I never got into ‘Star Wars.’ Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
I’m fascinated by the deaths of stars and the havoc they wreak on their environments. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don’t know. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
Humans aren’t as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
I want to know what dark matter and dark energy are comprised of. They remain a mystery, a complete mystery. No one is any closer to solving the problem than when these two things were discovered. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation of Pluto as a planet. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science, whereas Darwin didn’t really overturn a science paradigm. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, ‘Let’s explore because it’s fun.’ It was, ‘Let’s explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let’s explore so we can become more powerful.’ Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote