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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elio and Glordon explore the Communiverse in "Elio." Elio and Glordon explore the Communiverse in "Elio." Credit: Pixar His ...

Carl Sagan, the acclaimed astronomer, astrophysicist and author who introduced a whole generation to the wonders of the heavens with his bestselling "Cosmos" science book and TV series and made saying ...

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.

It’s been 30 years since a group of scientists led by Carl Sagan found evidence for life on Earth using data from instruments on board NASA's Galileo robotic spacecraft. Yes, you read that correctly.

(CNN) -- He was a scientist's scientist, and brought new insights both to fellow experts and laymen. Though astronomer Carl Sagan died last December, his presence is still keenly felt -- both in ...

In 'Extraterrestrial Worlds', Austrian astronomer and engineer Lisa Kaltenegger, founder of the Carl Sagan Institute, details the advances in the search for another 'Earth' outside the Solar System: ...

PASADENA, Calif. — NASA announced Wednesday the new Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about ...

There are some quotations that people read quickly and immediately understand. Then others make readers stop for a moment because the words feel bigger than a simple sentence.

Forget buzzy actors or huge franchises. The movies this summer belong to one surprising star: Carl Sagan. The American astronomer and science communicator's work plays a large part in not one but two ...