Cosmos Possible Worlds
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.
01. Ladder to the Stars
An adventure spanning billions of years into the evolution of life and consciousness. A visit to a 100,000-year-old laboratory. The story of the change in life-style that radically altered human existence and the life of the heretic who found god in the book of nature, opening our way to the stars.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
André Bormanis
Series Composition
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Series Director
Ann Druyan
Series Director
Ann Druyan
Creative Director
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Brannon Braga
Series Writer
André Bormanis
Series Writer
Carl Sagan
Series Writer
Steven Soter
Series Writer
Tomas Sanchez
Stunt Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
02. The Fleeting Grace of the Habitable Zone
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 be a home for us. The story of our ancestors who rose to a comparable challenge and a long-term vision of our future on other worlds.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Carl Sagan
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Sasha Sagan
Rachel Molly Gruber
Shereen Balles
Female Voyager (voice)
Kapeneta Te'o-Tafiti
Male Voyager (voice)
Elizardo Torrez
Young Carl Sagan
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Ann Druyan
Director
Ann Druyan
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Aiden Arata
Script Coordinator
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Tomas Sanchez
Stunt Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
03. Lost City of Life
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 first clues to life's beginning in a green jewel. As he searched for life's origin, he risked his own, daring to toy with his Nazi tormentors.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Patrick Stewart
William Herschel (voice)
Joseph Grange
John Herschel (voice)
Carol Bach Rita
Caroline Herschel (voice)
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Carolina Jiménez
Layout
Brannon Braga
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
04. Vavilov
In the first half of the 20th century pioneering geneticist Nikolai Vavilov traveled 5 continents assembling a treasury of the worlds seeds. He dreamed that science could be the means to end hunger. His refusal to tell a scientific lie cost him his life. The heroism of his colleagues and its direct impact on your life is one of the most stirring stories in the history of science.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Viggo Mortensen
Nikolai Vavilov (voice)
Seth MacFarlane
(voice)
Ken Lally
(voice)
Phil Crowley
(voice)
Yuri Lowenthal
(voice)
Edita Brychta
(voice)
Chris Parson
(voice)
Andrew Pifko
(voice)
Brendan Bradley
(voice)
Matthew Jayson Cwern
(voice)
Alan Shearman
(voice)
Natasha Goubskaya
(voice)
Skye Sammoutis
(voice)
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Ann Druyan
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Tomas Sanchez
Stunt Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
05. The Cosmic Connectome
A voyage of discovery through the evolution of consciousness with stops in ancient Greece, a visit to the largest life form on Earth, into the poignant dream of an abandoned orphan that opened the way to our understanding of the architecture of thought and beyond to a vision of a galactic network of thought.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Marcelo Tubert
(voice)
Mara Junot
(voice)
Rick Pasqualone
(voice)
Elijah Braik
(voice)
Novi Brown
(voice)
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Carolina Jiménez
Layout
Ann Druyan
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
06. The Man of a Trillion Worlds
A child lies on the rug of a tenement dreaming of interstellar adventures. At the dawn of the space age, a young Carl Sagan's career is forged in the clash of his mentors, two scientific titans. Sagan goes on realize his childhood dreams, to carry their research forward and communicate its significance to the whole world.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Carl Sagan
Self (archive footage)
Sasha Sagan
Rachel Molly Gruber
Will Greenburg
John Goodricke
Elizardo Torrez
Young Carl Sagan
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
André Bormanis
Writer
Carolina Jiménez
Layout
Ann Druyan
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Aiden Arata
Script Coordinator
Zack Grobler
Production Design
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
Jeffrey A. Okun
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jack Geist
Visual Effects Producer
07. The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth
A revelation of the hidden underground network that is a collaboration of four kingdoms of life, and a true first contact story between humans and beings who communicate in a symbolic language and have maintained a representative democracy for many tens of millions of years.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Steve Oatway
Charles Darwin
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Carolina Jiménez
Layout
Brannon Braga
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Aiden Arata
Script Coordinator
Adam Druxman
Assistant Director
Shahrzad Davani
Assistant Director
Sheri Davani
Assistant Director
Zack Grobler
Production Design
Ian Scroggins
Art Direction
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
Jack Geist
Visual Effects Producer
Andrew Brandou
Animation Director
08. The Sacrifice of Cassini
The mysterious untold story of the scientist who figured out how to go the Moon while fighting for his life in a WWI trench. He wrote a letter to fifty years in the future. It made the Apollo Mission possible. And the saga of the twenty-year long odyssey of a robotic explorer ordered to commit suicide on another world.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Adam Tsekhman
