Carl Sagan

NASA shares a family portrait of the inner solar system, starring Saturn

November 15, 2013Environment

It’s hard to fathom our place in the solar system, until you look at a picture of Earth taken from near Saturn. NASA just released this composite photo, snapped by the Cassini space probe in July. Earth, Venus and Mars are all visible, but just pinpricks of light.

John Hodgman interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson

August 15, 2013Environment

The legacy of Carl Sagan

August 15, 2013Environment

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