Who will speak for Planet Earth?

A stars rich in europium; of distant galaxies analyzed through the collective light of a hundred billion constituent stars. Astronomical spectroscopy is an almost magical technique. It amazes me still. Auguste Comte picked a particularly unfortunate example.

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.

In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..."

Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.

In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.