An institute dedicated to searching for alien life in the cosmos has been renamed in honor of the late astrophysicist and science popularizer Carl Sagan. Cornell University's Institute for Pale Blue ...

If you have even the most remote interest in astronomy, it’s likely Carl Sagan’s name has came up an uncountable number of times in your research on the subject. Though he passed away years ago, his ...

The astronomer Carl Sagan made it his life's work to engage the public in the world of science and exploration. The Library of Congress announced Wednesday that it's acquired his personal papers. Host ...

Encyclopedia Galactica is the compilation of a series of paintings by award-winning artist Jon Lomberg, in collaboration with the late astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan. Below is the story ...

Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and ...

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO — At the 67th meeting of the International Astronautical Congress that wrapped last week, Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye and the organization’s Communications Director, Erin ...

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 ...

As a young lad in the 1970s I remember enjoying Carl Sagan’s television programme Cosmos. Did it inspire me to become a physicist? Not really, but it was entertaining and there was something very ...

For years, Carl Sagan brought science into homes around the United States with his TV shows and books. Although the famed astronomer died in 1996, his legacy lives on in people who were inspired by ...

The late Cornell University planetary scientist, astronomer and author Carl Sagan was not only a masterful science communicator but had the gift of pushing humanity to think in innovative ways. His ...

Carl Sagan is best known as a science popularizer, but he was also a renowned pioneer in the early US space program, a planetary scientist, astrobiologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and social ...

This book excerpt originally appeared in the December 1999 issue of HIGH TIMES. When Carl Sagan died of pneumonia in 1996 at age 62, he was one of the most famous scientists in the world. Not only had ...