Who knows how dead Lazarus was? Was Lazarus decomposing in a six-foot grave when Jesus resurrected him? No, he wasn't. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The Big Bang Theory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit prime time series, you know there's hope for… — 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
I don't know why a beauty salon would have a cop's hat and the curling irons are not deadly unless they're still… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)sightings are not higher among amateur astronomers than they are in the general public. In fact, they're lower. You… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I claim that space is part of our culture. You've heard complaints that nobody knows the names of the astronauts, that nobody… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us. I don't know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
85 percent of the gravity of the universe has a point of origin about which we know nothing. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Einstein's theory, we know that it fails. In advance, we know it fails. So that a deeper understanding of nature is awaiting… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We account for all the matter and energy that we're familiar with, measure up how much gravity it should have, it's one-sixth… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There's the anti-intellectual movement in society and I don't blame them entirely for feeling that way because we all know people, I… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Everyone has all different experiences in school. I just know that throughout my life, at no time did any teacher ever point… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing. That's what scientists do every day. If a scientist already… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We already know the limits of Einstein's theories. From the centers of black holes at the very beginning of the universe -… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Curiosity is a self-driven motivation to explore and to learn. Learning is like... you know, you have to take your medicine. And… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I bet most of the crowd does not know that there are six moons in the solar system bigger than Pluto. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Science is not just 'Here are some facts, learn that'. There's a thread through these stories that, if you know how to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I can tell you that in my modern life I enjoy language. I enjoy words, their meaning, what they sound like to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
What scientists want next is a thorough comparison of what we and exosolar planets and vagabonds look like. Only in this way… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If cosmological theory were dominated by women, who are no strangers to cycles, how can we know for sure that we wouldn't… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There are books on my shelf that I'm not into. They are things I don't know anything about yet. It's going to… — 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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