If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist. Neil deGrasse Tyson blackhistoryjob Change image and share on social
I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all. Neil deGrasse Tyson attemptmakephysic Change image and share on social
Most gravity has no known origin. Is it some exotic particle? Nobody knows. Is dark energy responsible for expansion of the universe? Nobody knows. Neil deGrasse Tyson darkenergyexotic Change image and share on social
One of the greatest features of science is that it doesn't matter where you were born, and it doesn't matter what the belief systems of your parents might have been: If you perform the same experiment that someone else did, at a different time and place, you'll get the same result. Neil deGrasse Tyson bearbeliefexperiment share on social
It's part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents. Neil deGrasse Tyson animalculturegive Change image and share on social
We explore our environment, more than we are compelled to utter poetry, when we're toddlers. We start doing that later. Before that happens, every child is a scientist. Neil deGrasse Tyson childcompelenvironment Change image and share on social
Any astrophysicist does not feel small looking up at the universe; we feel large. Neil deGrasse Tyson astrophysicistfeellarge Change image and share on social
For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations. Neil deGrasse Tyson civilizationconductculture Change image and share on social
Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with regard to the benevolence of that power. When I look at the universe and all the ways the universe wants to kill us, I find it hard to reconcile that with statements of beneficence. Neil deGrasse Tyson accountbeneficencebenevolence share on social
It may be that our cosmic curiosity... is a genetically-encoded force that we illuminate when we look up and wonder. Neil deGrasse Tyson cosmiccuriosityencode Change image and share on social