A descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus to explore its broiling surface serves as a warning to our world about the possible consequences of the increasing greenhouse effect. Then Dr. Sagan leads us on a tour of our solar system to see how other heavenly bodies have suffered from various cosmic catastrophes.
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Show Name....... Cosmos
Rating.......... 9 [*********-]
Premiered....... 2014-03-08
Type............ Documentary
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Plot............ Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos will explore how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. It will bring to life never-before-told stories of the heroic quest for knowledge and transport viewers to new worlds and across the universe for a vision of the cosmos on the grandest scale. Cosmos will invent new modes of scientific storytelling to reveal the grandeur of the universe and re-invent celebrated elements of the legendary original series, including the Cosmic Calendar and the Ship of the Imagination. The most profound scientific concepts will be presented with stunning clarity, uniting skepticism and wonder, and weaving rigorous science with the emotional and spiritual into a transcendent experience
Cast............ Neil deGrasse Tyson ... Host
Cast............ Nadia Rochelle Pfarr ... Malala Yousefzai
Cast............ Stoney Emshwiller ... George Tilton
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Network......... National Geographic Channel
Country......... United States
Language........ English
Runtime......... 60 mins
Status.......... Running
Air Date........ Monday 22:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1128/cosmos
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Episode Name.... A Sky Full of Ghosts
Season.......... 1x04
Plot............ An exploration of how light, time and gravity combine to distort our perceptions of the universe. We eavesdrop on a series of walks along a beach in the year 1809. William Herschel, whose many discoveries include the insight that telescopes are time machines, tells bedtime stories to his son, who will grow up to make some rather profound discoveries of his own. A stranger lurks nearby. All three of them figure into the fun house reality of tricks that light plays with time and gravity
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2014-03-30 Sunday, 20:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/103870/cosmos-1x04-a-sky-full-of-ghosts
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Episode Name.... Hiding in the Light
Season.......... 1x05
Plot............ The keys to the cosmos have been lying around for us to find all along. Light, itself, holds so many of them, but we never realized they were there until we learned the basic rules of science
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2014-04-06 Sunday, 20:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/103871/cosmos-1x05-hiding-in-the-light
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