I've got a telescope in my garden and one of the things I love to do is go out and let the… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
As we begin the 21st century, the Hubble space telescope is providing us with information about as yet uncharted regions of the… — Floyd E. Bloom Copy Share Image
When I first went to Hubble, as an astronomer and as a scientist, it was a dream come true. And as an… — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies, not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life,… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
These neutrino observations are so exciting and significant that I think we're about to see the birth of an entirely new branch… — John N. Bahcall Copy Share Image
Consider that in a galaxy far, far away (otherwise known as the 1990s), President Clinton felt that he had to assure an… — Matt Welch Copy Share Image
In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“If our solar system were represented on a twelve-inch ruler, our sun (which is more than one hundred times the diameter of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could have taken another path. We… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
But, as Douglas E Harding has pointed out, we tend to think of this planet as a life-infested rock, which is as… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Even with an improperly ground mirror, the Hubble delivered extraordinary images. When the flaw was corrected, the Hubble delivered images of transcendent… — Stephen Lang Copy Share Image
The Hubbell space telescope, it's first year up after they fixed it, categorized and counted 500 billion galaxies in any one photograph… — Alex Jones Copy Share Image
Might it be the discovery of a distant civilization and our common cosmic origins that finally drives home the message of the… — Jill Tarter Copy Share Image
The being we call god is merely a pawn working for a powerful and rational force in some far-off galaxy. This force… — Nick Yee Copy Share Image
There are 15 constants- the gravitational constant, various constants about the strong and weak nuclear force, etc.- that have precise values. If… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
My relationship with 'Star Wars' is that I'm old enough that I saw it when it first came out - 'A New… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
Marvin trudged on down the corridor, still moaning. "...and then of course I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I should say we know that there are many, many other Earths out there. We're almost certain that there will be upwards… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Randomness has an incredibly powerful place in our culture. If you think about it, you can see it driving the algorithms that… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
“The Sun contains about a thousand times more mass than Jupiter. If it were cold, gravity would squeeze it a million times… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“In a galaxy far, far away, at a time when the Earth hosted nothing bigger than a simple bacterium, two monster black… — Marcus Chown Copy Share Image
For an hour, blended with all she could offer, something noble had been created which had nothing to do with the physical… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Estimates are that at least 70 per cent of all stars are accompanied by planets, and since the latter can occur in… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The lunar flights give you a correct perception of our existence. You look back at Earth from the moon, and you can… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
As the planet wobbles, once every 26,000 years we visually align with the center of the galaxy. But it's such a slow… — Lee Carroll Copy Share Image
“When the universe throws you a curveball, just think of it as a cosmic pop quiz. It's like, "Hey, are you paying… — Life is Positive Copy Share Image
Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement,… — James Randi Copy Share Image
“Montrose shook his head. “M3 never said anything about a duel, nor any of the Dominions me and mine conquered and combined… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
We live on a hunk of rock and metal that circles a humdrum star that is one of 400 billion other stars… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Behind the violence of the birthing of galaxies and stars and planets came a quiet and tender melody, a gentle love song.… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
