To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
They were on short fuses that could be lit at any moment
Please log in to add to collections.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds

They were on short fuses thatcould be lit at any moment

They were on short fuses that
could be lit at any moment

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.036
They were on short fuses that could be lit at any moment.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:31
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
13
Genres
documentary, animation, family

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E09 With a burning desire to know, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
With a burning desire to know,
S01 • E11 I'm not talking about the near-term where climate change - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
I'm not talking about the near-term where climate chang...
S01 • E02 Our fascination with fire. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Our fascination with fire.
S01 • E10 Until the whole thing collapsed in on itself. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Until the whole thing collapsed in on itself.
S01 • E07 But there's something even more amazing that was going - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
But there's something even more amazing that was going
S01 • E13 Preparing for the coming apocalypse was a frequent - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Preparing for the coming apocalypse was a frequent
S01 • E04 Something that could only be possible with the - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Something that could only be possible with the
S01 • E12 But not to worry, little one, because those fireballs were - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
But not to worry, little one, because those fireballs were
S01 • E06 Back then, astronomers thought that the cosmos consisted of - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
Back then, astronomers thought that the cosmos consisted of
S01 • E02 And this was true here at Persepolis, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:14
And this was true here at Persepolis,
S01 • E10 This collapse raised the temperature so high, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:08
This collapse raised the temperature so high,
S01 • E13 While we all knew that our lives could be terminated at - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:18
While we all knew that our lives could be terminated at
S01 • E08 It's funny that the weirdest planet in the solar system has - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
It's funny that the weirdest planet in the solar system...
S01 • E11 If we want to endure for thousands, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:13
If we want to endure for thousands,
S01 • E05 Hippocrates rejected the notion that angry gods were - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
Hippocrates rejected the notion that angry gods were
S01 • E03 She made them with carbon dioxide and the same minerals - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
She made them with carbon dioxide and the same minerals
S01 • E12 In the billions of years since, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
In the billions of years since,
S01 • E05 He wrote: "The physician must investigate the entire patient, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
He wrote: "The physician must investigate the entire pa...
S01 • E08 Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft that has ever been - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:11
Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft that has ever been
S01 • E04 It was already 5,000 years old before the first Egyptian pyramid was built. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
It was already 5,000 years old before the first Egyptian pyr...