Back to Cosmos: A Personal VoyageNow Playing

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”

19801h 0m / epDocumentary

First aired

September 28, 1980

8.7

TMDB Score

87% match · 465 votes

Loading VidBolt…

S01 · E07

The Backbone of Night

Season 1 · Nov 9, 1980 · 1h 0m

‹›

E01▶

The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean

Sep 28, 1980 · 1h 0m

E02▶

One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue

Oct 5, 1980 · 1h 0m

E03▶

Harmony of the Worlds

Oct 12, 1980 · 1h 0m

E04▶

Heaven and Hell

Oct 19, 1980 · 1h 0m

E05▶

Blues for a Red Planet

Oct 26, 1980 · 1h 0m

E06▶

Travellers' Tales

Nov 2, 1980 · 1h 0m

E07Playing

The Backbone of Night

Nov 9, 1980 · 1h 0m

E08▶

Journeys in Space and Time

Nov 16, 1980 · 1h 0m

E09▶

The Lives of the Stars

Nov 23, 1980 · 1h 0m

E10▶

The Edge of Forever

Nov 30, 1980 · 1h 0m

E11▶

The Persistence of Memory

Dec 7, 1980 · 1h 0m

E12▶

Encyclopedia Galactica

Dec 14, 1980 · 1h 0m

E13▶

Who Speaks for Earth?

Dec 21, 1980 · 1h 0m

Humans once thought the stars were campfires in the sky and the Milky Way "the backbone of night." In this fascinating segment Dr. Sagan takes us back to ancient Greece, when the basic question "what are the stars?" was first asked. He visits the Brooklyn elementary school of his childhood, where this same question is still on students' minds.