When the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium stopped calling Pluto a planet, director Neil deGrasse Tyson found himself at the center of a firestorm led by angry Pluto-loving elementary school students. What is it about Pluto-a cold, distant, icy rock-that captures so many hearts? Four years after the IAU (International Astronomical Union) officially reclassified the ninth planet as a plutoid, NOVA travels cross-country with Tyson to find out.
s37e01 - Darwin's Darkest Hour
s37e02 - Hubble's Amazing Rescue
s37e03 - Lizard Kings
s37e04 - Becoming Human Part 1: First Steps
s37e05 - Becoming Human Part 2: Birth of Humanity
s37e06 - Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing
s37e07 - What Are Dreams?
s37e08 - What Darwin Never Knew
s37e09 - Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor
s37e10 - Building Pharaoh's Ship
s37e11 - Riddles of the Sphinx
s37e12 - Ghosts of Machu Picchu
s37e13 - Extreme Cave Diving
s37e14 - The Pluto Files
s37e15 - Telescope: Hunting the Edge of Space - The Mystery of the Milky Way
s37e16 - Telescope: Hunting the Edge of Space - The Ever Expanding Universe
s37e17 - Mind Over Money
s37e18 - Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead
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