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
“This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human beings among the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Every time you look up at the sky, every one of those points of light is a reminder that fusion power is… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The thought that the Mayan culture managed to calculate the Earth’s passing through the plane of the Milky Way galaxy never failed… — Jody Summers Copy Share Image
“Last night I learned that for everyone alive on earth today, there are thirty ghosts lined up behind them. Not literally lined… — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
While the Copernican principle comes with no guarantees that it will forever guide us to cosmic truths, it's worked quite well so… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“At the very moment that humans discovered the scale of the universe and found that their most unconstrained fancies were in fact… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
A typical neuron makes about ten thousand connections to neighboring neurons. Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Given the billions of neurons, this means there are as many connections in a single cubic centimeter of brain tissue as there… — David Eagleman 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
“Perhaps we should not be too surprised that nature sometimes appears counterintuitive to a tribe of observant, carbon-based ape descendants roaming around… — Brian Cox Jeff Forshaw Copy Share Image
There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
If the Earth is the size of a pea in New York, then the Sun is a beachball 50m away, Pluto is… — Wayne Hays Copy Share Image
“The stars of the Milky Way galaxy trace a big, flat circle. With a diameter-to-thickness ratio of one thousand to one, our… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“There are 300 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, and there are over 100 billion galaxies in the universe. In all… — John Chaplin Copy Share Image
“Oh, how small we were, in the grand scheme of it all. Our planet was but a speck in the midst of… — wildbow Copy Share Image
“To get some distance from this, you first need to get some perspective. Walk outside on a clear night and just look… — Michael A. Singer Copy Share Image
There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“My mind is like the Milky Way galaxy, and my life is a journey of understanding each star and how it connects… — Shivam Selam 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
...Which brings me to the Hubble Space Telescope's newest images. If it's wonder that you're looking for, and mystery, don't just scan… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“...he asked, "Where are you today, right now?" Eagerly, I started talking about myself. However, I noticed that I was still being… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
“In 1997, the Hubble telescope took flight to give us a look through its powerful lens into places we had never known… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
