To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. — Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994

Commissioned by NASA and resulting from the advocacy of astronomer and author Carl Sagan, the photograph was interpreted in Sagan's 1994 book, Pale Blue Dot, as representing …

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Visitors to the auditorium kept touching the dot that was Earth--the “pale blue dot” in Sagan’s coinage. The dot was worn away from touching and replaced with a new printout several …

There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, …

Apr 10, 2024 · This simulated view, made using NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app, approximates Voyager 1's perspective when it took its final series of images known as the …

Feb 14, 2025 · On Valentine’s Day today, we celebrate 35 years since the birth of—thanks to Prof. Sagan’s persuasion—one of the greatest photographs of all time. The Pale Blue Dot was …

From billions of miles away, the Voyager 1 spacecraft turned its camera back towards Earth, capturing an image where our world appeared as a single, pale blue pixel suspended in a …

Sep 8, 1997 · In Pale Blue Dot, Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar …

After a series of disasters threatened public support for the United States space program, astronomer and television personality Carl Sagan addressed the topic of interplanetary travel …