Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Season 1
Run Time: 60 mins
Air Date: Sun, 28 Sept 1980
Average Rating: ⭐ 8.6 (402 votes)
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The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
Season 1 - Episode 1
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...
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
Season 1 - Episode 2
Dr. Sagan's cosmic calendar makes the history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life. W...
Harmony of the Worlds
Season 1 - Episode 3
This episode is a historical re-creation of the life of Johannes Kepler, the last scientific astrologer, the first modern astronomer and the...
Heaven and Hell
Season 1 - Episode 4
A descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus to explore its broiling surface serves as a warning to our world about the possible conseq...
Blues for a Red Planet
Season 1 - Episode 5
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 throu...
Travellers' Tales
Season 1 - Episode 6
Dr. Sagan compares the exhilaration of 17th-century Dutch explorers who ventured in sailing ships halfway around our planet in their quest f...
The Backbone of Night
Season 1 - Episode 7
Humans once thought the stars were campfires in the sky and the Milky Way "the backbone of night." In this fascinating segment Dr. Sagan ta...
Journeys in Space and Time
Season 1 - Episode 8
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 po...
The Lives of the Stars
Season 1 - Episode 9
Using computer animation and amazing astronomical art, Dr. Sagan shows how stars are born, live, die and sometimes collapse to form neutron ...
The Edge of Forever
Season 1 - Episode 10
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 ...
The Persistence of Memory
Season 1 - Episode 11
The brain is the focus of this fascinating portion of our journey as Dr. Sagan examines another of the intelligent creatures with whom we sh...
Encyclopedia Galactica
Season 1 - Episode 12
Are there alien intelligences? How could we communicate with them? What about UFOs? The answers to these questions take us to Egypt to decod...
Who Speaks for Earth?
Season 1 - Episode 13
Through the use of special effects we retrace the 15-billion-year journey from the big bang to the present. We also hear the tragic story of...