Astronomers Quote by William Broad

The crux... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.

— William Broad

“Since the familiar particles and the objects they compose—stars, planets, people, etc.—amount to less than 5 percent of the mass of the universe, such…

— Brian Greene

There are reasons, increasing in number and quality, to believe that the masses of ordinary galaxies may have been underestimated by a factor of…

— Jeremiah P. Ostriker

“If you fret that the world grows short of genuine wonders, consider this: the most complex lump of matter in the universe. It works…

— Michael Kaplan

There are 15 constants- the gravitational constant, various constants about the strong and weak nuclear force, etc.- that have precise values. If any one…

— Francis Collins

The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people…

— Douglas Adams

The gravitational constant, if it were off by one part in a hundred million million, then the expansion of the universe after the Big…

— Richard Dawkins

“In a nutshell, the universe is 4% visible, 23% undetectable and 73% unimaginable. Welcome to the cosmos, full of mass you can measure but…

— Tim Radford

Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. There's whole swathes of stuff we can't account for.

— Talulah Riley

“The precise structure and description of the Galaxy is quite complicated with many unsolved problems. However, from the point of view of the large-scale…

— Jamal Nazrul Islam

I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what…

— Fritz Zwicky

Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. Theres whole swathes of stuff we cant account for.

— Talulah Riley