Astronomy Quotes

254 quotes by 173 authors

There is in the universe neither center nor circumference. — Giordano Bruno
We find, therefore, under this orderly arrangement, a wonderful symmetry in the universe, and a definite relation of harmony in the motion and magnitude of… — Johannes Kepler
It is surrounded by a thin flat ring, inclined to the ecliptic, and nowhere touches the body of the planet. — Christiaan Huygens
In the fabulous ages of ancient times the appellations of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were given to the planets as being the names… — William Herschel
The barrier has begun to yield. — John Herschel
The great spirals, with their enormous radial velocities and insensible proper motions, apparently lie outside our Solar system. — Edwin Powell Hubble
The outstanding feature, however, is the possibility that the velocity-distance relation may represent the de Sitter effect, and hence that numerical data may be introduced… — Edwin Powell Hubble
On the left-hand side of the field equation we may add the fundamental tensor guv, multiplied by a universal constant, -Î», at present unknown, without… — Albert Einstein
Since I have introduced this term I had always a bad conscience. . . . I cannot help to feel it strongly and I am… — Albert Einstein
On scientific grounds this big bang assumption is much less the palatable of the two. For it is an irrational process that cannot be described… — Fred Hoyle
When all thermonuclear sources of energy are exhausted a sufficiently heavy star will collapse. Unless fission due to rotation, the radiation of mass, or the… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
There are no black holes - in the sense of regimes from which light can't escape to infinity. There are however apparent horizons which persist… — Stephen Hawking
There are reasons, increasing in number and quality, to believe that the masses of ordinary galaxies may have been underestimated by a factor of 10… — Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Cosmology is serious business and in our hearts we are nothing if not cosmologists, hanging in a cold cage sifting the ruthless jewels of existence. — Dennis Overbye
Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility. — Arthur C. Clarke
Billions and billions. — Carl Sagan
I never said it. Honest. Oh, I said there are maybe 100 billion galaxies and 10 billion trillion stars. It's hard to talk about the… — Carl Sagan
Starlight is falling on every square mile of the earth's surface, and the best we can do at present is to gather up and concentrate… — George Ellery Hale
Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touch with many aspects of nature, and with none more completely than with night. — Henry Beston
Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using… — Jean M. Auel

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