Announced Quote by George Phillips Bond

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

— Maria Mitchell

The astronomer will believe that the most erratic comet will yet accomplish its journey and revisit our sphere; but we give up those for…

— Charles Spurgeon

“All the other stars keep to their courses, and go along just like trains on their rails, but comets can go absolutely anywhere; they…

— Tove Jansson

So far, as far as we know comet Wild 2 is a unique object.

— Donald E. Brownlee

We want an ensemble of stars, not comets.

— Rudolf Bing

“Comets are like cats: they have tails, and they do precisely what they want.”

— David H. Levy

It has only been within my lifetime that asteroids have been considered a credible threat to our planet. And since then, there's been a…

— Carrie Nugent

Ye country comets, that portend No war, nor prince's funeral, Shining unto no higher end Than to presage the grasses fall. . . .

— Andrew Marvell

Without any doubt, the regularity which astronomy shows us in the movements of the comets takes place in all phenomena. The trajectory of a…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

The nice thing about asteroids is that once you've found them, and once you have a good solid orbit on them, you can predict…

— Rusty Schweickart

Some asteroids have us in their sights. Be nice to sort of go near them and find out what they're made of, possibly tag…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson