Seth Shostak Quotes

I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize an astronomy club for my friends at the age of 11. We would meet once a week to learn about the constellations.

We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like.

I was the one with a subscription to 'Sky and Telescope' magazine as a kid while my friends were reading 'Tiger Beat.'

When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.

At the age of eight, I bought my first telescope and would spend hours gazing at the moon and stars. I remember thinking what it must have been like when man first realized that we were only a very small part of the overall picture.

I actually believe more in outer space in Virginia, because I can look up at the sky and count the stars.

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.

Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'

I only watch National Geographic Channel, and also I have the app on my phone. I'm into astronomy and love to learn about new facts.

My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So that's how I ended up going from being a hobby astronomer to a professional astronomer.

It feels great to discover a planet, just like any discovery in science, except that it has more of the feel of exploration - you can go back and look at it. However, I can never visit.

I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.

You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos.

When I was a boy, the only thing which captivated me as much as music was the night sky.

To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard.

I'm interested in astrology and astronomy.

Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.

Yesterday, we sought telescopes good enough to see all the planets. Today, we seek vehicles good enough to reach them.

Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out there and if I ever would experience space first-hand.

I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.

When we meet people who are astronauts or deal in astronomy, it's always really fascinating.

Scientists normally like to do experiments. You know, they like to mix this with that and see what happens. They like to take this thing and poke it and see how it reacts. In astronomy, we can't do that. The stars, the planets, the galaxies, are so far away that we just look at them, and we have to learn things by looking at them.

I'm really into space. When I was four years old, I used to pray to the stars and look at the moon.

I've been a stargazer for quite a long time, I've got the apps, I know where a lot of things are in the sky and the apps actually can help just to point out what you are looking at because then you do get to see, 'Oh that's Saturn, that's Mars.'

I've always been in love with the stars and view the cosmos as the ultimate adventure.