- Boston
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Fossils
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the kind of kid who liked omnivorously almost all kinds of science - rock collections, fossils - and I like leaves, I like plants, and I like biology.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I graduated from high school in 1962.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was lonely as a kid. Since I had no siblings, I spent a lot of time by myself and a lot of time reading.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't recall my parents ever steering me toward or away from science. It was more that I was steered toward learning and excellence in the classroom.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting to work at Lick was like being touched by the wand of your fairy godmother.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The realization that baryonic matter is only a trace component of the universe revealed our understanding of the cosmos as shockingly incomplete and was one of the milestones that ushered in the era of modern cosmology.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very few astronomers will be mourned with the same degree of love and admiration as Vera Rubin.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have great respect for the special nature of Mauna Kea and profound regard for Hawaii's culture, environment, and people.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like many astronomers who use the great telescopes on Mauna Kea, I have participated personally and joyfully in ceremonies to celebrate the profound cosmic understanding that comes from joining ancient Hawaiian navigator traditions with the techniques of modern astronomy.
- Fundamental Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
The origin of galaxies is one of the fundamental questions of astronomy, and that's what I've been studying.
- Nest
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've been given the gift of a billion years of cosmic time, and we should not screw it up. But at the rate we're using up our planet's natural resources and fouling our own nest means we're not going to last a billion years.
- Blockbuster
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are kind of two kinds of awards you can get as a scientist. One is Nobel-like in character: it's for one big thing, for a big revolutionary discovery. And it's wonderfully well known, and of course every scientist would love to get a Nobel prize. And there's a few other similar awards. They're for individual blockbuster discoveries.
- Comfort
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take comfort in the fact that it is a beautiful universe, and we belong here and that we fit. This is our home.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Receiving the National Medal of Science is the thrill of a lifetime, but good science does not happen in isolation.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hubble is the most important telescope in history after Galileo's first telescope.
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hubble has established for the first time that the distant universe looks different from the nearby universe.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a blessing in a scientific career - the almost daily thrill of scientific discovery.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's amazing that the entire community of astronomy has done what it's done. We've been able to deduce the nature of time and space and where we all came from. It's the most amazing detective story in history.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some galaxies that not only teach us things but are just gorgeously beautiful to look at. My favorite example is the Antenne, which is a pair of colliding galaxies.
- Galaxies
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite galaxy of all is called the Sombrero, NGC 4594. It's an amazing galaxy that is really two galaxies in one.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You could think of the galaxy as a sort of stove with lots of pots on it, and the pots are the interstellar medium, like a chicken broth getting stronger with every reduction. Every time a supernova goes off and sends its heavy elements out into the interstellar medium, we cook up a stew that's better and better for solar systems and life.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's quite likely that planets and solar systems like ours could be forming in other galaxies in great numbers.
- Gone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hubble is unique. Nothing else can do what it can do. Once it's gone, we're going to be paralyzed.
- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not in favor of manned spaceflight, because I don't see that it goes anywhere.
- Compared
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- Nov 07, 2020
Antarctica is a paradise compared to Mars.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
One lesson astronomy tells us is that we're a tiny mote in a hostile void, and help is too far away.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
In little localized pockets, the universe is capable of building some beautiful complexity.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020