Synopsis

The connection between our ancestors and the heavens fueled some of humanity’s earliest breakthroughs and most remarkable creations. The ancient Greeks determined that the Earth was a sphere; Polynesian navigators charted immense oceans in small canoes using only the sun and stars; and it is widely believed that impressive structures like Stonehenge were built to track celestial movements. *Known Universe* now explores humankind's initial observations of the cosmos, revealing how these early ins