I knew my interest in the universe and I owned a telescope that I bought with money I earned by walking dogs. 50 cents per walk, per dog, and that accumulated quickly. I bought a camera, a telescope. I taught myself astrophotography. I did all this.

Society needs to see science not as a luxury of funding but as a fundamental activity that drives enlightenment, economics, and security.

In life and in the universe it's always best to keep looking up.

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

Einstein's theory, we know that it fails. In advance, we know it fails. So that a deeper understanding of nature is awaiting us.

Some of us wake up in the morning and just wonder how it is any of us actually sustain a paid job.

My goal is not to shove information into your head. It's to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had as children for the natural world. You don't have to tell a child to explore the backyard.