The Green Universe: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Sensational news stories can make badly behaved celebrities and bickering politicians seem larger than life. Luckily, the scientists who study the vast universe maintain a different perspective. This week, we'll bring you quotes and videos that reveal nature's star power.

Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Most Astounding Fact"

"I know that, yes, we are part of this universe, we are in the universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us."

 

Watch the video below to hear the astrophysicist explain this awe-inspiring concept.

 

--photo courtesy of NASA; video by MaxSchlick