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Season 1

  • S01E01 Gods and Monsters

    • July 24, 2019
    • PBS

    In this episode we explore the origins of our relationship with the skies. From our earliest ancestors we discover how we used the skies to navigate and tell time, and how we gave religious significance to the things we saw in it. We finish on the cusp of a revolution that gave birth to modern science.

  • S01E02 Finding the Center

    • July 31, 2019
    • PBS

    Exploring major changes in scientific understanding, from flat Earth legends to Galileo's telescope, and the efforts to give the Earth a shape and a place.

  • S01E03 Our Place in the Universe

    • August 7, 2019
    • PBS

    A cast of scientific pioneers reshapes the solar system and better understands a growing universe. But there is still much more space to explore.