In a nutshell, the universe is 4% visible, 23% undetectable and 73% unimaginable. Welcome to the cosmos, full of mass you can measure but not manhandle, driven by a force you can infer but not explain.

Tim Radford
About This Quote

The vast majority of the universe remains invisible to us, unseen by the naked eye. Nonetheless, within this invisible realm lies an incredible amount of energy and matter that has shaped the known universe. The visible portion of the universe is only 4% of the total mass in our observable universe. The fact that no one has ever seen the entire universe, doesn’t mean that it does not exist.

It just means that we can’t see it all at once. Instead, we observe only the smallest fraction of it over time and space. The world we can see is a mere 3% of all matter and energy in the universe and only 23% of all galaxies.

Source: The Crisis Of Life On Earth: Our Legacy From The Second Millenium

Some Similar Quotes
  1. I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst... - Isaac Newton
  2. To know the history of science is to recognize the mortality of any claim to universal truth. - Evelyn Fox Keller
  3. The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists. - Unknown
  4. One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. - Alice James
  5. If time be judiciously employed, there is time for everything. - George Head
More Quotes By Tim Radford
  1. In a nutshell, the universe is 4% visible, 23% undetectable and 73% unimaginable. Welcome to the cosmos, full of mass you can measure but not manhandle, driven by a force you can infer but not explain.
  2. Words are instruments, they are tools that, in their different ways, are as effective as any sharp edge or violate chemical. They are, like coins, items of great value, but they represent a currency that, well spent, returns ever greater riches.
Related Topics