Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“I expect to be awarded the Nobel prize for researching what professional astronomers did not want researched.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Very high altitude astronomy only works by ignoring established biological science” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an astronomer until I discovered I'm terrible at math. — Juliana Harkavy Copy Share Image
“Sagan is an astronomer with one eye on the stars, another on history, and a third—his mind’s—on the human condition.…” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in… — Brian Schmidt Copy Share Image
“Sleep disorders are a known occupational hazard to astronomers and their support staff.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The toxicity of medical and industrial gas to the human depends on where it is used. A gas that is regarded as… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Deandre gazed at her like she was the stars, and he was a mere astronomer, searching her face for the constellations, admiring… — Aishabella Sheikh Copy Share Image
“Mauna Kea astronomers need to engage in a convenient ignorance regarding the biological toxicity of the observatories to obtain their tainted astronomical… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning,… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I was a kind of a one-man army. I could solder circuits together, I could turn out things on the lathe, I… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
“The Sun is 93 million miles from Earth. In 1610, Galileo observed sunspots on its surface, proving that the Sun was rotating… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“The astonished astronomer who made the discovery was left with one all-important question: is it more appropriate to e-mail, call, or text… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
I'm an amateur astronomer, and I practice that hobby a lot. And I'm fascinated by hard science. Hard science is something for… — Tim Russ Copy Share Image
“When the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) found out that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were going to visit the site… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes… — James Pollard Espy Copy Share Image
“In high altitude astronomical facilities we routinely discharged large amounts of nitrogen gas into closed spaces. We were never informed by the… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
As an astronomer, I get to ignore the details of the things that we dont understand. Theres a lot of work that… — Andrea M. Ghez Copy Share Image
“Industrial liquid gas containers were left open and venting gas into the indoor environment in high altitude astronomy. On reflection, I realized… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Forty years as an astronomer have not quelled my enthusiasm for lying outside after dark, staring up at the stars. It isn't… — Frank Drake Copy Share Image
Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11.30 tonight. He can make… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When I worked in astronomy, I routinely observed young college and university students working with liquid nitrogen and breathing nitrogen gas as… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
“if an astronomer calculates from the sky he will ascertain the paths of the moon and the stars; but in his house… — nagarjuna Copy Share Image
My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So that's how I… — Dimitar Sasselov Copy Share Image
Ever since Darwin, we've been familiar with the stupendous timespans of the evolutionary past. But most people still somehow think we humans… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“An Astronomer is to tell where the planets are. Then an Astrologer is to interpret what the location of those planets mean… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“When discharging industrial gas into the indoor environment in high altitude astronomy, we never wore breathing respirators that fed us oxygenated air… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: "What… — James Keller Copy Share Image
