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The Planets

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. and Wednesdays, July 31 – August 14, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)

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Episodes

Inner Worlds The rocky planets have similar origins, but only one supports life. Was it always this way?
  • Original7/24/2019
  • NOVA4612
Mars Before it was the dry Red Planet, Mars was a wet world that may have had the ingredients for life.
  • Original7/24/2019
  • NOVA4613
Jupiter Jupiter's massive gravitational force has made it both a wrecking ball and a protector of Earth.
  • Original7/31/2019
  • NOVA4614
Saturn NASA's Cassini reveals the mysteries of Saturn's rings—and new hope for life on one of its moons.
  • Original8/7/2019
  • NOVA4615
Ice Worlds Beyond the bizarre, icy worlds of Uranus and Neptune, Pluto dazzles with its mysterious ocean.
  • Original8/14/2019
  • NOVA4616