One trait stands out in nearly all meteorites: metal; they've got it. So, the best way to find a meteorite is to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
By the way, how much does NASA cost? It's half a penny on a dollar. Did you know that? ... The most… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Philosophically, the universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'm often asked - and occasionally in an accusatory way - 'Are you atheist?' And it's like, 'You know, the only 'ist'… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There's the anti-intellectual movement in society and I don't blame them entirely for feeling that way because we all know people, I… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
So this show [Cosmos] does not only operate on you intellectually, because telling you stories of how science works and why it… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If there's some kind of rock star status, would I be irresponsible if I didn't somehow use it for a continued greater… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
My goal is not to shove information into your head. It's to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You innovate in ways that stoke your economy. Because innovations in science and technology are the engines of 21st century economies. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
People put clips of me up. There are quotes from me. I've written books, of course. I'm on Twitter. There are dozens… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Speaking as just simply an American who cares about the economic health of our country, I see one of the surest ways… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Let's find a new way to think about the entire taxonomy of solar system objects, and not clutch to this concept of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The only way you can invent tomorrow is if you break out of the enclosure that the school system has provided for… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
What scientists want next is a thorough comparison of what we and exosolar planets and vagabonds look like. Only in this way… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
When asked about which scientist he'd like to meet, Neil deGrasse Tyson said, "Isaac Newton. No question about it. The smartest person… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Newton, Einstein, and every other great scientist in history...They all made mistakes. Of course they did. They're human! Science is a way… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'm often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Don't get in the way of children who find it natural and obvious to explore the world around them - even if… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one of 50 or 100 billion other galaxies in the universe. And with every step, every… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There are photons that have been traveling for 30,000 years, and I'm... snatching them from this journey and planting them into my… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
America has an economy reversing relative to other nations in the world. And I want to turn that around. And one way… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The school system is constructed to praise you if you get high grades. And if you get straight A's, you're the one… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We are star dust in the highest exalted way, called by the universe, reaching out to the universe — 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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