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Has the universe always existed? How did it become a place that could harbor life? New clues from the frontiers of science are presented by dynamic astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. As the host of Origins: Back to the Beginning, Tyson leads viewers on a cosmic journey to the beginning of time and to the depths of space, in search of the first stirrings of life and its traces on other worlds. Starting with the Big Bang, Tyson takes us back to where everything began, exploring how the colossal, mind-boggling forces of the early universe made it possible for habitable worlds to emerge.

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