Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by William Huggins

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English astronomer William Huggins.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Sir William Huggins was an English astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife, Margaret.

English - Astronomer | February 7, 1824 - May 12, 1910

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One important object of this original spectroscopic investigation of the light of the stars and other celestial bodies, namely to discover whether the same chemical elements as those of our earth are present throughout the universe, was most satisfactorily settled in the affirmative. (1909)

William Huggins

It is remarkable that the elements diffused through the host of stars are some of those most closely connected with the living organisms of our globe.

William Huggins

May it not be that the brighter stars are like our Sun, the upholding and energizing centers of systems of living beings?

William Huggins