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When a astrophysicist turns his gaze toward what lies ahead, the result is a blend of curiosity and clarity. These 17 snippets capture Tyson’s knack for turning complex ideas about tomorrow into accessible, thought‑provoking observations.

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I believe that the manned space program can engage the public by advancing the space frontier. Every next mission takes you farther…

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I try to write in a way where you care deeply what the next paragraph will be. I hear the rhythm of…

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I don't have specific television ambitions in the sense that I remain fundamentally and academic, and so, my innermost ambitions are what's…

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The universe is hilarious! Like, Venus is 900 degrees. I could tell you it melts lead. But that's not as fun as…

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Next time you're stunned by a large moon on the horizon, bend over and view it between your legs. The effect goes…

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You gotta be a good sport! So when I would lose, I would say, "That guy was better than I was; what…

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There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves…

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What scientists want next is a thorough comparison of what we and exosolar planets and vagabonds look like. Only in this way…

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When you visit countries that don't nurture these kinds of ambitions, you can feel th absence of hope...people are reduced to worrying…

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The value of science is not simply what the next model of the iPod you will buy next week, but its real…

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When provoked, the itsy-bitsy invertebrates known as tardigrades can suspend their metabolism. In that state, they can survive temperatures of... 73 K…

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People say, oh we just need charismatic leaders to continue on to Mars. Now we've gone to the moon, of course Mars…

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When you innovate no one else can figure out how to do what you're doing because you're too far ahead of them.…

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Half of my library are old books because I like seeing how people thought about their world at their time. So that…

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The number of people in the world engaged in this search for catastrophic impactors totals one or two dozen. How long into…

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I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught…

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When I shop for fruit & melons I like to hold a grape next to a cantaloupe & think of Earth next…

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... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of…

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If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.

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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…

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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…

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They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,…

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