Speculation has been singularly fruitful as to what these markings on our next to nearest neighbor in space may mean. Each astronomer… — Percival Lowell Copy Share Image
Bonaparte knew but one merit, and rewarded in one and the same way the good soldier, the good astronomer, the good poet,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I read not so long ago about the construction of a large telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, where rainfall can average a… — Brad Leithauser Copy Share Image
The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
God gives every animal the means of saving its life-why object if he gives astrology to the astronomer? — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough that we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
