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• Dr. Tyson: How's the Universe Today?
• The Cosmic Office
• Manhattanhenge
• Journey Through the Center of the Earth
• Don't Ask the Expert: Hollywood Aliens

Season 4

• July 28, 2009

  Moon Smasher · Secrets in the Salt · Bird Brains · Profile: Lonnie Thompson

• July 21, 2009

  The Science of Picky Eaters · Smart Sea Lions and Talking Walruses · Profile: Sangeeta Bhatia · Capturing Carbon

• July 14, 2009

  Marathon Mouse · Dinosaur Plague · Profile: Franklin Chang-Diaz · Space Storms

• July 7, 2009

  Hunt for Alien Earths · Art Authentication · Profile: Maydianne Andrade · Autism Genes

• June 30, 2009

  Diamond Factory · Anthrax Investigation · Auto-Tune · Profile: Luis von Ahn

Season 3

• July 30, 2008

  Phoenix Mars Lander · Brain Trauma · Mammoth Mystery · Profile: Judah Folkman

• July 23, 2008

  Leeches · The Search for ET · Stem Cells Breakthrough · Profile: Edith Widder

• July 16, 2008

  Bird Brains · Space Storms · Profile: Yoky Matsuoka · Smart Bridges

• July 9, 2008

  Saving Hubble · First Primates · Profile: Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa · Killer Microbe

• July 2, 2008

  Personal DNA Testing · Art Authentication · Capturing Carbon · Profile: Pardis Sabeti

• June 25, 2008

  Dark Matter · Of Mice and Memory · Profile: Hany Farid · Wisdom of the Crowds

Season 2

• July 24, 2007

  T. Rex Blood? · Epigenetics · Kryptos · Profile: Arlie Petters

• July 10, 2007

  Sleep · CERN · Emergence · Profile: Julie Schablitsky

• January 9, 2007

  Aging · Space Elevator · Maya · Profile: Bonnie Bassler

• November 21, 2006

  Mass Extinction · 1918 Flu · Profile: Cynthis Breazeal · Papyrus

• October 3, 2006

  Asteroid · Island of Stability · Obesity · Pofile: Karl Iagnemma

Phoenix Mars Lander

NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life.

Aired: July 30, 2008 (11:33)

The Search for ET

Astronomers have their radio telescopes tuned to receive signals from alien worlds. But is anybody out there?

Aired: July 23, 2008 (11:18)

Space Storms

Behind the dazzling display of the aurora borealis are space storms that could turn the lights off here on Earth.

Aired: July 16, 2008 (9:51)

Saving Hubble

Two teams of spacewalkers take on the risky mission of reviving the ailing Space Telescope.

Aired: July 9, 2008 (13:00)

Dark Matter

Turns out most of the universe is held together by a mysterious, invisible substance.

Aired: June 25, 2008 (13:50)

CERN

Beneath the Alps, the mother of all particle accelerators nears completion.

Aired: July 10, 2007 (12:25)

Space Elevator

Can we build a 22,000-mile-high cable to transport cargo and people into space?

Aired: January 9, 2007 (11:43)

Mass Extinction

What caused the mother of all extinctions 250 million years ago?

Aired: November 21, 2006 (13:16)

Asteroid

Will a doomsday rock the size of the Rose Bowl hit Earth in 2036?

Aired: October 3, 2006 (12:00)

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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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  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.

NOVA ScienceNOW presents multiple stories in a magazine format. Each hour-long episode features Tyson's Cosmic Perspective and four fast-paced, timely science and technology stories, including a profile piece on an intriguing personality in the field.