Some people try to tell me that science will never answer the big questions we have in life. To them I say: baloney! The real problem is your questions aren't big enough.

Our solar system is fantastically bizarre. There are worlds with features we never imagined. Storms larger than planets, moons with under-surface oceans, lakes of methane, worldlets that swap places...and that's just at Saturn.

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration.

Not everything that’s cool is science, but everything in science is cool.

When you're dealing with the universe, ignorance can be deadly.

Sometimes, even by accident, the universe makes beauty, and we can stand back in awe of it. Even better - we can figure out why. Science! I love this stuff.

Just like people, stars can be important without being terribly bright.