Pale Blue Dot
E2911
"Pale Blue Dot" is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe, inspired by the famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from deep space.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pale Blue Dot canonical | 4 |
| Pale Blue Dot perspective | 1 |
| Pale Blue Dot photograph | 1 |
| Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space | 1 |
| Voyager 1 photograph of Earth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pale Blue Dot Context triple: [Carl Sagan, notableWork, Pale Blue Dot]
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A.
Voyager Golden Record project
The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
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B.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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C.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
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D.
Pioneer plaque project
The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
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E.
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life is a conservation-focused book by biologist Edward O. Wilson arguing that dedicating half the planet’s surface to protected natural areas is essential to preserving global biodiversity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pale Blue Dot Target entity description: "Pale Blue Dot" is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe, inspired by the famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from deep space.
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A.
Voyager Golden Record project
The Voyager Golden Record project was a NASA-led initiative to create and launch a phonograph record aboard the Voyager spacecraft containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth for any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter it.
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B.
The Endangered Earth
The Endangered Earth is the collective representation of the planet’s environmental crisis, recognized by Time as a symbolic “Person of the Year” to highlight global ecological threats and the urgency of conservation.
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C.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage is a landmark 1980 science documentary television series that explores the universe, science, and humanity’s place in the cosmos, hosted and co-written by astronomer Carl Sagan.
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D.
Pioneer plaque project
The Pioneer plaque project was a scientific and artistic initiative to create and place engraved messages aboard the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft, intended as a symbolic introduction of humanity to any extraterrestrial intelligence that might encounter them.
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E.
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life is a conservation-focused book by biologist Edward O. Wilson arguing that dedicating half the planet’s surface to protected natural areas is essential to preserving global biodiversity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| advocates |
continued space exploration
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long-term human presence in space ⓘ |
| author | Carl Sagan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dedicatedTo | Ann Druyan ⓘ |
| discusses |
long-term survival of humanity
ⓘ
planetary protection ⓘ search for extraterrestrial life ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Broca's Brain
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surface form:
Billions and Billions
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| genre |
non-fiction
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
general audience
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science enthusiasts ⓘ |
| hasCoverSubject | image of Earth from space ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780679438410 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arguments for space colonization
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discussion of Voyager missions ⓘ discussion of planetary exploration ⓘ ethical reflections on humanity ⓘ reflection on Earth as seen from space ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cosmic perspective
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environmental responsibility ⓘ fragility of Earth ⓘ future of human civilization ⓘ |
| illustrates | scale of the universe ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Pale Blue Dot
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pale Blue Dot photograph
Pale Blue Dot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Voyager 1 photograph of Earth
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
astronomy
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cosmology ⓘ humanity's place in the universe ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
"Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark."
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"That's here. That's home. That's us." ⓘ |
| partOf |
Carl Sagan
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surface form:
Carl Sagan bibliography
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| precededBy | A Path Where No Man Thought ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Contact
ⓘ
Cosmos ⓘ |
| setting |
Milky Way
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surface form:
Milky Way galaxy
Solar System ⓘ |
| title |
Pale Blue Dot
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
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| workOf | Carl Sagan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pale Blue Dot Description of subject: "Pale Blue Dot" is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe, inspired by the famous Voyager 1 photograph of Earth from deep space.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Carl Sagan
subject surface form:
Carl Sagan
this entity surface form:
Pale Blue Dot perspective
this entity surface form:
Pale Blue Dot photograph
this entity surface form:
Voyager 1 photograph of Earth
this entity surface form:
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
subject surface form:
Carl Sagan