Nova

Season 38 Episode 13: Finding Life Beyond Earth: Are We Alone?

51 Seasons Feb 09, 2011 TV-PG 1h 46m 8.1

Scientists are on the verge of answering one of the greatest questions in history: Are we alone? Finding Life Beyond Earth immerses audiences in the sights and sounds of alien worlds, while top astrobiologists explain how these places are...

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Season 38 Episodes:

Episode 1 Deadliest Earthquakes

1. Deadliest Earthquakes

Aired: Oct 19, 2010

In 2010, several epic earthquakes delivered one of the worst annual death tol...

Episode 3 Making Stuff: Smaller

3. Making Stuff: Smaller

Aired: Nov 2, 2010

David Pogue hosts this examination of miniaturization. He looks at what it ta...

Episode 4 Making Stuff: Cleaner

4. Making Stuff: Cleaner

Aired: Nov 9, 2010

This program looks at cleaner ways to generate power principally in our cars ...

Episode 6 Making Stuff: Smarter

6. Making Stuff: Smarter

Aired: Nov 23, 2010

Making stuff smarter isn't about artificial intelligence. It's more about eng...

Episode 7 Crash of Flight 447

7. Crash of Flight 447

Aired: Dec 28, 2010

Forensic investigators reconstruct the final moments of the Air France disaster.

Episode 9 Japan's Killer Quake

9. Japan's Killer Quake

Aired: Jan 19, 2011

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Japan resulting in waves...

Episode 10 Power Surge

10. Power Surge

Aired: Jan 26, 2011

How small can we go? Could we one day have robots taking "fantastic voyages" ...

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary