“I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it ...” — Vera Rubin Quote

“I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it never occurred to me that I couldn't be an astronomer.”

“By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.”

“We know very little about the universe. I personally don't believe it's uniform and the same everywhere. That's like saying the earth is flat.”

“I read about eastern philosophy and religion and existentialism. All that introspective thinking got me thinking about the great beyond. That turned my sights from inwards to outwards, and I started becoming interested in the makeup of the universe, and I started reading about astronomy, planets, and galaxies.”

“We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.”

“Over and over in the history of astronomy, a new instrument finds things we never expected to see.”