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There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'…
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There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the…
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The search for extra-terrestrial life is a failure until that moment when it suddenly becomes a success.
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[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth…
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The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about…
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In the 19th century, if you had a basement lab, you could make major scientific discoveries in your own home. Right? Because…
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The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining the same overall appearance for thousands…
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Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago.…
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The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a…
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A century ago, scientists believed there was only one obvious stomping ground for alien biology in our solar system: Mars. Because it…
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Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness…
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Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting any radio…
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
— A. R. Ammons
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[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth…
— Seth Shostak
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There are 400 billion stars out there, just in our galaxy alone. If just one out of a million of those had…
— Jodie Foster
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There are in fact 100 billion galaxies, each of which contain something like a 100 billion stars. Think of how many stars,…
— Carl Sagan
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Overhead was a sky blacker than jewlers' velvet, and a billion stars screamed down...
— Stephen King
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To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve;…
— Carlos Castaneda
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A billion stars go spinning through the night, / glittering above your head, / But in you is the presence that will…
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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Our sun is one of a 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the…
— Wernher von Braun
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There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.
— Donald Miller
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I’ve stripped my life down,” he told me. “I don’t need much. I have all the company I want to keep right…
— Holly Black
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There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. (They hang there,…
— Donald Miller
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Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class.…
— Jodi Picoult
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