Episode 1: Cosmos - A Spacetime Odyssey episode 1

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What portion of the cosmic calendar does all of our history occur in?

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Last 14 Seconds

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How old is the universe?

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13.8 billion years

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What is the name of the spacecraft that has traveled the farthest?

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Voyager 1

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What was the Big Bang?

Back

An Expansion

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Who envisioned a grander Cosmos while he was in prison?

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Bruno

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What is the cosmic calendar?

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A scale that represents the history of the universe in a single year.

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What does the term 'light-year' measure?

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The distance that light travels in one year.

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What is the significance of the Big Bang in cosmology?

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It marks the beginning of the universe and the expansion of space.

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What is the Milky Way?

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A galaxy that contains our solar system.

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What is a black hole?

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A region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing can escape from it.