Cosmic Quote by Story Musgrave

“During our brief stay on planet Earth, we owe ourselves and our descendants the opportunity to explore - in part because it's fun to…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We are now becoming more aware of our links to the universe and are reaching out to the universe for knowledge. We are evolving…

— Douglas Cardinal

The human mind has a desire to know its place in the universe and the role we play in the tapestry of life. This…

— Michio Kaku

We stand on a great threshold in the human history of space exploration. If life is prevalent in our neighborhood of the galaxy, it…

— Sara Seager

We are not learning to view ourselves as an advanced, evolving civilization. That is what we really must learn to do, in due course,…

— Edgar Mitchell

The universe, the solar system, and planet earth in themselves and in their evolutionary emergence constitute for the human community the primary revelation of…

— Thomas Berry

“The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In…

— Carl Sagan

You see billions and billions of stars and recognize that you know some of those have planets, too, and maybe there's life out there,…

— Peggy Whitson

As our understanding of the architecture of the universe increases so does our ability to facilitate great change. We are beginning to understand scientifically…

— Tom Malkus

At every level in our inventory, nothing seems special about our Earth, our Sun, our Galaxy, our Local Group. Evidently, mediocrity reigns throughout. Such…

— Eric Chaisson

We seek an understanding of the laws of nature and of our particular universe in which everything makes sense to us. We do not…

— Sean M. Carroll

“To discover that the Universe is some 8 to 15 billion and not 6 to 12 thousand years old* improves our appreciation of its…

— Carl Sagan