Mountain View, CA– The Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe is being established at the SETI Institute in Silicon Valley to sustain a long-term commitment for research into age-old ...

After the U.S.S.R. made cosmic history by sending the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, to space in 1957, the U.S. hoped to follow up with an unprecedented display of power. “Specific ...

The following statement was made by Dr. Barry Blumberg, former Director of the NAI, at the opening of the SETI Institute’s Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe. It is such a good ...

Barely a pixel in size, this tiny dot encapsulates the entire story of human civilization, every triumph, tragedy, and act of love, reduced to a glimmer in the vast expanse of space.

"The undertaking of the Golden Record reflects the incredible optimism, fascination and humility when faced with the great unknown of the universe." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

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 ...

Excitement is stirring in astronomers and the uninitiated alike for the upcoming April 8 solar eclipse, during which the moon will completely shadow the earth in a line across the country, blocking ...

After eagle-eyed netizens noticed that the new director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center was sworn in on Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot,” we, like everyone else, were very excited — and as it turns ...