One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output.Neil deGrasse Tyson
In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion.Neil deGrasse Tyson
Where there's water on Earth, you find life as we know it. So if you find water somewhere else, it becomes a remarkable draw to look closer to see if life of any kind is there, even if it's bacterial, which would be extraordinary for the field of biology.Neil deGrasse Tyson
If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scientist.Neil deGrasse Tyson
The universe is large and old, and the ingredients for life as we know it are everywhere, so there's no reason to think that Earth would be unique in that regard. Whether of not the life became intelligent is a different question, and we'll see if we find that.Neil deGrasse Tyson
If you think of feelings you have when you are awed by something - for example, knowing that elements in your body trace to exploded stars - I call that a spiritual reaction, speaking of awe and majesty, where words fail you.Neil deGrasse Tyson
The solar system should be viewed as our backyard, not as some sequence of destinations that we do one at a time.Neil deGrasse Tyson
I'm baffled all the time. We don't know what's driving 96% of the universe. Everybody you know and love and heard of and think about and see in the night sky through a telescope: four percent of the universe.Neil deGrasse Tyson
If you slid Pluto to where Earth is right now, heat from the sun would evaporate that ice, and it would grow a tail. Now that's no kind of behavior for a planet.Neil deGrasse Tyson
