Killers of the Cosmos: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Space inspires awe and wonder, but it also can be scary... and lethal. Supermassive black holes, deadly gamma-ray bursts, rogue asteroids, dark energy, supernovas... Our world is under attack from above. It's like a ticking time bomb. Killers of the Cosmos takes a film-noir approach to these threats, mixing scripted, animated drama with top experts in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, biology, cosmology, and planetary science.

Aidan Gillen steps in as our gumshoe detective. In each episode, he's got a case to solve, with a different killer to identify and track down. But first, he needs evidence. Aided by a mysterious informant, he investigates each disaster-in-the-making via a wide range of experts who've studied some of science's most unbelievable wonders.

Series details

• Title: Killers of the Cosmos
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-09-19
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: discovery+
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 57201
• IMDb ID: tt15334452
• TVDB ID: 409829

Cast and credited roles

• Aidan Gillen — Gumshoe Detective
• Sarah Winter — Informant

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-09-19; final listed air date 2021-10-24.

Source and licence

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