"Poetry. You should have sent a poet".

0 3

Our 'pale blue dot' is such an incredible place. And yet we hate, and we fight, and we gradually corrode all that is good about this amazing place. So sad.

12 50

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.” – Carl Sagan

32 76

"We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself" (Carl Sagan)

28 84

One of my heros is Carl Sagan. Growing up, I watched his series Cosmos on PBS, read all his books, and did impressions of him for my family. Truly an inspirational man. Anyway, here is a quick sketch of Carl.

0 3

"The job is by no means done. We will look for the boundary between the solar system and the interstellar medium, and then we'll voyage on forever in the dark between the stars."

13 36

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”

12 41

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”

9 28

We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and time from which we have emerged.

4 17

"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition."

12 50

We are, each of us, a multitude. Within us is a little universe.

5 17

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.

10 50

Happy birthday Carl Sagan, who would have turned 85 years old today. He inspired me (and many others) to become an astronomer. Reading his book, The Cosmic Connection in high school changed my life.

0 17