We reside in the cosmos as Sagan saw it—incredibly huge and truly grounding. It is a reality that, as he frequently pointed out, does not revolve around ...

Carl Sagan at his Cornell University laboratory in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1974. Santi Visalli, Inc./Archive Photos via Getty Images On Nov. 9, 2024, the world will mark Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday – but ...

Humanists are especially eager. They claim Sagan as their own, and see in the “Cosmos” series — a multipart journey to the outer reaches of our universe — and in his dozen books a vibrant strain of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary astronomer and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, who expanded scientific understanding of the universe and helped millions appreciate the wonders of the cosmos, will be the subject of an ...

What do aliens and humans have in common? Probably not their looks. This week we’re reminded of this via a viral 1978 clip of the late astronomer Carl Sagan. In it, Sagan discusses what Star Wars gets ...

According to Variety, Voyagers takes place in 1977 and is set against NASA’s efforts to launch humanity’s first interstellar probes with a team, led by Sagan, working to create a message to accompany ...

The astrophysicist was one of the first researchers to bring astronomy closer to the general public and to advocate the ...

Jean-Luc Margot has received funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and The Planetary Society, which was co-founded by Carl Sagan. He met Carl ...