![]() Perhaps most important, thanks to its rigorous, unapologetic belief in the scientific method, the series has the kind of backbone and point of view that would have made the late Sagan proud. Thanks to the presence of its host, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson (himself a protégé of Sagan), the tour of intergalactic wonderlands and subatomic particles is energetic and fascinating. COSMOS 2.0 managed to pull off an impressive hat trick: Thanks to advances in special-effects technology, it looks gorgeous. ![]() The updated version of COSMOS had very big shoes to fill, given the historic goodwill toward Carl Sagan’s original production, a 1980 Peabody winner which was deeply loved by a generation of armchair astronomers and inspired many future scientists.
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