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 ...

Sagan proposed that Voyager 1, which had ventured into space, turn around and take a photograph of Earth to transmit back.

Carl Sagan had a gift for translating complex scientific ideas into stories that sparked wonder and inspired generations, including many of the scientists shaping today’s discoveries. Through his ...

Yesterday I mentioned Carl Sagan and Cosmos to one of my summer research interns. "Who is Carl Sagan?" he asked. "You know, billions and billions of stars...," I implored. [Yes, I know he apparently ...

Excitement is stirring in astronomers and the uninitiated alike for the upcoming April 8 solar eclipse, during which the moon will completely shadow the earth in a line across the country, blocking ...

President Barack Obama kicked off the 21st-century version of "Cosmos" with a tribute to astronomer Carl Sagan and his successors. "America has always been a nation of fearless explorers, who dream ...

Kent Gibson, an Emmy-winning producer and sound designer, died Oct. 23 in hospice care in Seattle after a struggle with dementia, his friend Susan Lenti told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 77. Gibson ...

In the wake of NASA’s exciting Voyager 2 discoveries, we honor the birthday of one of society’s most prominent astronomy figures: Carl Sagan. In addition to his role as a worldwide leader of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On Nov. 9, 2024, the world will mark Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday – but sadly without Sagan, who died in 1996 at the age of 62. What most people don’t know about Sagan, and what has ...