: Host Neil deGrasse Tyson uses the "Ship of the Imagination" to track a single comet’s million-year journey from the Oort Cloud toward the Sun.
: It details how comets were historically feared as omens of doom until the 17th-century collaboration between Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley . Key Historical Figures
: The episode retraces his discovery of the laws of motion and universal gravitation . It also touches on his invention of calculus and his rivalry with Robert Hooke.
The file contains the third episode of the documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey , titled "When Knowledge Conquered Fear." This episode explores how humanity transitioned from viewing natural phenomena with superstition to understanding them through science. Episode Overview
