Cosmos: Possible Worlds

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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Synopsis

In the vastness of time and the immensity of space, the number of worlds to explore and stories to tell are infinite. This boldest Cosmos yet is a thrilling, hope-filled voyage of exploration to lost worlds and worlds yet to come. You'll meet the searchers whose courage rivals any hero of myth and it will carry you deep into the future and through that hole in the curtain of reality.

Episodes

Season 1
  • Ladder To The Stars

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    An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life and consciousness. The story of the change in lifestyle that altered human existence and the life of the heretic who found God in the book of nature, opening our way to the stars.

  • Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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    An exploration of human potential for change, concluding with the story of one of history's greatest monster and his virtuous transformation.

  • Lost City of Life

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    The story of the man who found the first clues to life's beginning in a green jewel. As he searched for life's origin, he risked his own, daring to toy with his Nazi tormentors.

  • Vavilov

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    Scientist/explorer Nikolai Vavilov, discovered a treasure that Hitler coveted but couldn't have, one that has enriched all of our lives.

  • The Cosmic Connectome

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    A voyage of discovery through the evolution of consciousness - we get to understand the architecture of thought and beyond to a vision of a galactic network of thought.

  • The Man of A Trillion Worlds

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    A young Carl Sagan's career is forged in the clash of his mentors, two titans as the separate fields of science reunite to explore the cosmos.

  • The Search For Intelligent Life On Earth

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    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 language.

  • The Sacrifice of Cassini

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    The mysterious untold story of the scientist who made the Apollo Mission possible, and a robotic explorer ordered to commit suicide on another world.

  • Magic Without Lies

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    In the counterintuitive realm of quantum mechanics, light can be two contradictory things - no one knows how an unseen observer can alter the nature of reality.

  • A Tale of Two Atoms

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    Two atoms from different parts of the universe meet on a small planet. How a deadly embrace between science and state altered the fate of the world, and a gripping tale of others who grew used to living in the shadow of grave danger.

  • The Fleeting Grace of The Habitable Zone

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    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 challenge and a vision of our future on other worlds.

  • Coming of Age In The Anthropocene

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    What kind of world can a child born in 2020 expect to grow up in? And when did our slide into planet-wide environmental destruction begin? The possible world that awaits our baby girl into her 20s...

  • Seven Wonders of The New World

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    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.