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A conversation about the origins of the universe, life on Earth and in the cosmos, and a few of the astrophysical challenges confronting scientists today.

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NOVA scienceNOW, Commenting on antimatter and what an encounter with an antimatter alien might be like.

NOVA, Commenting on string theory and its relevance to modern physics from NOVA's The Elegant Universe.

NOVA scienceNOW producer Joe McMaster asks our series host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, why everyone should know about the Permian extinction.

As part of NOVA's Einstein's Big Idea (October 2005), ten top physicists describe Einstein's famous equation E = mc².

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  NOVA ScienceNOW

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  NOVA scienceNOW is a fast-paced science series that provides viewers with the inside track on the powerful intersection between the universe of scientific innovation and the everyday world, revealing the spirit of intellectual adventure that drives breakthrough research and the science behind the headlines.

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  400 Years of the Telescope

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  A documentary following the history of the telescope from the days of Copernicus to recent findings from the Hubble Telescope; 400 Years of the Telescope opens in 17th century Florence, Italy, with Galileo training his spyglass on the heavens and discovering that Jupiter has four moons; Venus has phases like the Moon; and most shocking of all: the Earth is not the center of the universe.

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  NOVA Origins

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  Has the universe always existed? How did it become a place that could harbor life? Are we alone, or are there alien worlds waiting to be discovered? NOVA presents some startling new answers in Origins, a groundbreaking four-part NOVA miniseries.

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  C-SPAN Book TV: Death By Black Hole

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  Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about his book Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries, published by W. W. Norton. It is a collection of essays about the cosmos. Topics included astrophysics, killer asteroids, ionizing radiation, X-rays and microwaves, and habitable zones. After his presentation he responded to audience members’ questions. Event date: February 13, 2007, length: 1 hour, 48 minutes.

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  My Favorite Universe

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  Twelve videotaped lectures inspired by twelve essays written for Natural History magazine that will take you on a spirited and intellectually engaging journey through the cosmos and all its history, from before the Big Bang to the most likely ways in which Earth, and perhaps the entire universe, might end.