The science fiction movie "Contact" was based on a book co-authored by Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan.

Icelanders can read old sagas, but the writing and context have changed so much that they don't understand what the texts are about.

The sagacious serpent told the silly unicorn what to do.

The conduct of the criminal investigation has been left in the experienced hands of Inspector Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, who is following up the clues with his accustomed energy and sagacity.

Sagan's scientific curiosity led him to earn four degrees in physics, astronomy and astrophysics from the University of Chicago.

Saga is the generic name for old Scandinavian legends, the majority of which were written in Iceland between the 12th and 15th century.

Carl Sagan gathered information about our planet onto a disk and sent it into space, so that other intelligent beings would find it.

I would love to have met Carl Sagan.

Meanwhile, another cruise ship, the Westerdam, finally docked Thursday in the Cambodian port of Sihanoukville, ending a two-week-long saga that saw the ship being turned away by Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines due to unsubstantiated fears that someone on board had been infected.

Carl Sagan's television series "Cosmos" became the most watched show in public television history.