The Backbone of Night Cosmos : Season 1 Episode 7
TV-PG PBS 1h 00m
Aired: November 9th, 1980 @ 8:00 PM EST on PBS
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.
