NOVA: Season 26
Season 26 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 25.
- 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 26 Progress Shield
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Oct 6, 1998 · 55 min
In 1714, following a maritime disaster, British Parliament offers £20,000 for the first reliable method of determining longitude on a ship at sea. It's known that longitude can be
Chasing El Nino
Oct 13, 1998 · 55 min
A massive planet-sized machine controls our weather day-to-day, and our climate season-to-season. It takes an event of staggering proportions to disrupt a machine this large and po
Terror In Space
Oct 27, 1998 · 55 min
Experience the harrowing and life-threatening problems aboard the aging Mir space station through the eyes of the Russian and American astronauts who lived through them. Feel the h
Special Effects: Titanic and Beyond
Nov 3, 1998 · 55 min
NOVA goes behind the scenes in Hollywood, where the art of illusion meets the science of perception.
Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius
Nov 10, 1998 · 55 min
The shattered remnants of the Roman city of Pompeii bear witness to the risk that the people of Naples still face today.
Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven (1)
Nov 24, 1998 · 55 min
This is the bizarre and fascinating story of the remains of Inca culture, frozen for posterity high in the mountains of the Andes. Evidence has emerged of sacrifice to the mountain
Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden (2)
Nov 24, 1998 · 55 min
The Siberian Ice Maiden, discovered in the Pastures of Heaven, on the high Steppes, is believed to have been a shamaness of the lost Pazyryk culture. She had been mummified and the
Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman (3)
Nov 24, 1998 · 55 min
Cutting-edge science and archaeology are reconstructing the life and culture of The Iceman—the 5000-year-old frozen corpse found buried in the ice of the Alps. By analyzing every i
Leopards of the Night with David Attenborough
Dec 1, 1998 · 55 min
Night stalkers by nature, leopards are observed both by night and day, using state-of-the-art camera equipment, to reveal never before seen hunting behavior. Filmed in the Luangua
The Perfect Pearl
Dec 29, 1998 · 55 min
The pearl—the only gem produced by a living animal—has long carried a certain allure. Yet the best mollusk for making this gem—the pearl oyster—doesn't always produce a pearl, and
The Beast of Loch Ness
Jan 12, 1999 · 55 min
Is it just a fairy tale, or could a primeval beast lurk in the deep, dark waters of a Scottish lake? Since it was first reported more than 60 years ago, hundreds claim to have witn
Submarines, Secrets, and Spies
Jan 19, 1999 · 55 min
At the height of the Cold War, US subs gathered secrets that neither spies nor satellites could expose. Until recently, almost nobody knew the hidden history of their tragedies and
Everest: The Mystery of Mallory and Irvin
Oct 6, 1999 · 55 min
When George Mallory was asked why he was willing to risk his life to climb Mount Everest in 1924 he simply replied "Because it's there." In Nova Video Library: Everest - The Myster
Escape! Because Accidents Happen: Fire (1)
Feb 16, 1999 · 55 min
The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. In laboratories and clinics
Surviving AIDS
Apr 6, 1999 · 55 min
The past five years have seen remarkable progress in both treatment and basic understanding of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. In laboratories and clinics