We can trace the elements. They were forged in the centers of high-mass stars that went unstable at the ends of their lives, they exploded, scattered their enriched contents across the galaxy, sprinkled into gas clouds that then collapsed and formed stars and planets and life.

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After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?

Neil deGrasse Tyson (Death by Black Hole, 2007)

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

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Science is something to be proud of, it allows us to understand the world inspite of ourselves.

Neil deGrasse Tyson (Interview, 2011)

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