Tyson hosts upcoming Cosmos TV sequel
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.027735
New York Times : This Sunday astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson kicks off Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey , a 13-episode sequel to Carl Sagan’s popular 1980 series Cosmos . The original series was notable for its use of special effects to present and discuss such grand themes as the origin of life, the greenhouse effect, and interstellar travel. More than 30 years later, Tyson sets out to cover the myriad advances that have occurred since the original series aired, including robots exploring Mars, and new concepts, such as the accelerating universe and global warming. In the opening episode, Tyson relates the time back in 1975 when, as a young student, he first met Sagan and the influence Sagan had on his aspirations to become an astronomer.
