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by Ann Druyan, Steven Soter, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Carl Sagan and 4 others
An exploration of how light, time and gravity combine to distort our perceptions of the universe. We eavesdrop on a series of walks along a beach on summer nights in the year 1809. William Herschel, whose many discoveries include the insight that telescop
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“Every star is a sun as big, as bright as our own. Just imagine how far away from us you'd have to move the Sun to make it appear as small and faint as a star. The light from the stars travels very fast, faster than anything, but not infinitely fast. It takes time for their light to reach us. For the…”
— Ann Druyan, Steven Soter, William Herschel, Patrick Stewart, imdb.com