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NOVA
Season 37 · Episode 15
Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way
8.055mApril 6, 2010
In a two-hour special, NOVA examines how a simple instrument, the telescope, has fundamentally changed our understanding of our place in the universe.
Episodes
- Episode 1Darwin's Darkest Hour
- Episode 2Hubble's Amazing Rescue
- Episode 3Lizard Kings
- Episode 4Becoming Human: First Steps
- Episode 5Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity
- Episode 6Becoming Human: Last Human Standing
- Episode 7What Are Dreams?
- Episode 8What Darwin Never Knew
- Episode 9Killer Subs in Pearl Harbor
- Episode 10Building Pharaoh's Ship
- Episode 11Riddles of the Sphinx
- Episode 12Ghosts of Machu Picchu
- Episode 13Extreme Cave Diving
- Episode 14The Pluto Files
- Episode 15Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way
- Episode 16Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever Expanding Universe
- Episode 17Mind Over Money
- Episode 18Mt. St. Helens Back From the Dead