An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

No one gets teased for being a geek anymore- science is the new rock n roll

Science is about exploring, and the only way to uncover the secrets of the universe is to go and look.

If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is just a matter of opinion.

When you fall into a black hole you will be literally spaghettified.

The aim of particle physics is to understand what everything’s made of, and how everything sticks together. By everything I mean me and you, the Earth, the Sun, the 100 billion suns in our galaxy and the 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. Absolutely everything.

[The 1975 Chase Econometrics] showed that for every one dollar spent on Apollo, 14 came back into the U.S. economy.