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Season: 1  |  unknown
Year: 1980  |  unknown

Season 1

"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 1 -- At the beginning of this cosmic journey across space and time, Dr. Carl Sagan takes us to the edge of the universe aboard a spaceship of the imagination.

Season 1, Episode 1: The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean

Original Air Date—28 SZEPTEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Dr. Sagan's cosmic calendar makes the history of the universe understandable and frames the origin of the Earth and the evolution of life.

Season 1, Episode 2: One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue

Original Air Date—5 OKTÓBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 3 -- This episode is a historical re-creation of the life of Johannes Kepler, the last scientific astrologer, the first modern astronomer and the author of the first science fiction novel.

Season 1, Episode 3: Harmony of the Worlds

Original Air Date—12 OKTÓBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 4 -- A descent through the hellish atmosphere of Venus to explore its broiling surface serves as a warning to our world about the possible consequences of the increasing greenhouse effect.

Season 1, Episode 4: Heaven and Hell

Original Air Date—19 OKTÓBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 5 -- Is there life on Mars? Dr. Sagan takes viewers on a tour of the red planet first through the eyes of science fiction authors, and then through the unblinking eyes of two Viking spacecraft.

Season 1, Episode 5: Blues for a Red Planet

Original Air Date—26 OKTÓBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Dr. Sagan compares explorers who ventured in sailing ships halfway around our planet in their quest for wealth and knowledge to the excitement around Voyager's expeditions to Jupiter and Saturn.

Season 1, Episode 6: Travelers' Tales

Original Air Date—2 NOVEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 7 -- Humans once thought the stars were campfires in the sky and the Milky Way "the backbone of night."

Season 1, Episode 7: The Backbone of Night

Original Air Date—9 NOVEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 8 -- A voyage to see how star patterns change over millions of years is followed by a journey to the planets of other stars, and a look at the possibility of time travel.

Season 1, Episode 8: Journeys in Space and Time

Original Air Date—16 NOVEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Using computer animation and amazing astronomical art, Dr. Sagan shows how stars are born, live, die and sometimes collapse to form neutron stars or black holes.

Season 1, Episode 9: The Lives of the Stars

Original Air Date—23 NOVEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Dr. Sagan leads us to a time when galaxies were beginning to form, and to show how humans of this century discovered the expanding universe and its origin in the big bang.

Season 1, Episode 10: The Edge of Forever

Original Air Date—30 NOVEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 11 -- The brain is the focus of this fascinating portion of our journey as Dr. Sagan examines another of the intelligent creatures with whom we share the planet Earth — whales.

Season 1, Episode 11: The Persistence of Memory

Original Air Date—7 DECEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 12 -- Are there alien intelligences? How could we communicate with them? The answers to these questions take us to Egypt to decode ancient hieroglyphics, and to the largest radio telescope on Earth.

Season 1, Episode 12: Encyclopedia Galactica

Original Air Date—14 DECEMBER 1980
"Cosmos" (1980): Season 1: Episode 13 -- This is the famous episode on nuclear war in which Dr. Sagan argues that our responsibility for survival is owed not just to ourselves, but also to the cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.

Season 1, Episode 13: Who Speaks for Earth?

Original Air Date—21 DECEMBER 1980

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Harmony of Worlds

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