NOVA: SOLAR SYSTEM (new series premiere)

Premieres Wednesdays, October 2-30, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. on the KPBS TV / PBS app

New discoveries confirm this – our solar system is a strange place, full of bizarre worlds shaped by extreme forces unimaginable here on Earth. With stunningly realistic animations, you’ll discover why our cosmic neighborhood is so full of surprises in the five-part series NOVA: SOLAR SYSTEM.

EPISODES GUIDE:

Episode 1: “Storm Worlds” Premieres Wednesday, October 2 at 9 p.m. on the KPBS TV/PBS app – The weather is getting crazy in the solar system, with world-wide dust storms, liquid methane monsoons, and lightning 10 times stronger than here on Earth. Discover the forces responsible for dramatic weather on neighboring planets and moons.

NOVA: Solar System: Storm Worlds Preview

Episode 2: “Strange Worlds” Premieres Wednesday, October 9 at 9 p.m. on the KPBS TV/PBS app – From a dwarf planet that looks like an inflated soccer ball, to a tiny moon with cliffs taller than Mount Everest, to Saturn’s spectacular rings, discover how the effects of gravity create the incredible variety of strange worlds in our solar system.

NOVA: Solar System: Strange Worlds Preview

Episode 3: “Volcano Worlds” Premieres Wednesday, October 16 at 9 p.m. on the KPBS TV/PBS app – Around our solar system, violent eruptions are shaping distant worlds. Discover the explosive forces that helped create some of the most dynamic worlds in our cosmic neighborhood – and what makes volcanoes here on Earth so special.

Lava pools glowing on the night side of Jupiter’s moon, Io, the most volcanic world in our solar system.

Episode 4: “Ice Worlds” Premieres Wednesday, October 23 at 9 p.m. on the KPBS TV/PBS app – Ice can be weird in the solar system. Visit strange frozen worlds – from the ultra-hot superion ice of Uranus, to nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto, to carbon dioxide snow on Mars – and discover what makes ice here on Earth so special.

Explosive jets continually erupt from the surface of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, pointing to the ocean hidden beneath its icy surface.

Episode 5: “Wandering Worlds” Premieres Wednesday, October 30 at 9 p.m. on the KPBS TV/PBS app – From meteorites crashing into Earth, to a moon orbiting behind, to an impostor lurking in the asteroid belt, a variety of strange, wandering worlds are rewriting what we know – and even what we think – about our solar system.

The surface of a comet on its way to the Sun from its home in the solar system’s outermost realm, the Oort Cloud.

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