Cosmos: Possible Worlds • 2020 • 13 episodes • 9h:19m
Following the wildly successful "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey," 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. The show reveals previously uncharted realms, including lost worlds, worlds yet to come, and the worlds that humans may one day inhabit. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, whose iconic docuseries "Cosmos" provided inspiration for this series, serves as executive producer alongside Seth MacFarlane.
An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life.
1/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
A long-term vision of humanity's future worlds is explored.
2/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
Explore the story behind the man who found the first clues to life's beginnings on Earth.
3/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
An abandoned orphan's dream opens the way to understanding the architecture of thought.
5/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
A young Carl Sagan realizes his childhood dreams, carrying his mentors' research forward.
6/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
A hidden underground network, a collaboration of four kingdoms of life, is revealed.
7/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
A scientist figures out how to go to the moon while fighting for his life in a war trench.
8/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
The man who stumbled on a hole in the reality of quantum mechanics and the still-unfolding technology that made it possible.
9/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
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.
10/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
From the birth of the devil in ancient Persia, where a beloved family dog becomes a seething beast, to a searing story of saintliness among macaque monkeys, join an exploration into the human potential for change. One of history's greatest monsters is transformed into one of its shining lights.
11/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
In what kind of world can a child born in 2020 expect to grow up? When did our slide into planetwide environmental destruction begin? Enter the possible world that awaits a 2020 baby in her twenties: one darkened by our refusal to confront the real and mounting challenges we face but one which still offers a message of hope.
12/13 • 2020 • Astronomy
A visit to the 2039 New York World's Fair, where intractable problems may have been solved.
13/13 • 2020 • Astronomy