It's 2162 and life is a blast for space adventurer siblings, Jet and Adelaide Nova. After all, what tween wouldn't want to divide their days between living on an international space station and accompanying their parents on awesome interstellar missions. Of course it's not all asteroid chases and exploding star systems. Jet and Adelaide also have to attend school, do homework (though their chores aren't always so typical, like recharging the family robot and scrubbing their star ships hull!). Still, on weekends this Aussie astronaut family have their own unique way of unwinding, with Jet and Adelaide heading off with parents Hugo and Josie on mind blowing adventures to navigate unexplored planets, surf solar flares, hop between rogue stars and occasionally even discover previously unknown life forms.
The Novas locate another Alien rock ship and set off to make contact. But they're intercepted by Aubrina and left stranded. Will the Novas lose their chance to make real contact with the Star Dust Aliens forever?
The Novas journey to Sol's home planet - only to discover that it is completely frozen over. But they soon realise the planet may yet hold the answers to all their questions - but first they must journey below the ice.
Sol has vivid dreams about his home world, so the Novas enlist the help of their 'energy creature' friend to uncover details of his planet. But things take a turn when Sol's brain refuses to release him from the dream state!
One of the Novas' drones delivers footage that will make them question everything they know about alien life; a blurry video of what looks like a real-life bigfoot on a planet millions of light years from Earth!
In the middle of a grav-ball game against their arch-rivals, Luna Port faces a catastrophic shut-down and blackout. It's now up to Jet, Adelaide and Sol to get the port back online before it crashes into an asteroid belt!
The Novas head to an Earth-like planet, hoping to find the Star Dust Aliens. Instead, they find highly evolved and aggressive Alien dinosaurs, and discover what it's like when Humans are at the bottom of the food chain!
The Novas spot a planet that looks like paradise so they decide to visit for some much-needed R&R. Soon, however, their dream getaway turns into a nightmare - and one that they're unable to wake up from!
Luna Port's security system is malfunctioning, so the Novas visit Pamela Barnacle, the system's creator at her private asteroid. But when they arrive they find there's more than meets the eye with Pamela and her creation.
The Novas discover the escape pod that Jet used to evacuate Pickles the space hamster into uncharted space. When they finally catch up with Pickles however, they find he and his family need their help more than ever.
When Jet and Adelaide realise they have too much work to get through in one night, they devise a plan to take Adelaide's flyer to the very edge of a black hole in order to slow down time.
The Novas investigate a seemingly deserted planet, millions of lightyears away with pyramid-like temples. Soon, however, they find the planet isn't deserted, and the inhabitants aren't the type looking for a friendly chat!
When the Novas and Sol go to investigate a potential Star Dust Ship - they get trapped on a rogue planet heading directly towards the system's sun! Meanwhile, Aubrina has plans to get her own Star Dust crystal.
The Novas and Sol begin their search for Sol's home planet. Their first stop leads them on a mission to a planet inhabited entirely by mega-flora - only for Sol to go missing.
The Novas are now able to jump millions of lightyears and their quest to find Star Dust Aliens kicks into high gear. But on their first trip, Jet and Adelaide realise that an alien might be closer to home than they realised.
The Novas expose Aubrina's wrongdoing and the Star Dust Crystal is returned. They're ready to make their first Star Dust 'jump' and explore unknown parts of space but Aubrina enlists a shadowy figure to stop the Novas!
Josie surprises the Novas by booking a 'ghost tour' of a spooky space station. But when they receive a distress call from the station, they realise this ghost tour may be more real than they bargained for!
Sol attempts to win the science fair by sabotaging all the other projects including Jet and Adelaide's half plant, half animal. But Sol's actions cause chaos and reveal an alien may have been to Luna Port!
After the Novas are forced to land on a junk planet for repairs, they come face-to-face with Old Phil and his dog Calisto. Phil claims that he enjoys solitude and quiet, but he may know more than he is letting on!
After G9 malfunctions at a Luna Port celebration, Aubrina seeks to reprogram him. Jet and Adelaide go on a mission to save their robot only to find Aubrina has some secrets of her own!
Continuing their search for Star Dust aliens, the Novas discover an uninhabited planet - but when they fall through quicksand to the caverns beneath, they soon discover it isn't uninhabited at all!
When a large comet appears on a collision course with Luna Port, the Novas take a huge risk to divert it, only to realise it's no comet at all, but rather a frozen spaceship presumed lost for nearly 100 years!
The Novas travel to a suspected Star Dust Planet, but instead find themselves trapped underwater by a sentient seaweed plant. Meanwhile, Aubrina sends Sol out undercover to learn what the Novas are up to.
After crash landing while on a supply run to a research planet, the Novas come face-to-face with green-skinned natives and a deadly gravity storm that threatens not only their lives but some life-saving research!
When Jet creates a nutrient-dense 'super pickle', it attracts a space hamster whose survival instinct puts the whole port in great danger. Jet will have to free his new friend in order to guarantee Luna Port's safety.
Bored with cataloguing rocks, Adelaide accepts a challenge to a "space-race" against Sol. But when Sol gets in trouble, Adelaide and Jet perform a heroic rescue and rediscover what being a Nova is all about.
The Novas, a family of space explorers make an interstellar discovery that will change the course of history when they chance across an alien space craft and its ethereal substance - Star Dust.
It's 2162 and life is a blast for space adventurer siblings, Jet and Adelaide Nova. After all, what tween wouldn't want to divide their days between living on an international space station and accompanying their parents on awesome interstellar missions. Of course it's not all asteroid chases and exploding star systems. Jet and Adelaide also have to attend school, do homework (though their chores aren't always so typical, like recharging the family robot and scrubbing their star ships hull!). Still, on weekends this Aussie astronaut family have their own unique way of unwinding, with Jet and Adelaide heading off with parents Hugo and Josie on mind blowing adventures to navigate unexplored planets, surf solar flares, hop between rogue stars and occasionally even discover previously unknown life forms.
Michael Drake
Australian Broadcasting Corporation , Nine Network Australia
