The shores of the cosmic ocean
The cosmos is vastly larger, older, and more indifferent to us than we ever imagined
Carl Sagan
American astronomer and popularizer of science.
All moments: Carl Sagan
- A journey into the cosmos — Carl Sagan
We are all connected by a single history. We are stardust contemplating the stars
- Incomprehensible distances — Carl Sagan
There are billions of galaxies with billions of stars each. On each, the possibility of life
- The harmony of worlds — Carl Sagan
Orbits are ellipses, not circles. The harmony ran deeper than Kepler imagined
- One voice in the cosmic fugue — Carl Sagan
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. We are points of the universe experiencing itself
- Science as a candle in the dark — Carl Sagan
Science is a way of thinking far more than a body of knowledge. It's a skeptical inquiry
- We are made of stardust — Carl Sagan
We are made of stars. We are literally born from stellar explosions
- A Pale Blue Dot — Carl Sagan
Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us.
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