but we're never complacent. - Nova

The mining is going well, but we're never complacent.

Early life forms in its path would be lost to oblivion. - Nova

Early life forms in its path would be lost to oblivion.

Local scientist Taaniela Kula is one of the first to respond. - Nova

Local scientist Taaniela Kula is one of the first to...

Until, after nearly seven years
of flawless navigation, - Nova

Until, after nearly seven years of flawless navigation,

But somehow, in its deep ocean hideaway, some early life clings on, and its odds for making it onto land have just gotten better. - Nova

But somehow, in its deep ocean hideaway, some early life...

It's this constant subduction
which keeps Vesuvius active - Nova

It's this constant subduction which keeps Vesuvius acti...

It was a huge sense of relief
and accomplishment. - Nova

It was a huge sense of relief and accomplishment.

Uranus has rings. - Nova

Uranus has rings.

Vehicle reports entry interface. - Nova

Vehicle reports entry interface.

The Voyager probes are two
almost identical spacecraft - Nova

The Voyager probes are two almost identical spacecraft

Mars has a unique set
of challenges, - Nova

Mars has a unique set of challenges,

NARRATOR: While Ally regularly treats children who have been infected, his colleague, mosquito biologist Fredros Okumu, works on malaria prevention. - Nova

NARRATOR: While Ally regularly treats children who have been...

Voyager was unlike anything
that had come before. - Nova

Voyager was unlike anything that had come before.

To get Curiosity safely
to the surface of Mars, - Nova

To get Curiosity safely to the surface of Mars,

We started taking pictures
several weeks out, - Nova

We started taking pictures several weeks out,

Across the neighborhood,
residents are evacuating. - Nova

Across the neighborhood, residents are evacuating.

Particles within the rings can
be moved inwards or outwards - Nova

Particles within the rings can be moved inwards or outwards

As the population declines, whale biologists are focusing on another critical feeding ground where things are changing, trying to figure out why more and more right whales are coming here each year. - Nova

As the population declines, whale biologists are focusing on...

Minerals and nutrients wash from the land into the seas. - Nova

Minerals and nutrients wash from the land into the seas.

You could start to see evidence - Nova

You could start to see evidence

LOWERY: So, beneath our feet is the Earth's crust. - Nova

LOWERY: So, beneath our feet is the Earth's crust.

We knew it landed safely - Nova

We knew it landed safely

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: As plate tectonics continue, over billions of years, vast swathes of rock gradually emerge across the planet. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: As plate tectonics continue, over billions of...

Just an amazing harvest
of pictures, - Nova

Just an amazing harvest of pictures,

Black holes are like waterfalls
in the fabric of the universe, - Nova

Black holes are like waterfalls in the fabric of the univers...

LOWERY: So, this is a rock called anhydrite. - Nova

LOWERY: So, this is a rock called anhydrite.

♪ ♪ Whew! - Nova

Earth's first landmasses are born. - Nova

Earth's first landmasses are born.

Nearly five billion years ago, - Nova

Nearly five billion years ago,

NARRATOR: In 2016, Chris Lowery and a team of scientists drilled through the seafloor into the impact crater. - Nova

NARRATOR: In 2016, Chris Lowery and a team of scientists...

Since the beginning, - Nova

Since the beginning,

(screams) - Nova

Let me tell you something, there's a lot of power in that. - Nova

Let me tell you something, there's a lot of power in...

It is said that fact is
sometimes stranger than fiction, - Nova

It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction,

A couple of billion years after the inception of plate tectonics......a multitude of continental-scale landmasses are strewn across the surface of the planet. - Nova

A couple of billion years after the inception of plate...

Causing the cloud
of gas and dust - Nova

Causing the cloud of gas and dust

The vast sea of stars becomes obscured. - Nova

The vast sea of stars becomes obscured.

Just a few million years
after its formation, - Nova

Just a few million years after its formation,

Farther out, - Nova

NARRATOR: Right whales are baleen whales that filter plankton, microorganisms adrift in the ocean currents. - Nova

NARRATOR: Right whales are baleen whales that filter...

