Life Quotes by Seth Shostak

We haven't yet found a speck of evidence for biology on another world, so we have no objective way to judge whether…

— Seth Shostak

If this is the only planet on which not only life, but intelligent life, has arisen, that would be very unusual.

— Seth Shostak

The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.

— Seth Shostak

Planets that don't currently sport plate tectonics, such as Venus and Mars, are scarcely habitable. Tectonics might be a requirement of any…

— Seth Shostak

Once typecast as the indispensable altarpiece of a well-appointed living room, TVs have infected every human environment. The average American household has…

— Seth Shostak

The bottom line is, like, one in five stars has at least one planet where life might spring up. That's a fantastically…

— Seth Shostak

The cosmos is three times as old as Earth. During most of creation's 14 billion year history, our solar system wasn't around.…

— Seth Shostak

The Moon is a ball of left-over debris from a cosmic collision that took place more than four billion years ago. A…

— Seth Shostak

Mars still remains the astrobiology community's number one choice for 'nearest rock with life,' but there are many researchers who argue that…

— Seth Shostak

The Earth has been lawned with life for something over 3.5 billion years. That's a span of time great enough to encompass…

— Seth Shostak

Consider: Life arose on Earth close to four billion years ago. Four billion years of slithering, swimming, and soaring life forms. But…

— Seth Shostak

The math is dead simple: it seems that the frequency of planets able to support life is roughly one percent. In other…

— Seth Shostak

The total number of people that do a job that has the same description as mine in the entire world is fewer…

— Seth Shostak

There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the…

— Seth Shostak

The overwhelming bulk of the cosmos is deathly quiet. But here and there - on worlds where matter is thick and conditions…

— Seth Shostak

Mining asteroids is a well-oiled trope of science-fiction. But someday, actually doing it will make economic sense. Many of the essential metals…

— Seth Shostak

It's hard to imagine anything more interesting than learning how we're woven into the enormous tapestry of existence. Where did our universe…

— Seth Shostak

Even if the Moon didn't exist - even if it had been vaporized billions of years ago by cantankerous Klingons - there…

— Seth Shostak