A Sky Full of Ghosts

by Ann Druyan, Steven Soter, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Morgan Heit, Carl Sagan and 4 others(2 total)

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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Ann Druyan (2)Steven Soter (2)Patrick Stewart (1)William Herschel (1)

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

Sun Stars Light Years Earth

Some stars are so far away, it takes eons for their light to get to Earth. By the time the light from some stars gets here, they are already dead. For those stars, we see only their ghosts.

— Ann Druyan, Steven Soter, imdb.com

Stars Earth Ghosts Light Years

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