The first thing you’ll see tomorrow night when you tune in to Cosmos won’t be Carl Sagan, or even Neil deGrasse Tyson. It’ll be President Obama, kicking off the series premiere with a statement that "invites a new generation to embrace the spirit of discovery and inspires viewers to explore new frontiers and imagine limitless possibilities for the future." Maybe he took Bill Nye’s plea to fund planetary exploration
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As America’s foremost ambassador to space, Carl Sagan has continued to inspire our fascination with exploring beyond Earth. The Library of Congress has digitized its Carl Sagan archives, and several items just collected online give us an amazing new look into the mind of the astronomer.
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Carl Sagan was an inspirational figure to many of us, but he may not have had his last word just yet—because a dude on MetaFilter is claiming to have unearthed a box of his personal dictations on cassettes bought in a thrift store.
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"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff," said Dr. Sagan. Pumpkin pies too.
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As if there were any question about who held the modern-day astrophysics badass crown, the first trailer for Neil deGrasse’s Tyson’s reboot of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series looks absolutely incredible.
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