Episode guide
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
13 episodes · first aired Mar 9, 2014
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes viewers on a journey through the infinite cosmos. Scientific concepts are presented clearly, with both skepticism and wonder, to give full effect.
- 1 Standing Up in the Milky Way Mar 9, 2014 · 46m · TMDB 8.4 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 more…
- 2 Some of the Things that Molecules Do Mar 16, 2014 · 44m · TMDB 8.4 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…
- 3 When Knowledge Conquered Fear Mar 23, 2014 · 46m · TMDB 8.4 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 of the…
- 4 A Sky Full of Ghosts Mar 30, 2014 · 44m · TMDB 8.4 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. William…
- 5 Hiding in the Light Apr 6, 2014 · 46m · TMDB 8.4 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 the…
- 6 Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still Apr 13, 2014 · 46m · TMDB 8.4 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 eye…
- 7 The Clean Room Apr 20, 2014 · 44m · TMDB 8.3 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 billion…
- 8 Sisters of the Sun Apr 27, 2014 · 43m · TMDB 8.4 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 led a…
- 9 The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth May 4, 2014 · 44m · TMDB 8.1 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 living…
- 10 The Electric Boy May 11, 2014 · 43m · TMDB 8.5 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 fields…
- 11 The Immortals May 18, 2014 · 45m · TMDB 8.4 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 Calendar of…
- 12 The World Set Free Jun 1, 2014 · 41m 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 the…
- 13 Unafraid of the Dark Jun 8, 2014 · 46m · TMDB 8.8 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, whose…