Astronomy Quote by Martin Ryle

“My interest in astronomy took me to the premier astronomical observatories in the world before I developed occupational diseases and became disabled at age…

— Steven Magee

My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one of my…

— Antony Hewish

The study of celestial phenomena at radio wavelengths, radio astronomy came into being after the accidental discovery of cosmic radiation by radio engineer Karl…

— Honor Harger

I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S.

— John Cameron

The first year I was at NASA, I was only responsible for optical and ultraviolet astronomy. Frankly, there wasn't much else.

— Nancy Roman

I started the nuclear medicine laboratory at UW Hospitals in 1959 and trained radiology residents in the field. It was 1965 before they found…

— John Cameron

I got into astronomy through an interest in religion.

— Carolyn Porco

“For the last forty-eight hours, Dr. Mary Caldwell had spent every waking second studying the signal the radio telescope had received. She was exhausted,…

— A.G. Riddle

My whole entry into astronomy started from a spiritual place.

— Carolyn Porco

In 1956, I received an invitation to a dedication of an observatory in the Soviet Union, in Soviet Armenia, as a guest of the…

— Nancy Roman

During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from…

— Dana Rohrabacher

From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men…

— Ernest Lawrence