Christiaan Huygens
Neil Arnote
Neil Armstrong
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Ann Druyan
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Adam Druxman
Assistant Director
Shahrzad Davani
Assistant Director
Sheri Davani
Assistant Director
Zack Grobler
Production Design
Ian Scroggins
Art Direction
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer
Randy E. Moore
Special Effects Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
Josh Mason
Production Supervisor
Dustin DellaVecchia
Production Coordinator
Mark J. Levenstein
Researcher
Jeffrey A. Okun
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jack Geist
Visual Effects Producer
09. Magic Without Lies
Meet the man who stumbled on a hole in the reality of quantum mechanics and the still-unfolding technology that made it possible.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Ernie Vigil
Thomas Young
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Brannon Braga
Director
Aiden Arata
Script Coordinator
Adam Druxman
Assistant Director
Zack Grobler
Production Design
Ian Scroggins
Art Direction
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer
Tomas Sanchez
Stunt Coordinator
Randy E. Moore
Special Effects Coordinator
Al Goto
Stunt Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
Josh Mason
Production Supervisor
Dustin DellaVecchia
Production Coordinator
Mark J. Levenstein
Researcher
Alan Silvestri
Music
Jeffrey A. Okun
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jack Geist
Visual Effects Producer
Andrew Brandou
Animation Director
10. A Tale of Two Atoms
How a deadly embrace between science and state altered the fate of the world, and a gripping cautionary tale of mass casualty and unlikely survival.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Seth MacFarlane
President Harry S. Truman (voice)
Judd Hirsch
Robert Oppenheimer (voice)
Olivia d'Abo
Marie Curie (voice)
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Brannon Braga
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Aiden Arata
Script Coordinator
Adam Druxman
Assistant Director
Shahrzad Davani
Assistant Director
Sheri Davani
Assistant Director
Zack Grobler
Production Design
Ian Scroggins
Art Direction
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer
Jane Day
Assistant Costume Designer
Miye 'Mimi' Matsumoto
Key Costumer
Randy E. Moore
Special Effects Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
J.D. Sievertson
Assistant Editor
Josh Mason
Production Supervisor
Dustin DellaVecchia
Production Coordinator
André Bormanis
Consulting Producer
Alan Silvestri
Music
Jeffrey A. Okun
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jack Geist
Visual Effects Producer
Andrew Brandou
Animation Director
Neil Greenberg
VFX Editor
11. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
An exploration of human potential for change, concluding with the story of one of history's greatest monster and his virtuous transformation.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Masoumeh Husseini
Monk (voice)
Harssh A. Singh
Ashoka (voice)
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Brannon Braga
Director
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
Martin Nicholson
Editor
12. Coming of Age In The Anthropocene
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 futures is explored.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Seth MacFarlane
Sherwood Rowland (voice)
Trang Vo
(voice)
Yurika Okamura
(voice)
Selyna Chan
(voice)
Sianna Chan
(voice)
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Writer
Ann Druyan
Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Aiden Arata
Script Coordinator
Adam Druxman
Assistant Director
Alysse Leite-Rogers
First Assistant Director
Kate Vanderbyl
Second Assistant Director
Zack Grobler
Production Design
Ian Scroggins
Art Direction
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer
Jane Day
Assistant Costume Designer
Tomas Sanchez
Stunt Coordinator
Randy E. Moore
Special Effects Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
Fawn McDonald
Production Coordinator
Alan Silvestri
Music
David Bifano
Music Producer
Jeffrey A. Okun
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jack Geist
Visual Effects Producer
Andrew Brandou
Animation Director
Neil Greenberg
VFX Editor
Lucas Gray
Supervising Animation Director
13. Seven Wonders of The New World
Take a trip to the 2039 New York World’s Fair, where the problems we now consider hopeless have been solved and thrilling possibilities exist.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Himself - Host
Sasha Sagan
Rachel Molly Gruber
Joseph J. Micucci
Young Father
Trang Vo
Birthmark Woman
Lennard Ortmann
Albert Einstein
Alex Bartram
Samuel Sagan
Brannon Braga
World's Fair Attendee
Marcello Guedes
Young Neil deGrasse Tyson
Leandro Guedes
Young Stephen Joseph Tyson
Alexander Siddig
Isaac Newton
Amanda Seyfried
Marie Tharp
Enn Reitel
Albert Einstein
Ann Druyan
Writer
Brannon Braga
Director
Adam Druxman
Assistant Director
Mara Herdmann
Script Supervisor
Aiden Arata
Script Coordinator
Alysse Leite-Rogers
First Assistant Director
Kate Vanderbyl
Second Assistant Director
Zack Grobler
Production Design
Ian Scroggins
Art Direction
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Director of Photography
Ruth E. Carter
Costume Designer
Jane Day
Assistant Costume Designer
Randy E. Moore
Special Effects Coordinator
John Duffy
Editor
Eric A. Sears
Editor
Peter Tackaberry
Assistant Editor
André Bormanis
Consulting Producer
Fawn McDonald
Production Coordinator
Alan Silvestri
Music
David Bifano
Music Producer
Jeffrey A. Okun
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jack Geist
Visual Effects Producer
Neil Greenberg
VFX Editor