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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Fortunately, our ancestorsfigured out a way to reach all the way back in time to...

Fortunately, our ancestors
figured out a way to reach all the way back in time to piece
together the great story of our planet's own childhood

Full Transcript

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Fortunately, our ancestors figured out a way to reach all
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the way back in time to piece together the great story of
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our planet's own childhood.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:55
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
12
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E04 This required sacrifices for rewards that would not come until much later. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
This required sacrifices for rewards that would not come unt...
S01 • E07 The Five-Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
The Five-Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope,
S01 • E09 The imprisoned light that defines black holes. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
The imprisoned light that defines black holes.
S01 • E08 This one, with the romantic name J-1407B, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
This one, with the romantic name J-1407B,
S01 • E09 The absence of light that prevents us from knowing - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
The absence of light that prevents us from knowing
S01 • E04 For the first time, we were thinking about the future. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
For the first time, we were thinking about the future.
S01 • E07 This dish is a giant listening device for detecting radio waves - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
This dish is a giant listening device for detecting radio wa...
S01 • E13 We had learned to manipulate electrons into what would become a - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
We had learned to manipulate electrons into what would becom...
S01 • E02 It was around fires such as this one that we began to cook our food. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
It was around fires such as this one that we began to cook o...
S01 • E12 It's called science, and it's your birthright. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
It's called science, and it's your birthright.
S01 • E01 Take these rules to heart, and the cosmos is yours. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Take these rules to heart, and the cosmos is yours.
S01 • E09 "Seeing the light" usually refers to a religious epiphany, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
"Seeing the light" usually refers to a religious e...
S01 • E08 Why haven't we found more ringed planets in our galaxy? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
Why haven't we found more ringed planets in our galaxy?
S01 • E07 The mission of this telescope is to solve unanswered questions - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
The mission of this telescope is to solve unanswered questio...
S01 • E13 This working model of a TV set was transparent to convince - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
This working model of a TV set was transparent to convince
S01 • E10 How could something as small as an atom - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
How could something as small as an atom
S01 • E12 It's hard to believe that all of this grandeur was once a sea of fire. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
It's hard to believe that all of this grandeur was once...
S01 • E02 And to create a shared learned identity with our kin. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
And to create a shared learned identity with our kin.
S01 • E09 And as soon as they began studying light, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
And as soon as they began studying light,
S01 • E04 That seems like a long time ago in human terms, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
That seems like a long time ago in human terms,