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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.

Dark matter may be primordial black holes from the Big Bang. David Kaiser explains.
Follow the Artemis mission to bring humanity back to the Moon for the first time since Apollo.
Follow the Artemis mission to bring humanity back to the Moon for the first time since Apollo.
National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust and PBS viewers.
What did ancient people once know about these bizarre megafauna that we’ve since forgotten?
I tried to improve pykrete for months, then tossed it off a building.
Are there no alien signals to find... or do we need to update how we search for them?
5,700 years ago, woolly mammoths crossed a remote tundra island off Alaska.
Physicists hope Planck stars can save us from black hole singularities and paradoxes.
Why did vertebrates conquer both the land and the air before the depths of the sea?