"The universe is hilarious! Like, Venus is 900 degrees. I could tell you it melts lead. But that's not as fun as saying, 'You can cook a pizza on the windowsill in nine seconds.' And next time my fans eat pizza, they're thinking of Venus!"
American astrophysicist and science communicator. He serves as director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York and has hosted and produced science programming and media. He is widely known for public education work in astronomy.