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….

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….

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….

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

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….

Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession..

Humanity and life are reflected in the stars, and the Universe itself is poetry..

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….

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….

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.

Teach a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime..

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….

Astrology ... makes vague predictions that can always be adapted after the fact to fit observations, as we'll see. Astrologers don't seek causes at a….

The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote....

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is dis….

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration..

If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, 'It's because of quantum effects involving Rayl….

Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening..

The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it..

However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong..