Planet Nine’s existence is not the first time astronomers have predicted a planet they couldn’t see. Clyde Tombaugh was looking for Planet X when he accidentally found Pluto. After Voyager 2 flew by Neptune in 1989, new calculations determined there was no Planet X. But three years ago, a disturbance […]
Two astronomers argue that the farthest objects in the Kuiper Belt are being pushed and pulled by the gravity of Planet Nine, a giant planet orbiting over 10 times farther from the Sun than Neptune. If they find it, it’ll be the first real expansion of the Sun’s planetary album […]
Follow two astronomers, Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin, as they’re on the hunt for Planet Nine — a hypothesized ninth planet at the edge of our solar system. PRODUCTION CREDITS Produced and Directed by: Caitlin Saks and Terri Randall Camera: Dave Arabia Digital Producer: Ana Aceves MEDIA CREDITS Additional Footage: […]
“I know it sounds weird, but I felt an almost father-child relationship with this organism that was growing in my body,” the entomologist says. Stream “NOVA Wonders: What’s Living in You?” online or on the PBS app now at: pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wonders/#living-in-you Digital Producer Michael Rivera WHAT’S LIVING IN YOU? Written, Produced, […]
To give workers the best chance of finding dangerous lead in Flint, University of Michigan researchers turned to machine learning. Five years after the water crisis, some residents are reluctant to fully trust the technology. Read more on NOVA: https://to.pbs.org/2Pg029W
Amazing fossils reveal how mammals took over after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Stream “Rise of the Mammals” online now at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/rise-of-the-mammals Written, Directed, and Produced by Geoff Luck Edited by Salvatore Vecchio Penny Trams Digital Producer Ana Aceves © HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe. But we know little about how their successors, the mammals, recovered and took over the world. Now, hidden inside ordinary-looking rocks, an astonishing trove of fossils reveals a dramatic new picture of how rat-sized creatures […]
In this two-hour special, renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson takes us on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of our planet. Following a trail of strange fossils found in all the wrong places—beech trees in Antarctica, hippo-like mammals in the Arctic—Johnson uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, […]
The interactive NOVA Polar Lab uses 360 videos, interviews with scientists, and mini-games to send you on an immersive quest to understand how the poles are key to understanding Earth’s climate past, present, and future. Play the Polar Lab: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/polar/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theNOVALabs Twitter: https://twitter.com/theNOVALabs Credits: Produced by: Ari Daniel & […]
Trees have an environmental record etched into their wood, which means they’re living records of Earth’s climatic past. Play NOVA’s Polar Lab to learn how trees grow by simulating how they respond to different environments: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/polar/ Hosted by: Caitlin Saks Production by: Ari Daniel & Lorena Lyon Camera: Emily Zendt […]
