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 on summer nights in the year 1809. William Herschel, whose many discoveries include the insight that telescopes are time machines, tells bedtime stories to his young son, John, who will grow up to make some rather profound discoveries of his own.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 4 of Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey was watched by 3,910,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.50 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Standing Up In The Milky Way
• s01e02 - Some of the Things That Molecules Do
• s01e03 - When Knowledge Conquered Fear
• s01e04 - A Sky Full of Ghosts
• s01e05 - Hiding in the Light
• s01e06 - Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still
• s01e07 - The Clean Room
• s01e08 - Sisters of the Sun
• s01e09 - The Electric Boy
• s01e10 - The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth
• s01e11 - The Immortals
• s01e12 - The World Set Free
• s01e13 - Unafraid of the Dark

Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey Show Summary

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.