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 ...

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 ...

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

What is essential for this problem is a global consciousness [...] that transcends our exclusive identifications with the generational and political groupings into which by accident we have been born.

Students, professors, alumni and stargazers alike gathered in Kennedy Hall on Nov. 9 to celebrate the life and legacy of Carl Sagan in a 90th birthday celebration hosted by the Carl Sagan Institute.

Forget buzzy actors or huge franchises. The movies this summer belong to one surprising star: Carl Sagan. The American astronomer and science communicator's work plays a large part in not one but two ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

In a “Cosmic Conversation” for the virtual 2021 Cornell Reunion, Emmy Award winning writer, director and producer Ann Druyan discussed the relationship between storytelling and science with the ...

Beloved astronomer Carl Sagan made a prescient prediction about a populist “charlatan” that seems to have come true decades after his death. In a 1996 interview with journalist Charlie Rose, filmed ...

On the 30th anniversary of “The Last Self-Help Book.” It is February of 1969 and a new television series is beginning on BBC2. The first images—they are in color, which is noteworthy—are of ...