A rocky world with plenty of minerals containing nutrients like potassium and phosphorus, key elements for life. - Nova

A rocky world with plenty of minerals containing nutrients...

Healthy adults consume over 1,000 pounds of plankton each day during the spring and summer. - Nova

Healthy adults consume over 1,000 pounds of plankton each...

PURCELL: The floating track slab allows that noise to be brought down even lower, that on the surface, you won't hear anything when you're watching "Hamlet." NARRATOR: It takes over 150 tons of concrete reinforced with steel bars to form each 100-foot-lon - Nova

PURCELL: The floating track slab allows that noise to be...

Marta's daughter works
the day shift as a nurse. - Nova

Marta's daughter works the day shift as a nurse.

♪ ♪ For any organism that can adapt to this new territory, incredible opportunities await. - Nova

♪ ♪ For any organism that can adapt to this new territory,...

Just a few million years
after the formation of the sun, - Nova

Just a few million years after the formation of the sun,

Their mission is to collect
vital gas samples. - Nova

Their mission is to collect vital gas samples.

The CIMAvax cancer vaccine
Marta's taking - Nova

The CIMAvax cancer vaccine Marta's taking

Saturn got a large core, - Nova

Saturn got a large core,

♪ ♪: You see what can happen. - Nova

♪ ♪: You see what can happen.

Dwelling in the shallows, within touching distance of the land......are recognizable, plant-like life. - Nova

Dwelling in the shallows, within touching distance of the...

But death is coming. - Nova

But death is coming.

Are we there, Steve? - Nova

Are we there, Steve?

These rocks, formed 252 million years ago, contain evidence of a massive die-off. - Nova

These rocks, formed 252 million years ago, contain evidence...

Over the next 100 million years, - Nova

Over the next 100 million years,

1959. - Nova

When you get to a certain size,
then you start grabbing - Nova

When you get to a certain size, then you start grabbing

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: And the planet is inhospitable for another reason-- the landscape has never seen a drop of liquid water. - Nova

♪ ♪ NARRATOR: And the planet is inhospitable for another...

NARRATOR: More evidence is found in fossils from the Grand Canyon. - Nova

NARRATOR: More evidence is found in fossils from the Grand...

The revolution establishes
a one-party Communist state - Nova

The revolution establishes a one-party Communist state

Tyler begins by scanning
the ground for bits of bone. - Nova

Tyler begins by scanning the ground for bits of bone.

Just a few hundred million years
after its birth, - Nova

Just a few hundred million years after its birth,

NARRATOR:
So, these lines represent - Nova

NARRATOR: So, these lines represent

From body-slamming seals... - Nova

From body-slamming seals...

And Voyager's strangest
discoveries are yet to come. - Nova

And Voyager's strangest discoveries are yet to come.

GIRGUIS: There's a good chance that the seas around Rodinia may have been teeming with more diverse life than ever before. - Nova

GIRGUIS: There's a good chance that the seas around...

♪ ♪ Today, over 70% of our world is covered in water. - Nova

♪ ♪ Today, over 70% of our world is covered in water.

In the summer of 1999, - Nova

In the summer of 1999,

Just a few years
after Voyager's flyby, - Nova

Just a few years after Voyager's flyby,

Mercury brushes against
another planetary embryo. - Nova

Mercury brushes against another planetary embryo.

Near the end of Ramadan, our holy month devoted to prayer, contemplation, and fasting, I have an opportunity to demonstrate how astronomy can help Islam. - Nova

Near the end of Ramadan, our holy month devoted to prayer,...

On Rodinia, geological change accelerates rapidly. - Nova

On Rodinia, geological change accelerates rapidly.

Just this glancing blow
could be enough - Nova

Just this glancing blow could be enough

KULA: We came here on the evening of the 14th of January. - Nova

KULA: We came here on the evening of the 14th of January.

{\an1}(indistinct chatter) - Nova

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Superheated magma bursts through the surface as rifting thins Earth's crust in multiple places. - Nova

Superheated magma bursts through the surface as rifting...

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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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