Cosmology Quotes

89 quotes by 68 authors

In first place we must observe that the universe is spherical. This is either because that figure is the most perfect, as not being articulated,… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Since man, fragment of the universe, is governed by the same laws that preside over the heavens, it is by no means absurd to search… — Marguerite Yourcenar
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

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