12 Out-of-This-World Facts About Carl Sagan

(via Mental Floss) Carl Sagan was perhaps America’s most beloved scientific visionary since Albert Einstein. A gifted astronomy researcher and an incredible communicator, he brought the wonders of the universe to the masses with his popular TV series Cosmos and books like the Pulitzer Prize–winning Dragons of Eden and Pale Blue Dot. His only novel, Contact, later became a sci-fi movie starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. Here are a few things you might not know about the scientist, TV star, and amateur turtleneck model.