We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself.
Brian CoxWe explore because we are curious, not because we wish to develop grand views of reality or better widgets.
Brian CoxLight is the only connection we have with the Universe beyond our solar system, and the only connection our ancestors had with anything beyond Earth. Follow the light and we can journey from the confines of our planet to other worlds that orbit the Sun without ever dreaming of spacecraft. To look up is to look back in time, because the ancient beams of light are messengers from the Universe's distant past.
Brian Cox