In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Three and a half million years ago our ancestors - yours and mine - left these traces [indicates footprints]. We stood up… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If we want to unlock the secret behind the origin of our sun and its planets, it would be helpful to find… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
'As a fraction of your tax dollar today, what is the total cost of all spaceborne telescopes, planetary probes, the rovers on… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As an educator, I think educators should meet the people wherever they are. Don't even ask them to come half-way. Find them… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
By the way, how much does NASA cost? It's half a penny on a dollar. Did you know that? ... The most… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
But one of the coolest things about meteorites is that most were formed four-and-a-half-billion years ago, during the birth of our solar… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Half of my library are old books because I like seeing how people thought about their world at their time. So that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Our planet has been around only for four and a half billion years. Let's imagine a planet that has life on it… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If Pizza sizes were given in area not diameter, you'd see instantly that a 7 inch is less than half the size… — 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
![“Three and a half million years ago our ancestors - yours and mine - left these traces [indicates footprints]. We stood up and parted ways from them. Once we were standing on two feet, our eyes were no longer fixated on the ground. Now, we were free to look up and wonder.” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ad/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_ancestor_three-and-a-half-million-years-ago-our-a_369478.jpg)
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