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NOVA
Season 53 · Episode 1
Asteroids: Spark of Life?
5.554mJanuary 21, 2026
What if asteroids, long feared as destroyers of life, were key to our existence? Explore a revolutionary theory that these violent collisions provided the essential ingredients – water, minerals, and energy – needed to jumpstart life on Earth.