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How stars move tell us that most matter in the universe is dark. When we see stars in the sky, we're only seeing five or 10 percent of the matter that there is in the universe.

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Each one of you can change the world, for you are made of star stuff, and you are connected to the universe.

Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

In Quest of the Universe (2007)

It is well known that I am available twenty-four hours a day to women astronomers.

What questions will astronomers be asking of the universe 100 years from now? A thousand years from now?

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