The show [ StarTalk ] was born as a radio program out of a National Science Foundation grant.

People think about life from day-to-day rather than thinking about life as something that invents a new kind of tomorrow.

The universe is so amazing and so limitless, who wouldn't want to study the universe?

In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion.

I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.

You don't want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.

You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet.