Big Bang gave us hydrogen and helium. We couldn't make people out of hydrogen and helium. So we're made out of exploding stars.
From John C. Mather
With COBE, we can see things before the lights came on. While we probably will not rewrite the book of cosmology with this mission, we will write another chapter.
The predominant theory of the origin of the universe is the Big Bang.
Hubble knows there is interesting stuff out there, but Hubble isn't quite big enough.
As an eight-year-old, I would listen to stories and biographies of Charles Darwin and Galileo. I also went to wonderful schools and had great teachers who inspired me.
Do not make grand plans. Be flexible.
I think a well-rounded education keeps us from being bored and boring!
Easytrak is no guarantee against mismanagement. But you cannot manage a large program without software like it today. It is a project information management system that helps people develop a solution to a problem with many parts to track.
Stars are extremely far apart. We cannot imagine any way currently available to get to the nearest one, besides the sun.
Astronomers can look back in time. We can look at things as they used to be. We have an idea there was a Big Bang explosion 13.7 billion years ago. We have a story of how galaxies and stars were made. It's an amazing story.
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