We are star dust in the highest exalted way, called by the universe, reaching out to the universe — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The universe for me was other planets and other star systems and other galaxies. I enjoyed tracking it, but it had no… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Like no other science, astrophysics cross-pollinate s the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists and physicists, all to discover the past, present, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“What we do know, and what we can assert without further hesitation, is that the universe had a beginning. The universe continues… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“When Herschel saw Flamsteed’s “star” drift against the background stars, he announced—operating under the unwitting assumption that planets were not on the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Our history, in the cosmos and on planet Earth, was shaped by countless events, some obviously epic, some seemingly trivial, yet all… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“There are people, who walk around every day, asserting that we are alone in this cosmos. They simply have no concept of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Look unto the stars to teach us How the master’s thoughts can reach us Each one follows Newton’s math Silently along its… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You will never find scientists leading armies into battle. You just won't. Especially not astrophysicists - we see the biggest picture there… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Again and again across the centuries, cosmic discoveries have demoted our self-image. Earth was once assumed to be astronomically unique, until astronomers… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“In a trillion or so years, anyone alive in our own galaxy may know nothing of other galaxies. Our observable universe will… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the natural resources… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We explore our environment, more than we are compelled to utter poetry, when we're toddlers. We start doing that later. Before that happens, every… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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