"The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about the moons. And the number of galaxies we can see, other than our own, is about 100 billion."

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Source : "There Are ‘Tens Of Billions’ Of Habitable Planets In Our Galaxy, Astronomer Seth Shostak Says" by Lee Speigel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2014.

Seth Shostak

#Moon Quotes #Numbers Quotes #World Quotes

“Get the action habit - you do not need to wait until conditions are perfect.”
“More important, you have to stay happy and positive or the stress will kill you - but at least it will make you skinny”
“A picture can express a universal humanism, or simply reveal a delicate and poignant truth by exposing a slice of life that might otherwise pass unnoticed.”
“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.”
“The destructive one-fourth must be eliminated from the social body.”
“I am a Christian, but I also dont really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person.”
“In fiction, you have a rough idea what's coming up next - sometimes you even make a little outline - but in fact you don't know. Each day is a whole new - and for me, a very invigorating - experience.”
“I came to photography with the desire to conquer this machine, the camera, and make it my slave. Instead, I have now a respect for it and all machines as expanders of my awareness.”

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