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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey abstract "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 American science documentary television series. The show is a follow-up to the 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which was presented by Carl Sagan on the Public Broadcasting Service and is considered a milestone for scientific documentaries. This series was developed to bring back the foundation of science to network television at the height of other scientific-based television series and films. The show is presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who was inspired by Sagan as a young college student. Among the executive producers are Seth MacFarlane, whose clout and financial investment was instrumental in bringing the show to broadcast television, and Ann Druyan, Sagan's widow and a co-creator of the original series. The series loosely follows the same thirteen-episode format and storytelling approach that the original Cosmos used, including elements such as the "Ship of the Imagination", but features information updated since the 1980 series along with extensive computer-generated graphics and animation footage augmenting the narration. The show is produced by Brannon Braga, and Alan Silvestri provides the backing score.The series premiered on March 9, 2014, simultaneously in the US across ten 21st Century Fox networks. The remainder of the series will air on Fox, with the National Geographic Channel rebroadcasting the episodes the next night with extra content. The series has been rebroadcast internationally in dozens of other countries by local National Geographic and Fox stations.".
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey country United_States.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey creator Ann_Druyan.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey creator Steven_Soter.
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey director Bill_Pope.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey director Brannon_Braga.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey executiveProducer Seth_MacFarlane.
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey person Bill_Pope.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey presenter Neil_deGrasse_Tyson.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey previousWork Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey releaseDate "2014-03-09".
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey cinematography "Bill Pope".
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey director "Ann Druyan".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey editor "Eric Lea".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey editor "John Duffy".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey editor "Michael O'Halloran".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey episodenumber "10".
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey executiveProducer "* Seth MacFarlane * Ann Druyan * Brannon Braga * Mitchell Cannold".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey firstAired "2014-03-09".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey genre "Science documentary".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey language "English".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey lastAired "present".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey numEpisodes "13".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey originalairdate "2014-03-16".
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey originalairdate "2014-06-01".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey precededBy "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey presenter Neil_deGrasse_Tyson.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey producer "Livia Hanich".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey producer "Steven Holtzman".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey runtime "2640.0".
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- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey shortsummary "thumb|Supernova SN 1987A demonstrated the existence of neutrinos. This episode looks to the nature of the cosmos on the micro and atomic scales, using the Ship of the Imagination to explore these realms. Tyson describes some of the micro-organism that live within a dew drop, demonstrating parameciums and tardigrades. He proceeds to discuss how plants use photosynthesis via their chloroplasts to convert sunlight into chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich sugars. Tyson then discusses the nature of molecules and atoms and how they relate to the evolution of species. He uses the example set forth by Charles Darwin postulating the existence of the long-tongued Morgan's sphinx moth based on the nature of the comet orchid with pollen far within the flower. He further demonstrates that scents from flowers are used to trigger olfactory centers in the brain, stimulating the mind to threats as to aid in the survival of the species. Tyson narrates how Greek philosophers Thales and Democritus postulated that all matter was made up of combinations of atoms in a large number of configurations, and describes how carbon forms the basic building block for life on earth due to its unique chemical nature. Tyson explains on the basic atomic structure of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and the process of nuclear fusion that occurs in most stars that can overcome the electrostatic forces that normally keeps atoms from touching each other. He then discusses the existence of neutrinos that are created by these nuclear processes, and that typically pass through all matter, making them virtually undetectable. He explains how subterranean water pool facilities lined with special detectors like the Super-Kamiokande are used to detect neutrinos when they collide with water molecules. how neutrinos from supernova SN 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud were detected three hours before the photons of light from the explosion were observed due to the neutrinos' ability to pass through matter of the dying sun. Tyson compares how neutrinos were postulated by Wolfgang Pauli to account for the conservation of energy from nuclear reactions in the same manner as Darwin's postulate on the long-tongued moth. Tyson concludes by noting that there are neutrinos from the Big Bang still existing in the universe but due to the nature of light, there is a "wall of infinity" that cannot be observed beyond.".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey shortsummary "thumb|right|An artist's concept of a black hole's accretion disk. Tyson begins the episode by explaining the nature of the speed of light and how much of what is seen of the observable universe is from light emanated from billions of years in the past. Tyson further explains how modern astronomy has used such analyzes via deep time to identify the Big Bang event and the age of the universe. Tyson proceeds to describe how the work of Isaac Newton, William Herschel, Michael Faraday, and James Clerk Maxwell contributed to understanding the nature of electromagnetic waves and gravitational force, and how this work led towards Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, that the speed of light is a fundamental constant of the universe and gravity can be seen as distortion of the fabric of space-time. Tyson describes the concept of dark stars as postulated by John Michell which are not visible but detectable by tracking other stars trapped within their gravity wells, an idea Herschel used to discover binary stars. Tyson then describes the nature of black holes, their enormous gravitational forces that can even capture light, and their discovery via X-ray sources such as Cygnus X-1. Tyson uses the Ship of Imagination to provide a postulate of the warping of spacetime and time dilation as one enters the event horizon of the black hole, and the possibility that these may lead to other points within our universe or others, or even time travel. Tyson ends on noting that Herschel's son, John would be inspired by his father to continue to document the known stars as well as contributions towards photography that play on the same nature of deep time used by astronomers. Animated sequences in this episode feature caricatures of William and John Herschel; Sir Patrick Stewart provided the voice for William in these segments.".