As far as the radio waves part of the spectrum, we can do these adequately from the ground because the atmosphere is basically transparent to our rad…

- Claude Nicollier

My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these …

- Claude Nicollier

The Next Generation Space Telescope, which will be located much further away from the Earth than the Hubble Space Telescope presently is, will also e…

- Claude Nicollier

The objects that are of moderate energy, like our sun or most of the stars that we see in the night sky with the naked eye, are objects in which rela…

- Claude Nicollier

The future infrared space telescope will cover that area in a much more efficient manner.

- Claude Nicollier

Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.

- Claude Nicollier

In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the …

- Claude Nicollier

My name was on the list very early after these announcements were made through the newspapers in Europe.

- Claude Nicollier

I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civi…

- Claude Nicollier