re: Is there anything cooler than a neutron star in interstellar space?

Yeah I greatly respect what every one of those guys have given to the scientific community. Some of my favorites as well. Sagan was a big influence on my fascination with how the Universe works. I spent a lot of time reading his wisdom when I was young.

Hawking really has given us a much bigger understanding of black holes and I can't wait for our earth size telescope to reveal our monster in the center of the milky way.