Five Facts About Our Home Planet
Clip: Season 46 Episode 12 | 1m 4s
But what else makes Earth unique?
Aired: 07/24/19
National corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Draper. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the David H. Koch Fund for Science, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS …
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