I'd like to live in a world where people embrace objective truths rather than be offended by them.
Neil deGrasse TysonThose who see the cosmic perspective as a depressing outlook, they really need to reassess how they think about the world. Because when I look up in the universe, I know I'm small but I'm also big. I'm big because I'm connected to the universe and the universe is connected to me.
Neil deGrasse TysonLong ago Mars was an oasis of running water.Today the Martiansurfaceis a sterile,barren desert. Here on Earth, who knows what climactic knobs we unwittingly turn,which might one day render Earth as dry and lifeless as Mars. (From the cover of Old Poison by Joan Francis)
Neil deGrasse TysonIf you find life on Europa [Jupiter's moon], like, what would you call it? Would it be, like, Europeans?
Neil deGrasse Tyson