NOVA: Season 23
Season 23 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of NOVA Season 22.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 23 Progress Shield
Anastasia Dead or Alive?
Oct 10, 1995 · 55 min
Investigate the massacre of Tsar Nicholas and his family, and evaluate whether modern science has resolved the mystery surrounding Princess Anastasia.
Venus Unveiled
Oct 17, 1995 · 55 min
Venus reveals its true face, recorded in detail for the first time by the radar spacecraft Magellan. Our next-door planetary neighbor turns out to be one of the most bizarre places
Hawaii Born of Fire
Oct 24, 1995 · 55 min
From their blistering beginnings as molten rock, the Hawiian islands have grown into a verdant paradise of unique lifeforms.
The Doomsday Asteroid
Oct 31, 1995 · 55 min
Is there an asteroid or comet out there with our name on it? NOVA scans the skies and the geological record on Earth, for evidence that giant rocks from outer space have struck bef
Hunt for the Serial Arsonist
Nov 14, 1995 · 55 min
In the spring of 1991, a rash of suspicious store fires in Los Angeles set fire investigators on the trail of a serial arsonist. Using ingenious techniques to "read" burn patterns
Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef
Nov 28, 1995 · 55 min
Recording sights that will astonish even experienced divers, NOVA documents an extraordinary day in the life of the largest coral reef in the world, capturing for the first time th
Can Buildings Make You Sick?
Dec 26, 1995 · 55 min
A search for the causes of Sick Building Syndrome. Experts look at various problem buildings, inspecting their air conditioning, lights and carpets for clues to the mysterious mala
B-29 Frozen in Time
Jan 30, 1996 · 55 min
Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years.Gleaming like a jewel this well preserved bomber from World W
Kidnapped by U.F.O.'s?
Feb 27, 1996 · 55 min
Carl Sagan and other scientists investigate claims that people have been visited or abducted by aliens.
Flood!
Mar 26, 1996 · 55 min
The Great Flood of 1993 leaves a wake of destruction across the Midwest. Can rivers ever be contained?
Warriors of the Amazon
Apr 9, 1996 · 55 min
Explore the unique culture of the Yanomami, an isolated tribe living deep in the Amazonian rainforest.
Bombing of America
Apr 16, 1996 · 55 min
Bombing is on the rise across the United States. But science is fighting back. Hidden within the chaos of a crime scene lie clues that can solve the case. Can science help stop the