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Astrophysicists show how black holes might hold answers to how the universe evolved, leading to life on Earth and, ultimately, the human race.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Janna Levin

David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Attenborough

Archaeologists believe that a massive grave in a vicarage garden in Derbyshire may be the last resting place of a vast army of thousands of warriors...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Toby Jones

Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jay O. Sanders

Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jay O. Sanders

' Red string tied, wrapped in the creel, please turn kicks tale n'archinisei 'used to say older before they start their tales. But Knit Red Thread...

Genre: War

Cast: Thanos Samaras

Predictions underlie nearly every aspect of our lives, from sports, politics, and medical decisions to the morning commute. With the explosion of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jay O. Sanders

Earth teems with a staggering variety of animals, including 9,000 kinds of birds, 28,000 types of fish, and more than 350,000 species of beetles....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Karl Steudel

The events and coincidences that led to rapid advances in human intelligence 50,000 years ago.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Liam Neeson

Thundering across the sky on elegant white wings, the Concorde was an instant legend. But behind the glamour of jet setting at Mach 2 were stunning...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Damien Boisseau

NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a rocky, ancient river delta. The rover will stow...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Craig Sechler

For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by catastrophic...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alkibiadis Bakogianis

An Italian company attempts to build the world's most luxurious cruise ship, but must navigate an ocean of financial and safety concerns to do so.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Eric Meyers

Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is the oldest human mummy on Earth. Now, newly discovered evidence sheds light not only on this...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jay O. Sanders

Spacecraft OSIRIS-REx attempts to grab a piece of an asteroid to bring back to Earth so scientists can study it to learn about the planet's origins.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Craig Sechler

Since it explored Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASA's most distant target yet. Join the mission team as the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Craig Sechler

Could scientists recreate Hollywood's Jurassic Park using 100-million-year-old dinosaur DNA? Director Steven Spielberg, author Michael Crichton,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jeff Goldblum

NOVA goes behind the scenes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to offer a look at the construction and launch of two Martian exploratory rovers:...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Neil Ross

Twenty-three bizarre looking vehicles line up at the starting gate of the DARPA Grand Challenge with one thing in common: there's nobody behind the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: John Lithgow

Genre: Documentary

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