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    Life, Cosmos and Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Apr 16, 2020 3 minutes

    Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is the host of the Emmy-nominated StarTalk, a best-selling author and science communicator. Following in the footsteps of revered astrophysicist Carl Sagan, who pioneered the groundbreaking 1980 space documentary series Cosmos, Tyson takes audiences through the interconnectivity of our universe and life on Earth in a new and visually stunning 13-part series: Cosmos: Possible Worlds.

    Is it true that we are all made of stardust?

    One of the remarkable things about the universe is that the laws of physics that we measure here on Earth apply everywhere. This was not a given when

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