Quotes about light-years
light-years forever fifteen
There is much that science doesn't understand, many mysteries still to be resolved. In a Universe tens of billions of light-years across and some ten or fifteen billion years old, this may be the case forever. We are constantly stumbling on new surprises Carl Sagan
light-years space blue
Fragile creatures of a small blue planet, surrounded by light years of silent space. Jeanette Winterson
light-years towns said
I'm from out of town," he said breezily. This was true. He'd never been within a hundred light-years of the place. Iain Banks
light-years inches human-life
The universe is a million billion light-years wide, and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. This is the position of the universe with regards to human life. Martin Amis
light-years civilization earth
The problem here is that a civilization that is 1,000 light years away doesn't know we exist. They don't know that we have radio telescopes here on Earth because they see Earth as it was 1,000 years ago. Nothing can travel faster than light, so however good their instruments they can't see in affect the future. So there is no particular reason they should be sending us messages at this time. Paul Davies
light-years what-if scared
I'm very scared to do it. What if I don't come back? With the whole light-years thing, what if I come back 10,000 years later, and everyone I know is dead? I'll be like, 'Great. Now I have to start all over'. Paris Hilton
light-years identity purpose
In any case, the leading edge of our "on purpose" radio signals is 30 light-years away and, if intercepted, may mend the aliens' image of us based on the radio bubble of our television shows. But this will happen only if the aliens can somehow determine which type of signal comes closer to the truth of who we are, and what our cosmic identity deserves to be. Neil deGrasse Tyson
light-years careers apollo
At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away. Kathleen Quinlan
light-years looks term
Most civilisations, perhaps, look shinier in general terms and from several light-years away. Ursula K. Le Guin