“Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity.”
Werner von Braun
“Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.”
Dejan Stojanovic
“There are 400 billion stars in the galaxy, and obviously we are not going to point the Terrestrial Planet Finder at every one of them.”
Margaret Turnbull
“the meaning of life is perfect perpetual change. Life=Change Alive=Changing matter is recombining in such a way as to create perfect energy. the moment perfection is achieved it is removed from our universe (returning to god). where there once was energy there is now nothing, a big bang occurs, process repeats until all possible combinations of matter to energy occur.”
Steve Bullock
“The population of the galaxy is really dominated by these very faint small stars.”
Charles Lada
“In one of the most inhospitable places in our galaxy, stars have prevailed. It appears that star formation is much more tenacious than we previously believed.”
Sergei Nayakshin
“They're typically seen in starburst galaxies, where there's a lot of star formation and large stars don't last very long. They typically explode soon after they're made — where 'soon' is a million years.”
Frank Marshall
