Occupation: Astronomer Birth: September 30, 1964
It's amazing to me that not only can we put a probe around Saturn and get images of its moons, but our math and physics are so freaking accurate we c….
Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime..
Not everything that’s cool is science, but everything in science is cool..
How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no….
You can experience the thrill of discovery, the incredible, visceral feeling of doing something no one has ever done before, see things no one has ev….
I still hear some people say that science takes the wonder out of life. Those people are utterly wrong. Science takes us to the wonder.
The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote....
Just like people, stars can be important without being terribly bright..
It’s dead obvious that creationism isn’t science, or even bad science. It’s nonsense. But I’ve long stated it’s also bad religion, because it doesn’t….
However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong..
A lot of them complain because they say the word denial puts them in the same bin as holocaust deniers. That's too bad. But the thing is, they do hav….
I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration..
If you took every nuclear weapon ever built at the height of the Cold War, lumped them together and blew them up at the same time, that would be one ….
Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession..
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 questio….
Our solar system is fantastically bizarre. There are worlds with features we never imagined. Storms larger than planets, moons with under-surface oce….
The best idea ever thought of in the history of humanity is useless unless someone communicates it. It will die in the test tube. And in our case, wh….
They say that even the brightest star won't shine forever. But in fact, the brightest star would live the shortest amount of time. Feel free to extra….
Welcome to science. You’re gonna like it here..
Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening..
Sixty-five million years ago the dinosaurs had a bad day..