The central storytelling conceit is to present the entire history of the Universe as a one-year “cosmic calendar.” This helps put billions of years in a manageable context, beginning with the Big Bang ...

Take a trip beyond the stars with the documentary series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey." Each episode explores the vastness of the universe in search for answers to some of mankind's deepest questions.

This week on Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Neil deGrasse Tyson finally broached the topic of climate change, and it was truly terrifying. But in addition to scaring the living fossil fuels out of us, ...

The geeks have risen up! That’s, at least in part, the reason “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” host and world renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks his show got picked up to run in primetime ...

Last night's episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey looked at the tiniest elements of our universe, exploring plant and animal cells and the role they play in our lives. Host Neil deGrasse Tyson took ...

A new documentary television series called, “COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey,” will be filming during the next several weeks in Santa Fe. The series is a follow-up to “COSMOS: A Personal Voyage,” Carl ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American With Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey now in its ...