There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves here looking for the next source of energy. The universe has an unlimited so...
Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending innovation in the technological fields, and it's that in...
If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you've got to send humans.
Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the Universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and you will emerge into another space-time created by t...
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
Yes, Einstein was a badass.
Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and the most useful. For, by knowledge derived from this science...
I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of our species.
There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
One of my great laments is that education today seems to have... be less about passion and more about process, more about tactic or technique.
Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to...
I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly.
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
There are more stolen bikes in my garage than there are stars in the galaxy.
I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of li...
The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there's any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all.
We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.
To declare that Earth must be the only planet in the universe with life would be inexcusably big-headed of us.
The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. —NDT
Stephen Hawking the reputation of being the smartest person alive. Most of us agree.