Scratch the surface of knowledge and mystery bubbles up like a spring. And occasionally, at certain disquieting moments in history (Aristarchus, Gali…

- Chet Raymo

Someone once quoted Shakespeare to the philosopher W. V. O. Quine: There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. …

- Chet Raymo

The dark night was the first book of poetry and the constellations were the poems.

- Chet Raymo

Nancy According to astronomers, every atom in my body was forged in a star. I am made, they insist, of stardust. I am stardust braided into strands a…

- Chet Raymo

Beauty soaks reality as water fills a rag.

- Chet Raymo

What about self-awareness, the mysterious ability of the brain to reflect upon itself? Self-awareness can be tampered with by brainwashing, psychoact…

- Chet Raymo

The new advocates of ID [Intelligent Design] ask that their ideas be judged by scientific, not religious, criteria. OK, let's see how well ID stacks …

- Chet Raymo

I am a cautious pilgrim of the night, a tentative wanderer among the stars. My awareness of my home in the universe is fleeting and incomplete. Into …

- Chet Raymo

Coincidence is the science of the true believer.

- Chet Raymo