A top newly appointed Nasa official has taken an unconventional oath to assume charge of her duties. Makenzie Lystrup, who became the first woman in Nasa’s history to be appointed the director of ...

The astrophysicist was one of the first researchers to bring astronomy closer to the general public and to advocate the ...

American astronomer Carl Sagan (1934–1996), 46 years old in 1980, was named the "most eligible man" in the United States. In the Earl Blackwell survey, which has annually selected popular men since ...

Katy has a BA in Humanities and Philosophy, with over 20 years of experience in online and print publishing. She was named the Association of British Science Writers' Editor of the Year in 2023. Katy ...

Rather than embracing escapist fantasies of colonizing space, humankind needs to commit itself to saving the planet, expert says Every day seems to bring news of multiplying ecological disasters—fires ...

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 ...

See that little dot up there, in the upper right of that photo? That’s the planet Earth, as photographed from about 3.7 billion miles away 35 years ago Friday, on Feb. 14, 1990. “That’s home,” famed ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson honors Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot” on The Late Show, reflecting on Earth’s fragility, human unity, and the cosmic perspective that inspires humility and wonder. Republicans call ...