Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Although we don't know what is outside our universe, astronomers still wonder. Several pictures of what there might be have been dreamed up. An interesting one, called multiverse, has lots of universes. Picture it as a foam of bubbles. Our universe would be one bubble, and we'd be surrounded by lots of other bubbles.

Irish Scientist

Saint-John Perse

Astronomers have been bewildered by the theory of an expanding universe, but there is no less expansion in the moral infinite of the universe of man. As far as the frontiers of science are pushed back, over the extended arc of these frontiers one will hear the poet's hounds on the chase.

French Diplomat

Seth Shostak

Recent results from astronomers who study the occasional gravitational lensing of unknown worlds by intervening stars suggest that orphan planets could be at least as numerous as the stars. In other words, there could be hundreds of billions of orphan worlds shuffling through our galaxy.

American Scientist

Alan Shepard

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

American Astronaut

Richard Preston

First Light' is nonfiction, a true story about astronomers who are looking for light coming from the edge of the universe. It tells how science is really done - and science is a lot weirder and more human than most people realize.

American Writer

Charles Spurgeon

The astronomer will believe that the most erratic comet will yet accomplish its journey and revisit our sphere; but we give up those for lost who have not wandered one-half the distance from the centre of light and life.

British Clergyman

Murray Gell-Mann

You know, there was a time, just before I started to study physical science, when astronomers thought that systems such as we have here in the solar system required a rare triple collision of stars.

American Physicist

Simon Newcomb

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment.

Canadian Mathematician

Tabetha S. Boyajian

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and it is my job, my responsibility, as an astronomer to remind people that alien hypotheses should always be a last resort.

Brian Schmidt

I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in it.

Australian Scientist

Don't confuse astronomers with astrologers, who study how stars might influence human lives.

Not an Astrologer

Astronomy is a science, so an astronomer's work is research-based and empirical.

Scientific Focus

Astronomers often specialize in particular fields, like planetary science or cosmology.

Field Specialization

 most of which we'll never be able to reach? The answer is light. And although light from distant parts of the universe can take billions of years to reach us, it carries six unique messages that, when put together, can disclose an amazing amount of information to astronomers who know how to look for it.

What light can teach us...

 different people bring to the table. We're a melting pot of astronomers, physicists, mathematicians and engineers. This is what will make it soon possible to achieve something once thought impossible. I'd like to encourage all of you to go out and help push the boundaries of science,

How to take a picture of...

 was awarded to two teams of astronomers for a discovery that has been hailed as one of the most important astronomical observations ever. And today, after briefly describing what they found, I'm going to tell you about a highly controversial framework for explaining their discovery,

Why is our universe...

 last that long okay and so so there are about two three years lifetime so if you're planning on foot anyway is just not gonna not gonna work they're very inexpensive suits that you can always go out and buy that for the next month so what's a suggestion that astronomers

Watch the Total Solar...

 and astronomer wasn't that so wild okay this is what I thought instead of them thinking that might be big solar panels in the sky over that planet what if it's just big advertisements we don't know what that civilization is right maybe the key to developing an advanced

TED2016 in review PIPE...

 I'm delighted to be here. I'm honored by the invitation, and thanks. I would love to talk about stuff that I'm interested in, but unfortunately, I suspect that what I'm interested in won't interest many other people. First off, my badge says I'm an astronomer.

The call to learn PIPE...

 it could be rocky and warm enough to have oceans and perhaps life. Astronomers discover these potentially habitable planets, and their eyes get big and wide. Could one of these distant worlds carry the building blocks of life?

Should we be looking for...

 Aided by some distance and direction information from the neutrino detectors, the amateur astronomers and scientists alike will scan the skies and share information to quickly identify the new galactic supernova

How to detect a...

 Astronomers have announced they've found what could be evidence of life elsewhere and not on Mars, but on the much more inhospitable Venus. There's something seriously weird going on that perhaps, perhaps

Are There Aliens on...

 Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and it is my job, my responsibility, as an astronomer to remind people that alien hypotheses should always be a last resort.