Carl Sagan

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” II: Questioning the Hart-Tipler Conjecture

Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi's famous question,…

9 years ago

25 Years Since Voyager’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Images

A quarter of a century has passed since NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped the iconic image of Earth known as…

9 years ago

What Does It Mean To Be ‘Star Stuff’?

At one time or another, all science enthusiasts have heard the late Carl Sagan's infamous words: "We are made of…

9 years ago

Bill Nye on Taking Astronomy with Carl Sagan

"This is how we know nature. It is the best idea humans have ever come up with." – Bill Nye,…

10 years ago

‘Cosmos’ Reboot Starts With a (Big) Bang

With much anticipation from the astronomy and science community, the opening episode of the new and updated version of Carl…

10 years ago

TV Show ‘Cosmos’ Gets An Epic Reboot This Sunday

Sunday is going to be a once-in-a-generation moment. For those of us who were too young to remember the original…

10 years ago

50 Years After Taking Over Earth, The Beatles’ Space Invasion Is Well Underway

As the Beatles strummed the opening notes to "All My Loving" on the Ed Sullivan Show 50 years ago yesterday,…

10 years ago

Pale Blue Dot: an Animated Contemplation

Every now and then, someone takes Carl Sagan's wonderful reading of his iconic "Pale Blue Dot" narrative and turns it…

11 years ago

Searching out Sagan in Ithaca

Taking a break from reading Pale Blue Dot in Carl Sagan's hometown of Ithaca, New York. (Elizabeth Howell) I never…

11 years ago

Remembering Carl Sagan

Today would have been Carl Sagan’s 78th birthday, and the past few years November 9th, the anniversary of his birth,…

11 years ago