Margaret Geller quotes

Margaret Geller is an American astrophysicist renowned for her pioneering work in mapping the large-scale structure of the universe. Her research has led to major discoveries about the distribution of galaxies and cosmic web patterns. She continues to inspire scientists with her groundbreaking contributions to astronomy. Here are 5 of her quotes:

When we look out into space, we're looking back in time; the light from a galaxy a billion light-years away, for instance, will take a billion years to reach us. It's an amazing thing. The history is there for us to see. It's not mushed up like the geologic record of Earth. You can just see it exactly as it was.

Margaret Geller

Hunger, inadequate medical care, poor housing, and inferior schools are enemies of the sense of wonder. It is easier and less expensive in the long run to prevent a loss of imagination by providing adequate nutrition, housing, medical care, and schooling than it is to try to restore that loss.

Margaret Geller

One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to discover what the geometry of the universe really is.

Margaret Geller

There are things done under the name of science which are ridiculous. But there is also stuff done which sounds funny but is really serious.

Margaret Geller