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Earth's gravity draws themdownwards... but the journey is short-lived. The planet is still...

Nova • S50E11 • 1974
Earth's gravity draws themdownwards... but the journey is short-lived. The planet is still hot. So any dropsnearing the ground......simply evaporate. ♪ ♪ But over time, that heat is radiating outinto space

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Earth's gravity draws them downwards
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but the journey is short lived
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The planet is still hot
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sizzling
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So any drops nearing the ground
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hissing
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simply evaporate
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wind whipping
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But over time
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that heat is radiating out into space
Duration
42 seconds
Views
290
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:30
Uploaded
Feb 03, 2026
Season
50
Episode
11
Genres
documentary

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Science documentaries about various topics.
S46 • E13 Under the waves, - Nova 00:08
Under the waves,
S50 • E13 So, how did plants come to thrive on land? - Nova 00:13
So, how did plants come to thrive on land?
S46 • E06 Called Plinian eruptions, - Nova 00:07
Called Plinian eruptions,
S46 • E13 While on land - Nova 00:13
While on land
S50 • E16 NIU: LONG: - Nova 00:11
NIU: LONG:
S50 • E13 Though this may look like an ordinary field, it contains one of the world's most important geological sites, and the secret to what helped plants survive on land. - Nova 00:26
Though this may look like an ordinary field, it contains one...
S46 • E13 But our planet hasn't always been so hospitable. - Nova 00:06
But our planet hasn't always been so hospitable.
S46 • E12 And Messenger adds yet another crater to this tiny world, - Nova 00:25
And Messenger adds yet another crater to this tiny world,
S46 • E23 But no sign of the giant armadillo. - Nova 00:12
But no sign of the giant armadillo.
S46 • E16 Now finally we've reached the realm of Neptune, - Nova 00:19
Now finally we've reached the realm of Neptune,
S50 • E11 Earth is cooling down. - Nova 00:11
Earth is cooling down.
S50 • E07 ♪ ♪ Yeah. - Nova 00:12
♪ ♪ Yeah.
S50 • E11 ♪ ♪ A deluge of rain begins to pour down on the surface. - Nova 00:29
♪ ♪ A deluge of rain begins to pour down on the surface.
S50 • E07 NARRATOR: The necropsy concluded Punctuation was likely killed by a vessel strike. - Nova 00:39
NARRATOR: The necropsy concluded Punctuation was likely...
S46 • E16 In 1989, after 12 long years, - Nova 00:16
In 1989, after 12 long years,
S50 • E11 Huge storms sweep through the atmosphere. - Nova 00:36
Huge storms sweep through the atmosphere.
S47 • E02 The experimenters have discovered - Nova 00:08
The experimenters have discovered
S48 • E06 (birds chirping) - Nova 00:06
(birds chirping)
S47 • E08 In Iowa... - Nova 00:27
In Iowa...
S50 • E02 KAIRE: It's just wonderful, because we was not expecting to, to get it, because the crescent was very, very thin, and fortunately, we have the opportunity to see it, and maybe we'll have also other information from the country. - Nova 00:47
KAIRE: It's just wonderful, because we was not...