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Cosmos


Cosmos
In 1980, the landmark series Cosmos premiered on public television. Since then, it is estimated that more than a billion people around the planet have seen it. Cosmos chronicles the evolution of the planet and efforts to find our place in the universe. Each of the 13 episodes focuses on a specific aspect of the nature of life, consciousness, the universe and time. Topics include the origin of life on Earth (and perhaps elsewhere), the nature of consciousness, and the birth and death of stars. When it first aired, the series catapulted creator and host Carl Sagan to the status of pop culture icon and opened countless minds to the power of science and the possibility of life on other worlds.

Genre: Documentary

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  • Watch Cosmos Season 1

    • Episode 13

      Who Speaks for Earth?

      aired: Sat, Dec 20, 1980

      This is the famous episode on nuclear war in which Dr. Sagan argues that our responsibility for survival is owed not just to ourselves, but also to the cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.

    • Episode 12

      Encyclopedia Galactica

      aired: Sat, Dec 13, 1980

      Are there alien intelligences? How could we communicate with them? The answers to these questions take us to Egypt to decode ancient hieroglyphics, and to the largest radio telescope on Earth.

    • Episode 11

      The Persistence of Memory

      aired: Sat, Dec 6, 1980

      The brain is the focus of this fascinating portion of our journey as Dr. Sagan examines another of the intelligent creatures with whom we share the planet Earth — whales.

    • Episode 10

      The Edge of Forever

      aired: Sat, Nov 29, 1980

      Dr. Sagan leads us to a time when galaxies were beginning to form, and to show how humans of this century discovered the expanding universe and its origin in the big bang.

    • Episode 9

      The Lives of the Stars

      aired: Sat, Nov 22, 1980

      Using computer animation and amazing astronomical art, Dr. Sagan shows how stars are born, live, die and sometimes collapse to form neutron stars or black holes.

    • Episode 8

      Travels in Space and Time

      aired: Sat, Nov 15, 1980

      A voyage to see how star patterns change over millions of years is followed by a journey to the planets of other stars, and a look at the possibility of time travel.

    • Episode 7

      The Backbone of Night

      aired: Sat, Nov 8, 1980

      Humans once thought the stars were campfires in the sky and the Milky Way "the backbone of night."

    • Episode 6

      Travellers' Tales

      aired: Sat, Nov 1, 1980

      Dr. Sagan compares explorers who ventured in sailing ships halfway around our planet in their quest for wealth and knowledge to the excitement around Voyager's expeditions to Jupiter and Saturn.

    • Episode 5

      Blues for a Red Planet

      aired: Sat, Oct 25, 1980

      Is there life on Mars? Dr. Sagan takes viewers on a tour of the red planet first through the eyes of science fiction authors, and then through the unblinking eyes of two Viking spacecraft.

    • Episode 4

      Heaven and Hell

      aired: Sat, Oct 18, 1980

      A descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus to explore its broiling surface serves as a warning to our world about the possible consequences of the increasing greenhouse effect.

    • Episode 2

      One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue

      aired: Sat, Oct 4, 1980

      Dr. Sagan's cosmic calendar makes the history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life.

    • Episode 1

      The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean

      aired: Sat, Sep 27, 1980

      At the beginning of this cosmic journey across space and time, Dr. Carl Sagan takes us to the edge of the universe aboard a spaceship of the imagination.

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