Overview
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.
Created by: Ann Druyan, Steven Soter
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Standing Up in the Milky Way
Mar 09, 2014
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 an...
Episode 2: Some of the Things that Molecules Do
Mar 16, 2014
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 jour...
Episode 3: When Knowledge Conquered Fear
Mar 23, 2014
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...
Episode 4: A Sky Full of Ghosts
Mar 30, 2014
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 s...
Episode 5: Hiding in the Light
Apr 06, 2014
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 physici...
Episode 6: Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
Apr 13, 2014
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 lif...
Episode 7: The Clean Room
Apr 20, 2014
To determine the true age of the Earth, geochemist Clair Patterson developed the uranium-lead dating method to make an unprecedented discovery – cal...
Episode 8: Sisters of the Sun
Apr 27, 2014
Discover the remarkable story of Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne, two incredible women who challenged conventional wisdom and uncovered the real-l...
Episode 9: The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
May 04, 2014
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 ocean...
Episode 10: The Electric Boy
May 11, 2014
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 electri...
Episode 11: The Immortals
May 18, 2014
The Ship of the Imagination travels across the cosmos to discover the possibility of beings that live forever and explain why other civilizations peri...
Episode 12: The World Set Free
Jun 01, 2014
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 gree...
Episode 13: Unafraid of the Dark
Jun 08, 2014
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 gre...
Trailers & Videos
Official Trailer | Cosmos: Possible Worlds | National Geographic UK
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