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Dec 19, 1996 · Carl E. Sagan, the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, died today, Dec. 20, 1996, in Seattle, Wash., after a two-year battle with a bone marrow disease. The cause of death was pneumonia.
Dec 21, 1996 · Yervant Terzian, chairman of the astronomy department at Cornell University, where Sagan taught for almost 30 years, said Friday, “Carl was a candle in the dark. He was, quite simply, the best...
Carl Edward Sagan (/ ˈseɪɡən /; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.
Dec 21, 1996 · Carl Sagan, the astronomer equally at home studying the universe, writing best-selling nonfiction and fiction, teaching standing-room-only science classes or beaming into the nation’s living...
Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 26, 1996. Explanation: Carl Sagan died last Friday at the age of 62.
The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft explored Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune before starting their journey toward interstellar space. Here you'll find some of those iconic images, including "The Pale Blue Dot" - famously described by Carl Sagan - and what are still the only up-close images of Uranus and Neptune.
In 1983, Carl Sagan gave the public their first imagining. altered image of Redoubt Volcano explosion on April 21, 1990, from Wikimedia Commons. If you were one of the more than 10 million...
