Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Collectively, these findings tell us it’s conceivable that life began on Mars and later seeded life on Earth, a process known as… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“It is the knowledge that I'm going to die that creates the focus that I bring to being alive; the urgency of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
One of the most significant events in our distant past is still perhaps the greatest mystery: the origins of life itself. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
After your first job, is anyone asking you what your GPA was? No, they don't care. They ask you: Are you a… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We're talking about a being whose very existence challenges our own sense of priority in the universe. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Most places in the universe will kill life instantly—instantly! People say “Oh, the forces of nature are just right for life.” Excuse… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“One of the great challenges in life is knowing enough to think you're right but not enough to know you're wrong” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We hunger for significance, for signs that our personal existence is of special meaning to the universe. To that end, we’re all… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body...are traceable to the crucibles that were once the centers of high mass… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Intelligent life can't be all that common because it's really rare on Earth and especially since we define ourselves to be intelligent.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“If everyone had the luxury to pursue a life of exactly what they love, we would all be ranked as visionary and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The universe is large and old, and the ingredients for life as we know it are everywhere, so there's no reason to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“(An artist coworker of mine once asked whether alien life forms from Europa would be called Europeans. The absence of any other… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would… — 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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