The central storytelling conceit is to present the entire history of the Universe as a one-year “cosmic calendar.” This helps put billions of years in a manageable context, beginning with the Big Bang ...

With his head in the clouds and hands on the budget, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the few American scientists commanding the attention of pop culture and the scientific journal.

More than 30 years after Carl Sagan explored the universe in “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” Seth MacFarlane and Sagan’s widow, Ann Druyan, have teamed for a 13-part follow-up. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is ...

National Geographic's new series, "Cosmos: A Space Odyssey," reportedly made television history as the largest global rollout of a TV series ever. According to National Geographic, the show aired on ...

This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...

Take a trip beyond the stars with the documentary series "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey." Each episode explores the vastness of the universe in search for answers to some of mankind's deepest questions.