“About 10 per cent of this comet is made of organic materials. We don't know exactly what they all are but it is very exciting.”
Don Brownlee
“We believe materials coming out of comets now is the same material that went into comets 4.5 billion years ago.”
“What we want to know is how organic molecules actually form in comets and whether they helped deliver organic material to the Earth before life began.”
“It seems that comets are...a mixture of materials formed at all temperatures, at places very near the early sun and at places very remote from it.”
Michael Zolensky
“When we see comets up in the sky they're really spectacular. But unless you get close to a comet, you can't really figure out what's going on.”
Joseph Veverka
“I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then- whoosh, and I'm gone...and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me- ever.”
Jim Morrison
“When beggars die there are no comets seen;The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”
William Shakespeare
