Season 32 poster

Season 32

(2004)

Cast

Episodes

Origins: Earth is Born poster

Origins: Earth is Born 8.0

September 28, 2004

"Origins: Earth is Born" gives viewers a spectacular glimpse of the tumultuous first billion years of Planet Earth—a ti…

Origins: How Life Began poster

Origins: How Life Began 8.0

September 28, 2004

"Origins: How Life Began," zeroes in on the mystery of exactly how it happened. Join the hunt for hardy microbes that f…

Origins: Where Are the Aliens? poster

Origins: Where Are the Aliens? 8.0

September 29, 2004

In "Origins: Where are the Aliens?," host astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explores such provocative questions as: wo…

Origins: Back to the Beginning poster

Origins: Back to the Beginning 0.0

September 29, 2004

"Origins: Back to the Beginning" explores how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible…

The Most Dangerous Woman in America poster

The Most Dangerous Woman in America 6.0

October 12, 2004

Examine the complex case of Typhoid Mary, a cook that was quaratined for life against her will in the early 1900s.

America's Stone Age Explorers poster

America's Stone Age Explorers 0.0

November 9, 2004

Who were the first Ameicans and where did they come from?

Great Escape poster

Great Escape 0.0

November 16, 2004

Archeologists excavate Stalag Luft 3, the site of the greatest WWII prisoner escape. Prisoners of the camp are also in…

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land poster

Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land 0.0

November 23, 2004

Follow an expedition to a remote cave in the Judean desert, first excavated by the famed Israeli archeologist Yigael Ya…

Welcome to Mars poster

Welcome to Mars 0.0

January 4, 2005

NOVA follows a team of scientists as the monitor the Martian rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Spirit runs into some probl…

The Boldest Hoax poster

The Boldest Hoax 0.0

January 11, 2005

For decades, a fossil skull discovered in Piltdown, England, was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans. En…

Supersonic Dream poster

Supersonic Dream 0.0

January 18, 2005

A chronicle of the turbulent birth, life and death of the Concorde, the world's first and only supersonic airliner.

The Viking Deception poster

The Viking Deception 8.0

February 8, 2005

Ever since its sensational unveiling by Yale University scholars in October 1965, the Vinland Map has been a lightning …

Saving the National Treasures poster

Saving the National Treasures 0.0

February 15, 2005

A team of experts takes on the preservation of the origianl Constitution, Declaration of Indipendance and Bill of Right…

A Daring Flight poster

A Daring Flight 0.0

February 22, 2005

In 1909, Louis Bleriot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight over the English Channel.

Wave That Shook the World poster

Wave That Shook the World 0.0

March 29, 2005

On December 26, 2004 a devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean kills more than 250,000 people. NOVA takes an in depth l…

Hitler's Sunken Secret poster

Hitler's Sunken Secret 0.0

November 8, 2005

Explores the Nazi quest for atomic weapons as it follows a mission to recover barrels of heavy water bound for Berlin f…

Newton's Dark Secrets poster

Newton's Dark Secrets 0.0

November 15, 2005

The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the ge…

Storm That Drowned a City poster

Storm That Drowned a City 0.0

December 14, 2005

An exploration of the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina details failures of levees and disaster-r…