Possible Worlds
(2020)
Overview
Neil deGrasse Tyson returns as host to translate more revelations of science into a lavish transporting experience, taking audiences on a series of spiritual voyages of exploration. Previously uncharted realms are revealed, including lost worlds, worlds yet to come, and the worlds that humans may one day inhabit.
Cast
as Self - Host
Episodes
Ladder to the Stars 8.2
March 9, 2020
An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life and consciousness. A visit to a 100,000-year-old lab…
The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone 8.2
March 9, 2020
There is no refuge from change in the cosmos. There will come a time in the life of the Sun when Earth will no longer b…
Lost City of Life 7.8
March 16, 2020
A new vision of genesis at the bottom of the blood red sea of the infant Earth. And the story of the man who found the …
Vavilov 8.3
March 16, 2020
In the first half of the 20th century pioneering geneticist Nikolai Vavilov traveled 5 continents assembling a treasury…
The Cosmic Connectome 7.6
March 23, 2020
A voyage of discovery through the evolution of consciousness with stops in ancient Greece, a visit to the largest life …
The Man of a Trillion Worlds 7.8
March 23, 2020
A child lies on the rug of a tenement dreaming of interstellar adventures. At the dawn of the space age, a young Carl S…
The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth 8.2
March 30, 2020
A revelation of the hidden underground network that is a collaboration of four kingdoms of life, and a true first conta…
The Sacrifice of Cassini 8.4
March 30, 2020
The mysterious untold story of the scientist who figured out how to go the Moon while fighting for his life in a WWI tr…
Magic Without Lies 8.2
April 6, 2020
Meet the man who stumbled on a hole in the reality of quantum mechanics and the still-unfolding technology that made it…
A Tale of Two Atoms 8.1
April 6, 2020
How a deadly embrace between science and state altered the fate of the world, and a gripping cautionary tale of mass ca…
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 7.9
April 13, 2020
An exploration of human potential for change, concluding with the story of one of history's greatest monster and his vi…
Coming of Age In The Anthropocene 8.0
April 13, 2020
A baby is born on the day the show premieres. What kind of world can she expect to grow up in? One of her possible futu…
Seven Wonders of The New World 7.6
April 20, 2020
Take a trip to the 2039 New York World’s Fair, where the problems we now consider hopeless have been solved and thrilli…