- Original release
- Previous episode S01E06 - Travellers' Tales
- Number S01E07
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Director
Adrian Malone
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Writers
Ann Druyan
Carl Sagan
Steven Soter
- Country United States
- Original language English
- Genre Documentary
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The Backbone of Night
Humans 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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S01E08 - Journeys in Space and Time
