Meet the Itsy-Bitsy, Teeny-Weeny Galaxy

A massive swirl of stars like the Milky Way is not the only kind of galaxy out there — as a new pipsqueak member of the galactic community shows

People: Jan. 13, 1997

FARMER FUHRMAN HAS HIS SAY Does the world want to hear more from MARK FUHRMAN? Well, it's going to. His book Murder in Brentwood is due out in February. And...

BOOKS: What's Up with the Universe

After swinging by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and shooting spectacular pictures of the planets and their moons, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 had by 1990...

Science: The Cosmic Explainer

Heeere's Carl, bringing you nothing less than the universe Scene: A living room in Brooklyn, circa 1946 Grandfather: What do you want to be when you grow up?...

A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 20, 1980

Science Editor Fred Golden first met Carl Sagan, this week's cover subject, in 1969, when TIME did a story on possible earth contamination from the Apollo 11...

Big Bang Bust

Troubles for Carl Sagan For someone with his head in the clouds, Astronomer Carl Sagan's latest spaced-out undertaking seemed astonishingly down to earth...

Books: Brain Matter

THE DRAGONS OF EDEN by CARL SAGAN 263 pages. Random House. Like squids, scientists protect themselves with clouds of impenetrable ink. Not Carl Sagan. His...

Letters, Nov. 10, 1980

Heavenly Host To the Editors: To the wasteland of TV comes Carl and his Cosmos [Oct. 20]. I watch, spellbound. If it takes a dash of razzle-dazzle to make us...

Milestones: Mar. 30, 1981

DIVORCED. Carl Sagan, 46, astronomer, author and star of the PBS TV series Cosmos; and Artist Linda Sagan, 38; after twelve years of marriage, one son; in Los...

Milestones: Jun. 15, 1981

MARRIED. Carl Sagan, 46, astronomer, best-selling author (The Dragons of Eden, Broca 's Brain) and host of the PBS-TV series Cosmos; and Ann Druyan, 31,...