Calling Carl Sagan a scientist is a little like calling the Beatles a rock band. Sagan was certainly a scientist (an astronomer, biologist and astrophysicist, to be precise). But he was also science's ...

Carl Sagan brought science out from the walls of academia and into a world where we could see it. On Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. CARL SAGAN, THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST and author, never asked for anyone to ...

It was almost like a dispatch from another planet: the invitation to the young astronomer to leave Brooklyn and visit the lakes and gorges of upstate New York. "A letter shows up in my mailbox from ...