Author: Sandra Faber

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My favorite galaxy of all is called the Sombrero, NGC 4594. It's an amazing galaxy that is really two galaxies in one.

My favorite galaxy of all is called the Sombrero, NGC 4594. It's an amazing galaxy that is really two galaxies in one.

- Sandra Faber

I was lonely as a kid. Since I had no siblings, I spent a lot of time by myself and a lot of time reading.

I was lonely as a kid. Since I had no siblings, I spent a lot of time by myself and a lot of time reading.

- Sandra Faber

Hubble has established for the first time that the distant universe looks different from the nearby universe.

Hubble has established for the first time that the distant universe looks different from the nearby universe.

- Sandra Faber

I was the kind of kid who liked omnivorously almost all kinds of science - rock collections, fossils - and I like leaves, I like plants, and I like biology.

I was the kind of kid who liked omnivorously almost all kinds of science - rock collections, fossils - and I like leaves, I like plants, and I like biology.

- Sandra Faber

I have great respect for the special nature of Mauna Kea and profound regard for Hawaii's culture, environment, and people.

I have great respect for the special nature of Mauna Kea and profound regard for Hawaii's culture, environment, and people.

- Sandra Faber

I don't recall my parents ever steering me toward or away from science. It was more that I was steered toward learning and excellence in the classroom.

I don't recall my parents ever steering me toward or away from science. It was more that I was steered toward learning and excellence in the classroom.

- Sandra Faber

Getting to work at Lick was like being touched by the wand of your fairy godmother.

Getting to work at Lick was like being touched by the wand of your fairy godmother.

- Sandra Faber

I take comfort in the fact that it is a beautiful universe, and we belong here and that we fit. This is our home.

I take comfort in the fact that it is a beautiful universe, and we belong here and that we fit. This is our home.

- Sandra Faber

Hubble is the most important telescope in history after Galileo's first telescope.

Hubble is the most important telescope in history after Galileo's first telescope.

- Sandra Faber

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