Earth Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

90 Earth quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Tyson breaks down the planet’s complexities with humor and precision, making astrophysics feel personal. Ninety statements span climate, geology, and humanity’s place in the solar system, perfect for curious minds.

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Science reveals that all life on Earth is one.

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The Earth is just one place of many that we could hang our hats.

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“Earth’s oceans will boil away about a billion years”

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I can't think that leaving Earth once is enough.

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The universe's destiny has very little to do with the near-term destiny of Earth.

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We went to the moon and discovered Earth.

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“Between 1 and 10 quadrillion ants live on (and in) Earth,”

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We live on this speck called Earth - think about what you might do, today or tomorrow - and make the most…

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As important as the civil rights movement was, I think what will rise to the top is that we left Earth in…

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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

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Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans…

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In five billion years, the sun will expand and engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have…

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If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.

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“The one we call Earth formed in a kind of Goldilocks zone around the Sun, where oceans remain largely in liquid form.”

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When I shop for fruit & melons I like to hold a grape next to a cantaloupe & think of Earth next…

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Life existed on Earth for nearly four billion years before anything remotely resembling a human being showed up. And even then, when…

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The universe for me was other planets and other star systems and other galaxies. I enjoyed tracking it, but it had no…

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“Science literacy is being plugged into the forces that power the universe. There is no excuse for thinking that the Sun, which…

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There's a lot to do in space. I want to learn more about the greenhouse effect on Venus, about whether there was…

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You get to say that the Earth is flat because we live in a country that guarantees your free speech. But it's…

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I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they…

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Where did the concept of "without borders" come from? No one had that concept until you saw Earth from space, illustrated not…

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Since life on Earth is, so far, the only known example of life in the universe, our dilemma may simply be that…

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There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the…

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“If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in…

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Philosophically, the universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got…

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We only recently figured out the origin of our own moon. And we have some idea of how the Sun and Earth…

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That is a cosmic perspective, that's correct. And in tandem with that, you will never find people who truly grasp the cosmic…

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In astrophysics, we care about how matter, motion and energy manifest in objects and phenomenon in the universe. Stars are born. They…

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Going into orbit around Earth - where the space station is today, and where the space shuttles and John Glenn and all…

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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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I think everyone should have a personal mission to leave the Earth a better place for them having lived in it and…

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If Mars formed life, then life on Earth could have been seeded by life on Mars, making every life form on Earth…

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If you slid Pluto to where Earth is right now, heat from the sun would evaporate that ice, and it would grow…

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You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces…

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Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life.

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If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special,' you're in for some disappointments when you look…

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Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans…

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The universe is large and old, and the ingredients for life as we know it are everywhere, so there's no reason to…

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We in astrophysics we think of the universe all the time. So to us, Earth is just another planet. From a distance,…

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... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of…

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If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.

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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…

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New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds…

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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…

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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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