Solution: ___ Institute, home to the Carl Sagan Center - NYT Crossword

Here are two more examples of vibrant history facts, placed in somewhat strategic spots at the bottom of the puzzle. 43D is a great quotation: [ “Get your _____ first and then you can distort them as much as you please”: Mark Twain] solves to FACTS. On a more inspirational note, 53D, [___ Institute, home to the Carl Sagan center], is SETI, which stands for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Dr. Sagan believed there was a good chance of more, and more advanced, civilizations in the universe, and he called Earth’s location a “galactic boondocks.”