Age Quote by Tycho Brahe

I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor... but that it is a star shining in…

— Tycho Brahe

The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next…

— Tycho Brahe

“A year after that, the great red star, its waist now nearly to Jupiter, all at once collapsed in on itself and exploded into…

— Kevin Emerson

“Authors can be divided into meteors, planets and fixed stars. The meteors produce a loud momentary effect; we look up, shout 'see there!' and…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“And there in the middle, high above Prechistensky Boulevard, amidst a scattering of stars on every side but catching the eye through its closeness…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Looking for a supernova, therefore, was a little like standing on the observation platform of the Empire State Building with a telescope and searching…

— Bill Bryson

So all night long the storm roared on: The morning broke without a sun; In tiny spherule traced with lines Of Nature’s geometric signs,…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of…

— Edmond Halley

“Did you know that the light from our nearest star takes four years to reach us? Which means when we see it- when we…

— Ali Benjamin

“She met a boy and called him Stargazer because instead of poems he recited the names of constellations. He said the freckles on his…

— Alaska Gold

A supernova is one of the most powerful explosions in the universe. It's so luminous, it can be seen across billions of light years.…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“When a star goes supernova, the explosion emits enough light to overshadow an entire solar system, even a galaxy. Such explosions can set off…

— Todd Nelsen