If Mars formed life, then life on Earth could have been seeded by life on Mars, making every life form on Earth descended from Martians. Neil deGrasse Tyson descendearthform Change image and share on social
Big ideas, big ambitious projects need to be embedded within culture at a level deeper than the political winds. It needs to be deeper than the economic fluctuations that could turn people against an expensive project because they're on an unemployment line and can't feed their families. Neil deGrasse Tyson ambitiousbigculture share on social
It turns out our brain is sensitive, maybe too sensitive, to motion. It's a survival mechanism. Neil deGrasse Tyson brainmechanismmotion Change image and share on social
The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It's a slightly bigger moon; I ain't using the adjective 'supermoon.' Neil deGrasse Tyson adjectivebigcompare Change image and share on social
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one of 50 or 100 billion other galaxies in the universe. And with every step, every window that modern astrophysics has opened to our mind, the person who wants to feel like they're the center of everything ends up shrinking. Neil deGrasse Tyson astrophysicbillioncenter share on social
We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us. Neil deGrasse Tyson factimportantpart Change image and share on social
Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets. Neil deGrasse Tyson dreamfillfuture Change image and share on social
As an American, I grew up in an era where we led the world in everything. Everything! Neil deGrasse Tyson americaneragrow Change image and share on social
I like to believe that science is becoming mainstream. It should have never been something that sort of geeky people do and no one else thinks about. Whether or not, it will always be what geeky people do. It should, as a minimum, be what everybody thinks about because science is all around us. Neil deGrasse Tyson geekymainstreamminimum share on social
As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science, whereas Darwin didn't really overturn a science paradigm. Neil deGrasse Tyson citizendarwineinstein Change image and share on social