Neil deGrasse Tyson and Seth MacFarlane Team Up to Remake 'Cosmos' for FOX

Niel deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist Carl Sagan’s documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Journey is well known as one of the best science series ever. Next year, two amazing people are teaming up to do a remake for FOX, probably with updated scientific theories

FOX made an official announcement during its advertising upfront presentation at New York’s Beacon Theatre. The series has been in the works for years, and will be making its long-awaited premiere sometime in 2014.

The 13-episode season will be produced by Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy fame. That may seem out of place, but MacFarlane is actually pretty obsessed with science, and intelligent. The show will be hosted by Niel deGrasse Tyson, who actually met Sagan as a 17-year-old applicant to Cornell University, having been personally invited by the famous scientist to "come check out the lab."

As The Verge explains:

The Sagan original became the most successful US public TV series of all time, relying primarily on the astrophysicist’s elegant expositions of the universe, while today’s science programming takes largely takes its cues from sci-fi, revolving around flashy computer animation and dramatic visual effects. 

Let's hope the show is as awesome as it could be, which is very.