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"We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy."
"My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star."
"But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up."
"It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are."
"Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?""Yes.""All like ours?""I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted.""Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?""A blighted one."
"This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured."
"Stars are fires that burn for thousands of years. Some of them burn slow and long, like red dwarfs. Others-blue giants-burn their fuel so fast they shine across great distances, and are easy to see. As they start to run out of fuel, they burn helium, grow even hotter, and explode in a supernova. Supernovas, they're brighter than the brightest galaxies. They die, but everyone watches them go."
Explore more quotes by Brian May
"I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good."
"There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair."
"From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band."
"For a time I didn't want to answer any questions about Queen. I'd like to be viewed as something alive and relevant, not some fossil."
"I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it."
"Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect."
"I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky."
"I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything."
"The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums."
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