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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.

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.
Archaeologists investigate the dramatic origins of democracy in ancient Greece 2,500 years ago.
National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies and Viking Cruises. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust and PBS viewers.
Earth's core: solid or liquid? Yes — we know more about distant galaxies than our own interior.
Only twice in Earth's history have supermountains risen, and both times reshaped life forever.
Gödel found a time-travel solution in General Relativity, revealing spacetime can loop on itself.
Tracing the violence, protests and arrests stemming from federal immigration sweeps across the U.S.
Was the T-Rex given the wrong name?
Tardigrades can survive almost anything—even most of Mars. But one Martian chemical stops even them.