The episode, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, travels back billions of years to the "Lost City" on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean—a field of hydrothermal vents that may hold the secret to how life first began.
: Through Goldschmidt’s story, the episode emphasizes that even in the face of human darkness and war, the pursuit of scientific truth continues. [S1E3] Lost City of Life
" Lost City of Life " is the third episode of the second season of the documentary series (often referred to as Cosmos Season 3, following the 1980 and 2014 series). It explores the origins of life on Earth and the chemical conditions that made it possible. Episode Overview The episode, hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, travels
: The episode highlights the work of this unsung hero of science, a geochemist who escaped Nazi-occupied Norway. His research into the elements of the Earth laid the groundwork for our understanding of how life is chemically linked to the planet itself. It explores the origins of life on Earth
You can watch the full episode or find more details on platforms like National Geographic or Disney+.
: The "Ship of the Imagination" takes viewers into the deep, roiling oceans of early Earth. It focuses on massive towers of calcium carbonate that grew from the seabed through inorganic processes long before biological life existed.