Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astronomy American 1958 355 quotes

Leading science communicator and astrophysicist

Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Big Bang is the universe's birth certificate.

TV Series 2014

Neutron stars are the densest objects in the universe besides black holes.

Book 2007

Cosmic rays are high-energy particles from distant galaxies.

Speech 2012

The Hubble Space Telescope has eyes that see beyond human vision.

Interview 2010

Pulsars are the lighthouses of the cosmos.

Book 2009

The Milky Way is our galactic home, a barred spiral galaxy.

Book 2017

Red giants are stars in their sunset years.

Speech 2011

Quasars are the most luminous objects in the universe.

Interview 2013

The event horizon of a black hole is the point of no return.

Book 2015

Cosmology is the study of the universe as a whole.

Book 2005

The cosmic microwave background is the echo of the Big Bang.

TV Series 2014

Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime.

Speech 2016

The Andromeda Galaxy is our nearest large galactic neighbor.

Book 2008

White dwarfs are the remnants of low-mass stars.

Interview 2010

The solar wind is the sun's constant stream of charged particles.

Book 2007

Meteor showers are the debris of comets burning up in our atmosphere.

Speech 2012

The Oort Cloud is the distant reservoir of comets.

Book 2011

Auroras are the dance of solar particles with Earth's magnetic field.

TV Series 2014

The James Webb Space Telescope will peer into the universe's infancy.

Interview 2021

Stellar nurseries are where stars are born from clouds of gas and dust.

Book 2017