NOVA

Explore scientific discoveries on television's most acclaimed science documentary series.

Episodes

  • Ultimate Space Telescope: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Ultimate Space Telescope

    S49 Ep10 |
    Discover how NASA engineers built and launched the most ambitious telescope of all time.
  • Ice Age Footprints: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Ice Age Footprints

    S49 Ep9 |
    Ancient footprints provide new evidence of humans and extinct giant beasts of the Ice Age.
  • Why Ships Crash: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Why Ships Crash

    S49 Ep8 |
    How could a single ship cause a major supply chain crisis around the globe?
  • Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day

    S49 Ep7 |
    Scientists use new fossils to reconstruct the day the dinosaurs died.
  • Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence

    S49 Ep6 |
    Striking new fossils paint a picture of life right before the asteroid impact.
  • Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's

    S49 Ep5 |
    Follow three women enrolled in a new study to try to prevent Alzheimer’s.
  • Predicting My MS: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Predicting My MS

    S49 Ep101 |
    A filmmaker with a rare type of multiple sclerosis explores the mysterious causes of MS.
  • Augmented: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Augmented

    S49 Ep4 |
    An ingenious new technology allows prosthetic legs to move and feel like the real thing.
  • Great Mammoth Mystery: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Great Mammoth Mystery

    S49 Ep3 |
    Sir David Attenborough explores a site with traces of ancient mammoths and Neanderthals.

Specials

  • SCETV Passport

    This video is only available in SCETV Passport, a member benefit that provides on-demand access to a rich library of PBS programs.

    Log in to Watch Online

    Learn More About Passport »

    Picture a Scientist (with Audio Description)

    Researchers expose longstanding discrimination against women in science.
  • Looking for Life on Mars (with Audio Description): asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Looking for Life on Mars (with Audio Description)

    NASA launches its most ambitious search yet for traces of ancient life on Mars.
  • Beyond the Elements: Life (with Audio Description): asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Beyond the Elements: Life (with Audio Description)

    Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
  • Beyond the Elements: Indestructible (with Audio Description): asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Beyond the Elements: Indestructible (with Audio Description)

    Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
  • Beyond the Elements: Reactions (with Audio Description): asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Beyond the Elements: Reactions (with Audio Description)

    Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.
  • Secrets in our DNA (with Audio Description): asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Secrets in our DNA (with Audio Description)

    What can DNA testing companies reveal about our ancestry and health, and at what risk?
  • Front Row Seat to Saturn: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Front Row Seat to Saturn

    Out near Saturn, the spacecraft Cassini has just entered its final and riskiest chapter.
  • Animal Mummies: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Animal Mummies

    How and why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their pets and other creatures?
  • Invisible Universe Revealed: asset-mezzanine-16x9
    Embedded Video Link

    Invisible Universe Revealed

    Follow the historic rescue of Hubble—the space telescope that unveiled the cosmos.

About NOVA

NOVA brings you stories from the frontlines of science and engineering, answering the big questions of today and tomorrow, from how our ancestors lived, to whether parallel universes exist, to how technology will transform our lives. Visit the official website to watch full-length documentaries, or explore our world through short-form video, on our digital publication NOVA Next.

Extras