Astronomy Quote by Hugh Ross

“universe is almost incompatible with life—or at least what we understand as necessary for life: Even if every star in a hundred billion galaxies…

— Carl Sagan

“Still, statistically the probability that there are other thinking beings out there is good. Nobody knows how many stars there are in the Milky…

— Bill Bryson

“Since 1995, astronomers have found nearly two thousand confirmed planets around other stars. Some of these planets are similar to Earth in size and…

— Bill Nye

The math is dead simple: it seems that the frequency of planets able to support life is roughly one percent. In other words, a…

— Seth Shostak

In fact, if one considers the possible constants and laws that could have emerged, the odds against a universe that produced life like ours…

— Stephen Hawking

In this single galaxy of ours there are eighty-seven thousand million suns. [...] In challenging it, you would be like ants attempting to label…

— Arthur C. Clarke

There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the Sun and…

— Seth Shostak

In this galaxy theres a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in…

— Star Trek

“The probability that the Earth was created with such a perfect combination to sustain life seems almost impossible. So, in the grand scheme of…

— Becki Tedford

“By most reasonable estimates, there are about a million-trillion-trillion, or 1030, of them (ten followed by 30 zeroes) here on this planet. There are…

— Bill Nye

Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is. Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet…

— Ben Sweetland

The bottom line is, like, one in five stars has at least one planet where life might spring up. That's a fantastically large percentage.…

— Seth Shostak