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.
SpaceNews: University of Hawaii Professor G. Jeffrey Taylor Receives Carl Sagan Medal
Carl Edward Sagan (/ ˈseɪɡən /; SAY-gən; – ) [4] was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies. He played an active role in the ...
The Cornell Daily Sun: Cornell Community Reflects on Carl Sagan’s Legacy at 90th Birthday Celebration
The Cornell Daily Sun: Emmy Award-Winning Writer Ann Druyan Talks Science Communication and Life of Carl Sagan in 'Cosmic Conversation'
Emmy Award-Winning Writer Ann Druyan Talks Science Communication and Life of Carl Sagan in 'Cosmic Conversation'
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 ...
Times of San Diego: Opinion: In 2025, Let’s Embrace What Jimmy Carter and Carl Sagan Understood About Our Earth
The famous “Pale Blue Dot” is a photograph of Earth taken Feb. 14, 1990, by Voyager 1 at a distance of 3.7 billion miles. (Courtesy of NASA) The famed astrophysicist Carl Sagan and former President ...
Opinion: In 2025, Let’s Embrace What Jimmy Carter and Carl Sagan Understood About Our Earth
We live in Carl Sagan’s universe–awesomely vast, deeply humbling. It’s a universe that, as Sagan reminded us again and again, isn’t about us. We’re a granular element. Our presence may even be ...