Astronomy

Whether or not Copernicus knew it, even genuine heliocentrism had at least one ancient advocate 'But Aristarchus of Samos brought out a book consisting of certain hypotheses, in which the premises lead to the conclusion that the universe is many times greater than that now so called. His hypotheses are that the fixed stars and the sun remain motion less, that the earth revolves about the sun in the circumference of a circle, the sun lying in the middle of the orbit, and that the sphere of the fixed stars, situated about the same center as the sun, is so great that the circle in which he supposes the earth to revolve bears such a proportion to the distance of the fixed stars as the center of the sphere bears to its surface.'

- Archimedes Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Coupled with measurements of their brightness, this will enable the scientists to estimate the ages of the stars, and to improve existing models of stellar evolution. One of the uglier secrets of astronomy, ... is that nobody knows anything about ages of stars. Stars do not come with sell-by dates.

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Let me arrest thy thoughts wonder with me, why plowing, building, ruling and the rest, or most of those arts, whence our lives are blest, by cursed Cain's race invented be, and blest Seth vexed us with Astronomy.

- John Donne Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

To command the professors of astronomy to confute their own observations is to enjoin an impossibility, for it is to command them not to see what they do see, and not to understand what they do understand, and to find what they do not discover.

- Galileo Galilei Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We tell them about Earth science, astronomy, plant science and marine science. But what we don't do is explain what the four basic sciences are and what the building blocks are. We go too broad too early. We don't go in depth enough.... You've got to understand the big picture of what science is and how all the sciences relate to one another. If you don't do that, you'll never get it and you'll never get a real interest in science.

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I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.

- Elizabeth Moon Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.

- Maimonides Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again.

- Ernst Mach Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

- Edward Wilson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We applaud Greg for his dedication to this mission, but also his drive to encourage young people to study science, math and astronomy by giving a first-hand description of the wonders of space.

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This is an exceptional period of time for astronomy, because for the first time we are able to combine data from almost all of the important wavelengths.

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Alphonso about Ptolemy's astronomy, ... that it seemed a crank machine that it was pity the Creator had not taken advice.

- Alphonso the Wise Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.

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Houston, we have a good deploy. Chandra is ready to open the eyes of X-ray astronomy to the world.

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There's a wow factor here. I usually know within a second or two of seeing a picture whether its a sure thing for Astronomy Picture of the Day because I just say wow, what is going on there.

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Still, we can do some pretty good astronomy.

- Jim Bell Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.

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This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured.

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When he came to me wanting to do something in astronomy, I got excited. Astronomy is my first love in science. But he wanted to buy a big telescope which we couldn't afford.

- Norm Negus Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I majored in physics at IU. But I took a whole lot of astronomy classes. I thought it would be great to have a solar telescope ... be able to see things during the day with the students.

- John Taylor Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

It's interesting that astronomy can do this. And it's great that there's this ongoing interest in Ansel. We're planning to go out and see it for curiosity's sake.

- Matthew Adams Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Our main goal is to give students from all disciplines the background they need to appreciate the astronomical constraints on the origin and prospects for life elsewhere in the universe. We'll try to give the students the background they need to become 'critical consumers' of astronomy research and to connect what they learn to their own research areas.

- Michael Meyer Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The kids are talking about astronomy with their friends outside of class. As a teacher, what else can you ask for

- Mike Steiner Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

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