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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Much as ourancestors used fire withoutunderstanding how it worked, we lived with...

Much as our
ancestors used fire without
understanding how it worked, we lived with this
mystery for decades

Full Transcript

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Much as our ancestors used fire without understanding how it worked,
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we lived with this mystery for decades.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:48
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
9
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 I declare categorically that I have never engaged in - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
I declare categorically that I have never engaged in
S01 • E02 From this distance in time, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
From this distance in time,
S01 • E01 A new plant arose that produced sugary nectar in - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
A new plant arose that produced sugary nectar in
S01 • E12 People all over the world got involved. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
People all over the world got involved.
S01 • E13 The Milky Way has hundreds of billions of stars, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
The Milky Way has hundreds of billions of stars,
S01 • E12 In the 1960s, the women of the world demanded an end to - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
In the 1960s, the women of the world demanded an end to
S01 • E11 Is it possible to build a ship that could break the cosmic speed limit? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Is it possible to build a ship that could break the cosmic s...
S01 • E03 But tonight is back when John was a child in the summer of 1802. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
But tonight is back when John was a child in the summer of 1...
S01 • E02 It happened a couple of thousand years ago, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
It happened a couple of thousand years ago,
S01 • E01 Now, the insects came not just for their basic meal of pollen, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Now, the insects came not just for their basic meal of polle...
S01 • E05 But the brain's language is not encoded in the DNA of - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
But the brain's language is not encoded in the DNA of
S01 • E04 The testimony you cite are of witnesses whom the state - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
The testimony you cite are of witnesses whom the state
S01 • E09 We have entered a territory beyond the reach of classical physics. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
We have entered a territory beyond the reach of classical ph...
S01 • E08 But the first to send a probe to explore the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
But the first to send a probe to explore the surface of Satu...
S01 • E11 A mathematical physicist, Miguel Alcubierre of Mexico, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:15
A mathematical physicist, Miguel Alcubierre of Mexico,
S01 • E10 TYSON: When the ash began to fall, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
TYSON: When the ash began to fall,
S01 • E13 Somewhere in the vastness, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:13
Somewhere in the vastness,
S01 • E09 Where the elementary particles that make up everything, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Where the elementary particles that make up everything,
S01 • E01 The insects got chubbier, evolved furry bodies and even - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
The insects got chubbier, evolved furry bodies and even
S01 • E12 Then, in the '80s, consumers demanded that the corporations - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Then, in the '80s, consumers demanded that the corporat...