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Season 52 Episodes

Operation Space Station: Science and Survival
S52 E20 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 11/12/25

Operation Space Station: High-Risk Build
S52 E19 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 11/05/25

Superfloods
S52 E18 Length 53:28 Premiere Date 10/29/25

Ancient Desert Death Trap
S52 E17 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 10/22/25

Human: Building Empires
S52 E16 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 10/15/25

Human: Into the Americas
S52 E15 Length 53:26 Premiere Date 10/08/25

Human: Neanderthal Encounters
S52 E14 Length 53:27 Premiere Date 10/01/25

Human: Journeys
S52 E13 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 09/24/25

Human: Origins
S52 E12 Length 53:27 Premiere Date 09/17/25

Ultimate Crash Test: Impact
S52 E11 Length 53:27 Premiere Date 05/14/25

Ultimate Crash Test: Countdown
S52 E10 Length 53:29 Premiere Date 05/07/25

Critical Condition: Health in Black America
S52 E9 Length 1:36:42 Premiere Date 04/30/25

Secrets of the Forest
S52 E8 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 04/16/25

Revolutionary War Weapons
S52 E7 Length 53:25 Premiere Date 04/09/25

Baltimore Bridge Collapse
S52 E6 Length 53:32 Premiere Date 02/26/25

Pompeii's Secret Underworld
S52 E5 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 02/19/25

Egypt's Tombs of Amun
S52 E4 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 02/12/25

Dino Birds
S52 E3 Length 53:35 Premiere Date 02/05/25

Extreme Airport Engineering
S52 E2 Length 53:40 Premiere Date 01/29/25

What Are UFOs?
S52 E1 Length 53:29 Premiere Date 01/22/25

These Are the World’s Oldest Mummies
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 12/09/25

Operation Space Station: Science and Survival Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 11/12/25

The Next Big Earthquake Could Sink Parts of the Pacific Northwest
Clip Length 05:08 Premiere Date 08/04/25

How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta
Clip Length 03:13 Premiere Date 07/10/25

This Giant Telescope Will Reveal The Universe in Unbelievable Detail
Clip Length 05:59 Premiere Date 07/07/25

The Science of Scratch-Offs: What Your Brain Can’t Resist
Clip Length 06:39 Premiere Date 07/07/25

These Smart Glasses Know Who You Are, and Much More
Clip Length 04:18 Premiere Date 04/17/25

4 Ways the Universe Could End
Clip Length 05:07 Premiere Date 03/13/25

Do Aliens Exist? This Famous Equation Offers a Clue
Clip Length 05:04 Premiere Date 03/13/25

The Rocket-Less Future of Space Travel
Clip Length 05:17 Premiere Date 03/13/25

Building Blocks of Life Discovered on Distant Asteroid
Clip Length 06:03 Premiere Date 03/07/25

This Asteroid Might Make Impact With Earth in 2032
Clip Length 03:33 Premiere Date 02/20/25

Surviving an Elevator Fall
Clip Length 01:31 Premiere Date 08/23/10

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Evolution: Need to Feed - S53 E14

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Evolution: The Mating Game - S53 E16

Discover how the rise of sexual reproduction fuels diversity, pushing life to specialize and shaping everything from tiny single-celled organisms to towering ostriches.

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Evolution: On the Run - S53 E17

An evolutionary ride from early aquatic ancestors to highly optimized runners like the horse.

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NOVA Universe Revealed: Age of Stars - S48 E15

Premiered On: 10/27/2021

The Hubble Space Telescope and a heat-resistant solar probe reveal new clues about the sun's 5-billion-year history.

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NOVA Universe Revealed: Milky Way - S48 E16

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Explore the history of the Milky Way, including what shaped this spiral of stars, gas and dust and what its destiny will be.

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NOVA Universe Revealed: Alien Worlds - S48 E17

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New science and discoveries made possible by ultra-sensitive telescopes and detective work transform alien planet-hunting from science fiction into fact.

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NOVA Universe Revealed: Black Holes - S48 E18

Premiered On: 11/17/2021

A new generation of high-powered telescopes brings black holes to light. Animation reveals what happens when objects stray too close to a black hole's point of no return.

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NOVA Universe Revealed: Big Bang - S48 E19

Premiered On: 11/24/2021

Nova probes the mystery of the Big Bang with stunning animation based on space telescope images.

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Knowledge Keepers - S53 E10

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The Battle to Breathe - S53 E9

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