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 ...

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 been somewhat ...

"The Big Beginning" is the eighth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It deals with the origins of our universe, covering the Big Bang theory, expansion and cooling of the ...

The origin story of our species, Homo sapiens, dates back roughly 300,000 years. At this evolutionary dawn, our ancestors’ lives would have been relatively humble — foraging and hunting for food while ...

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 ...

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 ...

He says, “That is a symptom of the bizarre fear of science that’s taken hold.” The astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson, of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, serves as narrator this ...

Carl Sagan, a renowned astronomer, inspired millions to explore the universe. He championed curiosity, urging humanity to ...

November 2, 2023, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute is delighted to announce that Dr. Pascal Lee will be honored with the 2023 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization presented by Wonderfest.

This week holds anniversaries for two important milestones in nuclear warfare. On November 1, 1952, the United States detonated a massive hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands. The new weapon ...

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

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 ...