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey shortsummary "thumb|right|Meteor fragments from Meteor Crater in Arizona were used to estimate the age of the Earth and other materials in the Solar System. This episode is centered around how science, in particular the work of Clair Patterson in the middle of the 20th century, has been able to determine the age of the Earth. Tyson first describes how the Earth was formed from the coalescence of matter some millions of years after the formation of the Sun, and while scientists can examine the formations in rock stratum to date some geological events, these can only trace back millions of years. Instead, scientists have used the debris from meteor impacts, such as the Meteor Crater in Arizona, knowing that the material from such meteors coming from the asteroid belt would have been made at the same time as the Earth. Tyson then outlines the work Patterson did as a graduate under his adviser Harrison Brown to provide an accurate count of lead in zircon particles from Meteor Crater, and to work with similar results being collected by George Tilton on uranium counts; with the established half-life of uranium's radioactive decay to lead, this would be used to estimate the age of the Earth. Patterson found that his results were contaminated by lead from the ambient environment, compared to Tilton's results, and required the construction of the first ultra-high cleanroom to remove all traces of environmental lead. With these clean results, Patterson was able to estimate the age of the Earth to 4.5 billion years. Tyson goes on to explain that Patterson's work in performing lead-free experiments directed him to investigate the sources for lead. Tyson notes how lead does not naturally occur at Earth's surface but has been readily mined by humans , and that lead is poisonous to humans. Patterson examined the levels of lead in the common environment and in deeper parts of the oceans and Antarctic ice, showing that lead had only been brought to the surface in recent times. He would discover that the higher levels of lead were from the use of tetraethyllead in leaded gasoline, despite long-established claims by Robert A. Kehoe and others that this chemical was safe. Patterson would continue to campaign against the use of lead, ultimately resulting in government-mandated restrictions on the use of lead. Tyson ends by noting that similar work by scientists continues to be used to help alert mankind to other fateful issues that can be identified by the study of nature.".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey shortsummary "thumb|right|The Harvard Computers that helped to classify the types of stars This episode provides an overview of the composition of stars, and their fate in billions of years. Tyson describes how early man would identify stars via the use of constellations that tied in with various myths and beliefs, such as the Pleiades. Tyson describes the work of Edward Charles Pickering to capture the spectra of multiple stars simultaneously, and the work of the Harvard Computers or "Pickering's Harem", a team of women researchers under Pickering's mentorship, to catalog the spectra. This team included Annie Jump Cannon, who developed the stellar classification system, and Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who has discovered the means to measure the distance from a star to the earth by its spectra, later used to identify other galaxies in the universe. Later, this team included Cecilia Payne, who would develop a good friendship with Cannon; Payne's thesis based on her work with Cannon was able to determine the composition and temperature of the stars, collaborating with Cannon's classification system. Tyson then explains the lifecycle of stars, being borne out from interstellar clouds. He explains how stars like the Sun keep their size due to the conflicting forces of gravity that pulls the gases in, and the expansion from escaping gases from the fusion reactions at its core. As the Sun ages, it will grow hotter and brighter to the point where the balance between these reactions will fail, causing the Sun to first expand into a red giant, and then collapse into a white dwarf, the collapse limited by the atomic forces. Tyson explains how larger stars may form even more collapsed forms of matter, creating novas and supernovas depending on their size and leading to pulsars. Massive stars can collapse into black holes. Tyson then describes that stars can only be so large, using the example of Eta Carinae which is considered an unstable solar mass that could become a hypernova in the relatively near future. Tyson ends describing how all matter on Earth is the same stuff that stars are made of, and that light and energy from the stars is what drives life on Earth.".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey shortsummary "thumb|right|The diversity of species as shown via the Tree of Life. The episode covers several facets of the origin of life and evolution. Tyson describes both artificial selection via selective breeding, using the example of mankind's domestication of wolves into dogs, and natural selection that created species like polar bears. Tyson uses the Ship of the Imagination to show how DNA, genes, and mutation work, and how these led to the diversity of species as represented by the Tree of life, including how complex organs such as the eye came about as a common element. Tyson describes extinction of species and the five great extinction events that wiped out numerous species on Earth, while some species, such as the tardigrade, were able to survive and continue life. Tyson speculates on the possibility of life on other planets, such as Saturn's moon, Titan, as well as how abiogenesis may have originated life on Earth. The episode concludes with an animation from the original Cosmos showing the evolution of life from a single cell to mankind today.".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey shortsummary "thumb|right|The first page of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica The episode begins with Tyson describing how pattern recognition manifested in early civilization as using astronomy and astrology to predict the passing of the seasons, including how the passage of a comet was often taken as an omen. Tyson continues to explain that the origin of comets only became known in the 20th century due to the work of Jan Oort and his hypothesis of the Oort cloud. Tyson then continues to relate the collaboration between Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton in the last part of the 17th century in Cambridge. The collaboration would result in the publication of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, the first major work to describe the laws of physics in mathematical terms, despite objections and claims of plagiarism from Robert Hooke and financial difficulties of the Royal Society of London. Tyson explains how this work challenged the prevailing notion that God had planned out the heavens, but would end up influencing many factors of modern life, including space flight. Tyson further describes Halley's contributions based on Newton's work, including determining Earth's distance to the sun, the motion of stars and predicting the orbit of then-unnamed Halley's Comet using Newton's laws. Tyson contrasts these scientific approaches to understanding the galaxy compared to what earlier civilizations had done, and considers this advancement as mankind's first steps into exploring the universe. The episode ends with an animation of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies' merging based on the principles of Newton's laws.".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey showName "A Spacetime Odyssey".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey showName "Cosmos:".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title A_Sky_Full_of_Ghosts.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title Deeper,_Deeper,_Deeper_Still.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title Hiding_in_the_Light.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title Sisters_of_the_Sun.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title Some_of_the_Things_That_Molecules_Do.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title The_Clean_Room.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title When_Knowledge_Conquered_Fear.
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title "The Electric Boy".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title "The Immortals".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title "The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth".
- Cosmos:_A_Spacetime_Odyssey title "The World Set Free".