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 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 remember spending evenings looking at the sky with my dad, who was interested. He was a civil engineer and was interested in science as a kid. And he always encouraged me.

I remember spending evenings looking at the sky with my dad, who was interested. He was a civil engineer and was interested in science as a kid. And he always encouraged me.

- Sandra Faber

Receiving the National Medal of Science is the thrill of a lifetime, but good science does not happen in isolation.

Receiving the National Medal of Science is the thrill of a lifetime, but good science does not happen in isolation.

- 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

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

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

Very few astronomers will be mourned with the same degree of love and admiration as Vera Rubin.

Very few astronomers will be mourned with the same degree of love and admiration as Vera Rubin.

- Sandra Faber

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