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As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is…
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My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.
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Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really…
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The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.
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Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.
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I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90…
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In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more…
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My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued…
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The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is,…
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The objects that are of moderate energy, like our sun or most of the stars that we see in the night sky…
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I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy…
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On one hand, to be able to go from one direction in the sky to study such an object to another direction…
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Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works…
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Exact science and its practical movements are no checks on the greatest poet, but always his encouragement and support ... The sailor…
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The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the…
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For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions or hypotheses about them. Since he…
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Just as the spectroscope opened up a new astronomy by enabling the astronomer to determine some of the constituents of which distant…
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The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes…
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I cannot agree with any astronomer who insists that all of these things are mirages, planets, clouds, or illusions. The majority of…
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Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer
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The undevout astronomer must be mad.
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Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the…
— Frederic Chopin
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An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services
— Tycho Brahe
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Forty years as an astronomer have not quelled my enthusiasm for lying outside after dark, staring up at the stars. It isn't…
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