Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey Season 1 Episode 7 - The Backbone of Night

Airdate: 1980-Nov-09

Episode summary:

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.

About Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey series:

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey is a 2014 American science documentary television series that is a follow-up to the 1980 television series Cosmos: A Pe...Show more >