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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Then, 540 million years ago,something wondrous happened

Then, 540 million years ago,
something wondrous happened

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Then, 540 million years ago, something wondrous happened.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:16:15
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E08 If he had followed the evidence wherever it led, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
If he had followed the evidence wherever it led,
S01 • E06 And when he looked at the red planet, Mars, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:17
And when he looked at the red planet, Mars,
S01 • E01 There are, of course, exceptions, especially in - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
There are, of course, exceptions, especially in
S01 • E02 It has internal programs for accomplishing these functions - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:14
It has internal programs for accomplishing these functions
S01 • E12 The leaves of the rice plants release more methane into the atmosphere. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
The leaves of the rice plants release more methane into the ...
S01 • E01 But the overwhelming consensus paints a picture of humans - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
But the overwhelming consensus paints a picture of humans
S01 • E10 Two would produce four, four would produce eight - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Two would produce four, four would produce eight
S01 • E09 We'll pull over to the side of the road for the best possible view of which slit, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
We'll pull over to the side of the road for the best po...
S01 • E03 Life, which had been all about microbes and simple - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
Life, which had been all about microbes and simple
S01 • E08 But Cassini, ever the conservative, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
But Cassini, ever the conservative,
S01 • E12 These early farmers had no way of seeing what was - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
These early farmers had no way of seeing what was
S01 • E10 Until enormous amounts of energy in the nucleus itself - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Until enormous amounts of energy in the nucleus itself
S01 • E01 We shared the little we had because we knew that our - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
We shared the little we had because we knew that our
S01 • E04 VAVILOV: The farmer has wisdom and is worthy of our respect. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
VAVILOV: The farmer has wisdom and is worthy of our respect.
S01 • E05 To demonstrate this, Mosso began thinking about designing - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
To demonstrate this, Mosso began thinking about designing
S01 • E07 Yes, there were giant redwoods on the Earth 240 million years ago. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Yes, there were giant redwoods on the Earth 240 million year...
S01 • E12 Again, they were just trying to feed themselves - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Again, they were just trying to feed themselves
S01 • E13 TYSON: And this is the Pavilion of the 4th Dimension, time. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
TYSON: And this is the Pavilion of the 4th Dimension, time.
S01 • E04 But tragically, he lacks the predictive powers of science. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
But tragically, he lacks the predictive powers of science.
S01 • E08 Several years later, a Danish astronomer, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
Several years later, a Danish astronomer,