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S0 · E1A Dialogue Between Carl Sagan And Ted Turner 1989-04-18 · 60 min
Carl Sagan and Ted Turner discuss the issues that are vital to the survival of our species on earth. Sagan explains the benefits of our space program, the fascinating possibility of time travel, and our search for life on other worlds.
S0 · E2Carl Sagan Updates 1990-01-09 · 60 min
Carl Sagan gives updates on Episodes: 2,4,5,6,8,,9,10,12,13. The Updates where shot 10 years after Cosmos first aired.
S0 · E3Fotografica Gallactica Air date unannounced · 60 min
Secrets of the Cosmos revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn & Titan.
S0 · E4Episode Two Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E5Episode Four Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E6Episode Five Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E7Episode Six Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E8Episode Eight Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E9Episode Nine Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E10Episode Ten Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E11Episode Twelve Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E12Episode Thirteen Science Update Air date unannounced · 60 min
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S0 · E13DVD Extras - Promo Air date unannounced
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S0 · E99Introduction with Ann Druyan Air date unannounced
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S1 · E1The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean 1980-09-28 · 60 min
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. Through beautiful special effects, we witness quasars, exploding galaxies, star clusters, supernovas and pulsars. Returning to our solar system, we enter a re-creation of the Alexandrian Library, the seat of learning on Earth 2,000 years ago.
S1 · E2One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue 1980-10-05 · 60 min
Dr. Sagan's cosmic calendar makes the history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life. We see the evolutionary process unfold, from microbes to humans. Our understanding of how life developed on Earth enables us to venture to other worlds for imaginative speculations on what forms life might take elsewhere.
S1 · E3Harmony of the Worlds 1980-10-12 · 60 min
This episode is a historical re-creation of the life of Johannes Kepler, the last scientific astrologer, the first modern astronomer and the author of the first science fiction novel. Kepler provided the insight into how the moon and the planets move in their orbits and ultimately how to journey to them. It's also a story about the scientific process of discovery, and how the search for truth is never easy but always worthwhile.
S1 · E4Heaven and Hell 1980-10-19 · 60 min
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. Then Dr. Sagan leads us on a tour of our solar system to see how other heavenly bodies have suffered from various cosmic catastrophes.
S1 · E5Blues for a Red Planet 1980-10-26 · 60 min
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 spacecrafts that have sent thousands of pictures of the stunning Martian landscape back to Earth since 1976. Though based on older Mars missions, Sagan's analysis still holds true.
S1 · E6Travellers' Tales 1980-11-02 · 60 min
Dr. Sagan compares the exhilaration of 17th-century Dutch explorers who ventured in sailing ships halfway around our planet in their quest for wealth and knowledge to an inside view of the excitement around Voyager's expeditions to Jupiter and Saturn. The newly acquired treasures of our present golden age of exploration are the focus of this episode.
S1 · E7The Backbone of Night 1980-11-09 · 60 min
Humans once thought the stars were campfires in the sky and the Milky Way "the backbone of night." In this fascinating segment Dr. Sagan takes us back to ancient Greece, when the basic question "what are the stars?" was first asked. He visits the Brooklyn elementary school of his childhood, where this same question is still on students' minds.
S1 · E8Journeys in Space and Time 1980-11-16 · 60 min
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. This takes us to Italy, where a young Albert Einstein first wondered what it would be like to ride on a beam of light.
S1 · E9The Lives of the Stars 1980-11-23 · 60 min
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. We then journey into the future to witness "the last perfect day on Earth," 5 billion years from now, after which the sun will engulf our planet in the fires of its death throes.
S1 · E10The Edge of Forever 1980-11-30 · 60 min
Dr. Sagan leads us on some awesome trips — to a time when galaxies were beginning to form, to India to explore the infinite cycles of Hindu cosmology, and to show how humans of this century discovered the expanding universe and its origin in the big bang. He disappears down a black hole and reappears in New Mexico to show us an array of 17 telescopes probing the farthest reaches of space.