A visit to the 2039 New York World's Fair, where intractable problems may have been solved and thrilling possibilities exist.

Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Seven Wonders of the New World

A baby is born on the day the show premieres; one of her possible futures is explored.

Coming of Age in the Anthropocene

How a deadly embrace between science and state altered the fate of the world, and a gripping cautionary tale of mass casualty and unlikely survival.

A Tale of Two Atoms

The man who stumbled on a hole in the reality of quantum mechanics and the still-unfolding technology that made it possible.

Magic Without Lies

The mysterious untold story of the scientist who made the Apollo Mission possible, and a robotic explorer ordered to self-destruct on another world.

The Sacrifice of Cassini

Revelation of the hidden underground network that is a collaboration of four kingdoms of life, and a true first contact story between humans and other beings.

The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth

A young Carl Sagan realizes his childhood dreams, carrying his mentors' research forward.

The Man of a Trillion Worlds

An abandoned orphan's dream opens the way to understanding the architecture of thought.

The Cosmic Connectome

Nikolai Vavilov risks his life for a discovery that changes the history of science.

Vavilov

A long-term vision of humanity's future worlds.

The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson translates revelations of science into a lavishly transporting experience, taking audiences on a series of spiritual voyages of exploration.

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