Carl Sagan

In 1996, Carl Sagan made a prescient prediction about a populist "charlatan" that seems to have come true some decades after his death.

Cosmic Foresight

"If we are not able to ask skeptical questions... then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan."

In His Final Interview, Carl Sagan Warned That Someone Just Like Trump Could Take Over America

The new director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has spoken about her decision to be sworn in on a copy of "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan.

Sagan Says

A still more glorious dawn awaits. 

New NASA Goddard Director Explains Why She Was Sworn in on a Carl Sagan Book

If you look closely at the photo that accompanies NASA's press release about the new Goddard Center director, you'll see something curious and delightful.

Star Stuff

"Anyone who does this has to be cool to work for."

New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan Book Instead of Bible

After an outpouring of anger about the project on social media, PepsiCo no longer says it plans to launch a space billboard.

Space Disgrace

PepsiCo keeps changing its story about its plans for a space billboard.

After Backlash, Pepsi Says It Never Planned a Space Billboard

Is there anybody out there?

Humans Have Been Trying to Communicate with Aliens for Decades

It's the same reason humans see animals in clouds. 

Pareidolia: Why People Think That They See Ghosts

"We will detect evidence of non-intelligent life on another planet of our solar system within the next 50-70 years."

Carl Sagan

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