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If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special,' you're in for some disappointments when you look around at what we've discovered abo...more

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Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

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In 5-billion years the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day.

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Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and yo...more

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I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this Universe, we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those...more

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The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world.

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On Friday the 13th of April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup, will fly so close to Earth, that it wil...more

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Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.

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People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noa...more

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Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.

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The cosmic perspective not only embraces our genetic kinship with all life on Earth but also values our chemical kinship with any yet-to-be discovered...more

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When you organize extraordinary missions, you attract people of extraordinary talent who might not have been inspired by or attracted to the goal of s...more

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I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of ou...more

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Science literacy is being plugged into the forces that power the universe. There is no excuse for thinking that the Sun, which is a million times the ...more

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Some people think emotionally more often than they think politically. Some think politically more often than they think rationally. Others never think...more