The immense distances to the stars and the galaxies mean that we see everything ins pace int he past, some as they were before the Earth came to be. Telescopes are time machines.

There are lots of ways to communicate what we know, but few ways to communicate what we feel. Music is one way to communicate emotions.

The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff

We are made of star stuff. For the most part, atoms heavier than hydrogen were created in the interiors of stars and then expelled into space to be incorporated into later stars. The Sun is probably a third generation star.

Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

If you want to save your child from polio, you can pray or you can inoculate....Try science.

The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true.