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Astronomy Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

88 Astronomy quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Stars in movies often don’t match real constellations, reminding us that our view of the cosmos can be fictional. The quotes compare the number of atoms in DNA to the stars in a galaxy, call math the language of the universe, and describe telescopes as conduits that make the vast feel reachable. They also note how small we seem in the grand scheme.

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“And the cosmos ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper.”

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I'm fascinated by the deaths of stars and the havoc they wreak on their environments.

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Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.

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Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.

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It makes good sense to revere the sun and the stars ... because we are their children

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“The Universe was opaque until 380.000 years after the Big Bang.”

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The telescope... is a conduit to the cosmos.

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“If you must know, the brightest star in the nighttime sky is Sirius, the Dog Star.”

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“I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind,…

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“We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.”

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“Look unto the stars to teach us How the master’s thoughts can reach us Each one follows Newton’s math Silently along its…

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For your own safety, do not ever tell an astrophysicist, I hope all your stars are twinkling.

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“There’s as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We are, each…

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I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people…

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“We are seeing these nearby stars, not as they are at the present moment, but as they were 4 years ago”

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Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.

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“How do you study something that cannot possibly get your clothes dirty? How do astrophysicists know anything about either the universe or…

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“In a trillion or so years, anyone alive in our own galaxy may know nothing of other galaxies. Our observable universe will…

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“Time to get cosmic. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on any beach, more stars than seconds…

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“What we know is that the matter we have come to love in the universe—the stuff of stars, planets, and life—is only…

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“Some people think emotionally more often than they think politically. Some think politically more often than they think rationally. Others never think…

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There are as many atoms in each molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. This is true…

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Now imagine a world in which everyone, but especially people with power and influence, holds an expanded view of our place in…

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“The cosmic perspective not only embraces our genetic kinship with all life on Earth but also values our chemical kinship with any…

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“When Herschel saw Flamsteed’s “star” drift against the background stars, he announced—operating under the unwitting assumption that planets were not on the…

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You will never find scientists leading armies into battle. You just won’t. Especially not astrophysicists -we see the biggest picture there is.…

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Our entire universe emerged from a point smaller than a single atom. Space itself exploded in a cosmic fire, launching the expansion…

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“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that construct the molecules, are traceable to the crucibles that…

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I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this…

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“But high-mass stars fortuitously explode, scattering their chemically enriched guts throughout the galaxy. After nine billion years of such enrichment, in an…

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“To make this journey, we'll need imagination but imagination alone is not enough because the reality of nature is far more wondrous…

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“Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and…

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“Let's grant that the stars are scattered through space, hither and yon. But how hither, and how yon? To the unaided eye…

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“Again and again across the centuries, cosmic discoveries have demoted our self-image. Earth was once assumed to be astronomically unique, until astronomers…

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“For the first billion years, the universe continued to expand and cool as matter gravitated into the massive concentrations we call galaxies.…

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“The stars of the Milky Way galaxy trace a big, flat circle. With a diameter-to-thickness ratio of one thousand to one, our…

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“The knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on earth - the atoms that make up the human body, are traceable to…

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“Curious how much gas lurks among the stars in galaxies? Radio telescopes do that best. There is no knowledge of the cosmic…

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“In our profession, we tend to name things exactly as we see them. Big red stars we call red giants. Small white…

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“Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and…

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They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,…

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