NOVA | October 2024

Out in the solar system, the weather gets wacky — with globe-spanning dust storms, monsoons of liquid methane, and lightning 10 times stronger than here on Earth. Discover the forces driving the dramatic weather on neighboring planets and moons.
Discover the dramatic forces creating spectacular weather on neighboring planets and moons.
What are the weirdest worlds in our solar system, and how did they come to be?
From a dwarf planet that looks like a deflated football, to a tiny moon with cliffs taller than Mt. Everest, to the spectacular rings of Saturn, discover how the effects of gravity produce the amazing variety of weird worlds in our solar system.
Around our solar system, violent eruptions are shaping distant worlds. Discover the explosive forces that helped create some of the most dynamic worlds in our cosmic neighborhood — and what makes the volcanoes right here on Earth so special.
Discover the powerful volcanic eruptions that have shaped worlds across our solar system.
Visit strange, frozen worlds to discover the bizarre ice that forms beyond Earth.
Out in the solar system, ice can get bizarre. Visit strange, frozen worlds – from Uranus’s ultra-hot superionic ice to glaciers of nitrogen ice on Pluto, to carbon dioxide snow on Mars — and discover why the ice here on Earth is so unique.
From meteorites that impact Earth, to a moon that orbits backwards, to an imposter lurking in the asteroid belt, a variety of strange, wandering worlds are rewriting what we know — and even how we think about — our solar system.
Meet the surprising, oddball worlds moving around our solar system.