Quotes About Astronomy

una estrella se mantiene con vida gracias a dos fuerzas contrapuestas: por un lado, la de las explosiones nucleares internas, que tienden a expandirla y, por otro, la de la gravedad, que la mantiene unida en su conjunto.

I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'

To Napoleon on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God: Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis.

The more I know of astronomy, the more I believe in God.

With the eyes of the Hubble Space Telescope we have seen that the House of God is the House of Chaos!

The first day of spring is known as the vernal equinox. The equinox is special. It only happens twice a year, like a good night in ratings for NBC.

Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god, but a great rock, and the sun a hot rock.

To achieve this density of a neutron star at home, just cram a herd of 50 million elephants into the volume of a thimble.

Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don't half know to this day?

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

Living in a galaxy is like living in a neighborhood where the house down the street might have burned down four thousand years ago but you wouldn't know it for another three thousand years.

A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.

Seventh Heaven, I've heard of,' she admitted, 'though not in connection with astronomy.

The Phaenomena of Aratus of Soli] became the fundamental textbook of medieval astronomy, a science of everyday importance, because correct observance of the Church's feast-days depended upon an accurate understanding of the movements of the heavenly bodies.

medicine I know. you tell me what a pulsar is and I'll tell you whatever you need to know about the organ of Zucker-kandl." Sulu made a polite scoffing noise and explained anyway,...

I've always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard it's been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once you've given something planetary status it's kind of mean to take it away.

I had aimed at Mars and was about to hit Venus; unquestionably the all-time cosmic record for poor shots.

It was twilight and the stars were quite evident in the sky. The moon, still low, was behind Skiffington and only Barnum could see it.

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.

I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than sleep.

We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the gravitational waves they emit.

What was done is measure directly, with exquisitely sensitive instruments, gravitational waves predicted about 100 years ago by Albert Einstein. These waves are a new way to study the universe and are expected to have significant impact on astronomy and astrophysics in the years ahead.

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.

I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light from these infinitely distant galaxies is so faint that we cannot see them.