Dark matter and dark energy are two things we measure in the universe that are making things happen, and we have no… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. —NDT” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“We do not simply live in this universe. The universe lives within us.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Newton's laws specifically state that, while the gravity of a planet gets weaker and weaker the farthest from it you travel, there… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I can tell you about the universe, but she feels it; and when you feel the universe, it has a whole other… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In physics, opinions don't matter, only demonstrated experiments. The day the fellow succeeds, if ever, he won't need anybody else's opinion. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Everything we do understand about the universe - the periodic table of elements, Einstein's laws, Newton's laws, all of chemistry, all of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Spheres are indeed fertile theoretical tools that help us gain insight into all manner of astrophysical problems. But one should not be… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“You can picture the universe as an enormous loaf of raisin bread rising in the oven” — 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