It's a golden age for planet hunters: NASA's Kepler mission has identified more than 3,500 potential planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun. Some of them, like a planet called Kepler-22b, might even be able to harbor life. How did we come upon this distant planet? Combining startling animation with input from expert astrophysicists and astrobiologists, "Alien Planets Revealed" takes viewers on a journey along with the Kepler telescope. How does the telescope look for planets? How many of these planets are like our Earth? Will any of these planets be suitable for life as we know it? Bringing the creative power of veteran animators together with the latest discoveries in planet-hunting, "Alien Planets Revealed" shows the successes of the Kepler mission, taking us to planets beyond our solar system and providing a glimpse of creatures we might one day encounter.

NOVA Season 41 Episodes...

• s41e01 - Ground Zero Supertower
• s41e02 - Megastorm Aftermath
• s41e03 - Making Stuff Faster
• s41e04 - Making Stuff Wilder
• s41e05 - Making Stuff Colder
• s41e06 - Making Stuff Safer
• s41e07 - Cold Case JFK
• s41e08 - At the Edge of Space
• s41e09 - Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?
• s41e10 - Alien Planets Revealed
• s41e11 - Zeppelin Terror Attack
• s41e12 - Killer Typhoon
• s41e13 - Ghosts of Murdered Kings
• s41e14 - Roman Catacomb Mystery
• s41e15 - Great Cathedral Mystery
• s41e16 - Wild Predator Invasion
• s41e17 - Inside Animal Minds: Bird Genius
• s41e18 - Inside Animal Minds: Dogs & Super Senses
• s41e19 - Inside Animal Minds: Who's the Smartest?
• s41e20 - Why Sharks Attack
• s41e21 - Escape From Nazi Alcatraz
• s41e22 - D-Day's Sunken Secrets

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.