Astronomy
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New tools let scientists better grasp our star's potentially destructive solar storms. Continue
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Learn about solar storms and do your own research using images from NASA telescopes. Continue
POV
Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light is a remarkable meditation on memory, history and eternity. Chile’s remote Atacama Desert, 10,000 feet above sea level, provides stunningly clear views of the heavens for astronomers. But it also holds secrets from the past: human remains, from pre-Columbian mummies to the bones of political prisoners "disappeared" during the Pinochet dictatorship. Continue
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NOVA Labs: What would happen if a solar storm overwhelmed Earth's natural defenses? Continue
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NOVA Labs: What are the processes that produce the Sun's light and heat? Continue
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NOVA Labs: Bursts of plasma released by the Sun create "space weather" around our planet. Continue
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With new tools, scientists are striving to better grasp our star and its potentially widely destructive solar storms. Continue
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What is it about cold, distant Pluto that captures so many hearts? Join Neil deGrasse Tyson on his quest to find out. Continue
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NOVA Labs: Learn how to use the Helioviewer, a tool at the heart of NOVA's Sun Lab. Continue
POV
Is darkness becoming extinct? When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves from rural Maine to New York City and discovers streets awash in light and skies devoid of stars, he embarks on a journey to America’s brightest and darkest corners, asking astronomers, cancer researchers and ecologists what is lost in the glare of city lights. Continue
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NOVA Labs: New solar telescopes are allowing us to see the Sun like never before. Continue
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NOVA Labs: Most of what we know about solar science comes from reading the Sun's light. Continue
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Journey back to the beginning of everything: the universe, Earth, and life itself. Continue
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his dramatic and expansive film re-imagines the universe story and reframes the human connection to the cosmos. Created by a renowned team of scientists, scholars and award-winning filmmakers, it was filmed on the Greek island of Samos, the birthplace of Pythagoras. The host is evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme, whose stories awaken us to the beauty and complexity of our planet. Continue
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