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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
S01 E07 / THE BACKBONE OF NIGHT
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EP 01
THE SHORES OF THE COSMIC OCEAN
EP 02
ONE VOICE IN THE COSMIC FUGUE
EP 03
HARMONY OF THE WORLDS
EP 04
HEAVEN AND HELL
EP 05
BLUES FOR A RED PLANET
EP 06
TRAVELLERS' TALES
EP 07
THE BACKBONE OF NIGHT
EP 08
JOURNEYS IN SPACE AND TIME
EP 09
THE LIVES OF THE STARS
EP 10
THE EDGE OF FOREVER
EP 11
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
EP 12
ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA
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THE BACKBONE OF NIGHTHumans 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.
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