Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Cosmos is a documentary television series that features renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The series takes viewers on a journey through the cosmos, presenting scientific concepts clearly and exploring the infinite universe with a mix of skepticism and wonder.
Season overview
Cosmos is a documentary television series that features renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. The series takes viewers on a journey through the cosmos, presenting scientific concepts clearly and exploring the infinite universe with a mix of skepticism and wonder.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Standing Up in the Milky Way
Mar 9, 2014 · 46 min
The Ship of the Imagination, unfettered by ordinary limits on speed and size, drawn by the music of cosmic harmonies, can take us anywhere in space and time. It has been idling for
Some of the Things that Molecules Do
Mar 16, 2014 · 44 min
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a voyage to explore the relatedness of all living things and the possible evolution of life in the cosmos. Go on a journey to discover how artificial
When Knowledge Conquered Fear
Mar 23, 2014 · 46 min
There was a time, not so long ago, when natural events could only be understood as gestures of divine displeasure. We will witness the moment that all changed; but first, the Ship
A Sky Full of Ghosts
Mar 30, 2014 · 44 min
An exploration of how light, time and gravity combine to distort our perceptions of the universe. We eavesdrop on a series of walks along a beach on summer nights in the year 1809.
Hiding in the Light
Apr 6, 2014 · 46 min
The Ship of the Imagination travels back in time to reveal 11th century Europe and North Africa during the golden age of Islam, when brilliant physicist Ibn al-Haytham discovered t
Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
Apr 13, 2014 · 46 min
The Ship of the Imagination ventures on an epic voyage to the bottom of a dewdrop to explore the universe on the smallest scale and observe exotic life forms invisible to the naked
The Clean Room
Apr 20, 2014 · 44 min
To determine the true age of the Earth, geochemist Clair Patterson developed the uranium-lead dating method to make an unprecedented discovery – calculating Earth's age of 4.5 bill
Sisters of the Sun
Apr 27, 2014 · 43 min
Discover the remarkable story of Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne, two incredible women who challenged conventional wisdom and uncovered the real-life story of the stars. Cannon
The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
May 4, 2014 · 44 min
The Ship of the Imagination embarks on a journey through space and time to grasp how the autobiography of the Earth is written in its atoms, its oceans, its continents and all livi
The Electric Boy
May 11, 2014 · 43 min
Travel to 19th century England and meet Michael Faraday, a child of poverty who grew up to invent the motor and the generator. His ideas about electricity and discovery of magnetic
The Immortals
May 18, 2014 · 45 min
The Ship of the Imagination travels across the cosmos to discover the possibility of beings that live forever and explain why other civilizations perish. Then, visit the Cosmic Cal
The World Set Free
Jun 1, 2014 · 41 min
The Ship of the Imagination travels to our near neighbor Venus, where we begin our journey to discover the long history of global warming and the greenhouse effect. Later, explore
Unafraid of the Dark
Jun 8, 2014 · 46 min
The Ship of the Imagination makes a final journey to explore one of the biggest mysteries of the universe: dark energy. Meet one of science's greatest unsung heroes, Fritz Zwicky,