Astronomy Quote by Kalpana Chawla

When I was little, I used to think that the sky at night was a big, black blanket that separated heaven from earth, and…

— Robin Jones Gunn

I think humans have always felt watched back by whatever is out there flickering in the distance. What excites me is what the imagination…

— Tracy K. Smith

Staring at the stars was like staring backward in time, since some stars are so far away that their light takes millions of years…

— Nicholas Sparks

As we looked up in silence to those distant lights, we were reminded that it was a rare imagination which first taught that the…

— Henry David Thoreau

From there we came outside and saw the stars

— Dante Alighieri

I was able to look out the window to see this incredible sight of the whole circle of the Earth. Oceans were crystal blue,…

— Charles Duke

The most universally awesome experience that mankind knows is to stand alone on a clear night and look at the stars. It was God…

— J. I. Packer

Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the…

— Jeb Bush

I felt as if the Milky Way, hovering above our heads like a celestial pitcher, had suddenly overturned, pouring suns and planets down my…

— Meg Cabot

“And the Milky Way belted heaven with ice and silver, and the Magellanic Clouds were not vague shimmers but roiling and glowing; and the…

— Poul Anderson

When I look up. I see past the clouds and the beautiful blue sky. The stars and seemingly black abbyse. I gaze straight into…

— Kyle Buckner

“There.” We stared out. Among the darkness and the stars was one planet, blue with bits of green and some white clouds. Beyond it…

— James Cox