Episode guide
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
13 episodes · first aired Mar 9, 2020
Neil deGrasse Tyson returns as host to translate more revelations of science into a lavish transporting experience, taking audiences on a series of spiritual voyages of exploration. Previously uncharted realms are revealed, including lost worlds, worlds yet to come, and the worlds that humans may one day inhabit.
- 1 Ladder to the Stars Mar 9, 2020 · 43m An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life and consciousness. A visit to a 100,000-year-old laboratory. The story of the change in life-style that radically altered…
- 2 The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone Mar 9, 2020 · 43m There is no refuge from change in the cosmos. There will come a time in the life of the Sun when Earth will no longer be a home for us. The story of our ancestors who rose to a comparable…
- 3 Lost City of Life Mar 16, 2020 · 43m A new vision of genesis at the bottom of the blood red sea of the infant Earth. And the story of the man who found the first clues to life's beginning in a green jewel. As he searched for…
- 4 Vavilov Mar 16, 2020 · 43m In the first half of the 20th century pioneering geneticist Nikolai Vavilov traveled 5 continents assembling a treasury of the worlds seeds. He dreamed that science could be the means to…
- 5 The Cosmic Connectome Mar 23, 2020 · 43m A voyage of discovery through the evolution of consciousness with stops in ancient Greece, a visit to the largest life form on Earth, into the poignant dream of an abandoned orphan that…
- 6 The Man of a Trillion Worlds Mar 23, 2020 · 43m A child lies on the rug of a tenement dreaming of interstellar adventures. At the dawn of the space age, a young Carl Sagan's career is forged in the clash of his mentors, two scientific…
- 7 The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth Mar 30, 2020 · 43m A revelation of the hidden underground network that is a collaboration of four kingdoms of life, and a true first contact story between humans and beings who communicate in a symbolic…
- 8 The Sacrifice of Cassini Mar 30, 2020 · 43m The mysterious untold story of the scientist who figured out how to go the Moon while fighting for his life in a WWI trench. He wrote a letter to fifty years in the future. It made the…
- 9 Magic Without Lies Apr 6, 2020 · 43m Meet the man who stumbled on a hole in the reality of quantum mechanics and the still-unfolding technology that made it possible.
- 10 A Tale of Two Atoms Apr 6, 2020 · 43m How a deadly embrace between science and state altered the fate of the world, and a gripping cautionary tale of mass casualty and unlikely survival.
- 11 Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Apr 13, 2020 · 43m An exploration of human potential for change, concluding with the story of one of history's greatest monster and his virtuous transformation.
- 12 Coming of Age In The Anthropocene Apr 13, 2020 · 43m A baby is born on the day the show premieres. What kind of world can she expect to grow up in? One of her possible futures is explored.
- 13 Seven Wonders of The New World Apr 20, 2020 · 43m Take a trip to the 2039 New York World’s Fair, where the problems we now consider hopeless have been solved and thrilling possibilities exist.